I dont have any super fanTabulous Imac specific ideas, but when i get a new computer I usually get it up to speed in terms of software, so probably download Azureus, VLC, toast titanium... with a 24incher maybe you want to do some film editing, or try and take over the world; there are a lot of great things you can do
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Originally Posted by PapaChunks
I am gonna be picking my 24" iMac up at about 3:30 today. What should be the VERY first thing to do.
Quite literally, (and no offense or snideness meant by this) read the User Manual.
Then read through this: Switch 101
and then read through this: Mac 101
Bookmark those two links after you have turned the computer on and set up your internet access.
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I don't know about everyone else, but the first thing I did was to uninstall the Microsoft Office demo and download OpenOffice.org, which I replaced with NeoOffice a few weeks later...
But really, as to what you should do first? Seriously, just boot 'er up! It's quite a fun setup process. Just be prepared if you're sensitive about what you look like -- if your Mac has a camera, it will attempt to take a picture of you. It was unpleasantly startling to see my fat ol' face on my monitor!
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