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03-30-2005, 07:18 PM
Im a soon to be a switcher Im just in the process of ordering a 12 inch PB w/Superdrive Im tired of the Spyware , Virus etc etc of Uncle Bills World ( M$) Im a complete newbie with Mac's Only touched one Mac "once" Ive built PC"s , formatted XP , I consider myself knowledeable with XP Where do I start with Mac,s Any good websites to read I need some RSS feeds Books to buy Any or all help would be appreciated John Piercy :dive: |
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03-30-2005, 07:19 PM
You'll learn the most by doing. Welcome aboard! :mac: |
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03-30-2005, 07:23 PM
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03-30-2005, 07:24 PM
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Most task's on the pC , dont even make me flinch Some of the fireman I work with get scared turning on the PC I have faith that I can learn the Mac Im looking forward to the challenge JP |
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03-30-2005, 07:33 PM
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03-30-2005, 07:35 PM
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http://macworld.com http://macnn.com http://www.macgeekery.com/ http://www.macosxhints.com/ http://www.macrumors.com/ As far as books go, most people seem to like David Pogue's Missing Manual for OS X, but I don't think you'd need it. OS X is snake simple to pick up. |
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03-30-2005, 07:44 PM
In addition to the sites above here is a primer guide written for new mini users. It really has little to nothing specific to the mini so it should do nicely as a starters guide: http://arstechnica.com/guides/tweaks/miniguide.ars On the other hand if you are an experienced computer user jumping right in without a manual is very doable. Of course if you have any questions the forums here are a nice place to ask. Just please do a search first to see if it has been asked before. We love to help, but it can sometimes get tiring of seeing the same question twice a week. 
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03-30-2005, 08:02 PM
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Viruses/spyware- Don't worry about it, it's not worrying about you! Office suites- AppleWorks (unfortunately not bundled w/ the PB, plays nice w/ MSOffice files. MSOffice is also available for macs. Playing .avi files- I like VLC, alot of others prefer MPlayer Keyboard shortcuts are your friends- Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts Software installs- Easy as drag & drop! Potential trackpad problem for ya- http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=948 Well I'm spent! 
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