| 26 Nov 2007 - Day 1 - Macbook Pro Arrives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| And it begins.
The Challenge of converting from being a PC user to being a MAC user, will i be satisfied, and perhaps become a buyer after just 90 days? November 26, Day 1. The Mac Book Pro arrived from Apple, a slimline box, as always packaging is something that Apple do better than anyone else. So after about 30 minutes, what have I done and how do i feel? 1/ Bootup was easy, done and simple. 2/ As this machine is pre-configured with plenty of software, I don't have much to do. Thanks to Microsoft I have Office:mac 2004 - the new edition is not due until early 2008. 3/ Launched WORD, works well, simple. I am not a huge fan of the windows being all over each other rather than taking over the whole screen - or Maximised as i am used to. I'm sure i will work that out. 4/ Plugged in a good old mouse. The Touchpad on this notebook is good, but I think the first thing a PC user should do on conversion is use a traditional 'PC' style mouse, 2 buttons and scroll-wheel. I plugged it in and it worked within seconds. 5/ Inserted my SANDISK micromate SD card reader, whacked in the SD-HC 4 Gig card I have in my Sanyo HD camera and immediately iPhoto lauches and allows me to import the pics. A simple process, easy to do easy to use. 6/ When opening iPhoto i was prompted to perform a software update - 13 items were recommended to be updated, So i am doing all those things. The Apple update software i am used to as it is common now on a PC if you have Quicktime or iTunes. Good things: 'Alt-Tab' program switching I am a regular PC user of - works fine - Its APPLE KEY-Tab on the MAC. Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V copy and paste - replicated with APPLE-C and APPLE-V Negatives: So the image upload function on my website doesn't work - I wonder how i will fix that! (UPDATE: Installed Firefox, and the image upload applet works! - Safari seems to be the issue there.) Tips for people: When selecting multiple images, for example in the iPhoto Library, i click the first one, then the last one while holding SHIFT - As i would on a PC - however when i want to un-select a SINGLE image, ALT is not the key to pick. its the APPLE key. This Apple key seems crucial!
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Share your thoughts: Added: Monday , 26 Nov 2007 10:02 pm Good to hear you have given yourself plenty of time to get used to the Mac, they really are not so different these days. Alex McHugh, Norway Added: Monday , 26 Nov 2007 09:36 pm yeah, i think because you are a very techy guy, to be able to do it in 90, should be easy... Alex , Sydney Added: Monday , 26 Nov 2007 02:03 pm Wow. Sounds good. Cant wait to hear about it. GOOD LUCK! Daniel, Sydney add your comment: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
