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I know that visitors here who are considering getting a Mac, often are a little suprised that each forum is frought with problems, because, well, why post if you don't have a problem?
I'm speaking up for those. I got my Mac over a month ago and I've had a couple of glitches, most of which were self-induced because I was trying to drive my Mac like it was a PC.
Here's what I've done with my Mac so far. Each of these things I was actually stressed out about and procrastinated expecting that I didn't know enough about Macs to make any of it work.
I'm speaking up for those. I got my Mac over a month ago and I've had a couple of glitches, most of which were self-induced because I was trying to drive my Mac like it was a PC.
Here's what I've done with my Mac so far. Each of these things I was actually stressed out about and procrastinated expecting that I didn't know enough about Macs to make any of it work.
- Plugged in Time Capsule (its a router/server/backup drive). It just worked. I didn't do anything. Now I have daily backups of my work with no effort. I did need to use it once and Time Machine just pulled out what I needed. The Time Capsule also needed to be set up as a router. It just did it itself, and didn't interfere with the rest of my network.
- I ordered a Belkin Express Card card reader. Inserted it into the Express Card slot on my MBP. Put in my camera's memory card in that. Got my pictures. I didn't need to do anything.
- Got a mighty mouse. Plugged it in. I don't like that you can't right click. But someone said all you need to do is change a setting. That daunted me too. But then I saw the setting and it was easy. Right click. Woot.
- I heard that you can't use a lot of the same printers on a Mac that you can on a PC. I thought i would have to find the installation software to install my PCs printer onto my Mac. I didn't. I just searched for Printers, it found my other computer, and found the installation on that one. And then it just worked. I didn't have to do anything.
- I learned how to install software. *Laugh*. You just drag a file over? And its installed? *laugh*
- I don't think I could ever live without the Dashboard. PC users will argue "but you can do something like that on a PC" but I snort at this idea. I live in a foreign country - now I have a unit converter and translator INSTANTANEOUSLY on one click? And the weather! And my husbands flight information!
- I imported ALL of my gmail and previous outlook files. I got the Address book to scan for all of the email addresses I use. Its not like Outlook contacts. Its BETTER. Simple, easy, but everything I need.