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Evening folks, as the name implies I am ready to drink the coolaide on the Mac lifestyle. I'm an IT professional and have a few pointed questions regarding the switch as I am a day or so away from clicking submit on my Apple Store shopping cart. Unfortunately the representatives at the Mac store nearest my location were unable to confidently answer these so I am seeking the advice and knowledge of the Mac community...
1) I wish to use my 46" HD TV as an external monitor to use the Macbook as a pseudo-media center. The question is... the MacBook has the mini-dvi port as a video out. Apple sells the Mini-dvi to dvi and the dvi to hdmi adapters. With the use of both of these cables, are there going to be any issues with using my television as my primary (or secondary) display? Will this support full HD video as well?
2) As I have Windows and Linux OS's in my home network I am always seeking the 'common ground' in regards to file system compatibility. Does Mac support reading / writing to NTFS and/or FAT32 and/or ext3? In regards to network shares, is Samba the protocol of choice?
3) From my understanding, bootcamp will allow for dual booting Windows / Mac OS's on a hard drive (dual HDD partition I am assuming). Am I able to use bootcamp to TRI-boot a system (Windows Server 2003 / Mac OS X / Linux (Ubuntu)?
4) Short and stupid: I will want to purchase a bluetooth keyword and mouse combo. Do I have to buy a Mac-branded keyword and mouse or can I assume ANY keyword and mouse combo will be supported n the MacBook?
I apologize for the barrage and I am SURE that all of these have been answered before, but wanted to lay the facts out there for my own edification.
Thank you for your assistance and I will be sure to post as more questions come to mind.
Take care.
1) I wish to use my 46" HD TV as an external monitor to use the Macbook as a pseudo-media center. The question is... the MacBook has the mini-dvi port as a video out. Apple sells the Mini-dvi to dvi and the dvi to hdmi adapters. With the use of both of these cables, are there going to be any issues with using my television as my primary (or secondary) display? Will this support full HD video as well?
2) As I have Windows and Linux OS's in my home network I am always seeking the 'common ground' in regards to file system compatibility. Does Mac support reading / writing to NTFS and/or FAT32 and/or ext3? In regards to network shares, is Samba the protocol of choice?
3) From my understanding, bootcamp will allow for dual booting Windows / Mac OS's on a hard drive (dual HDD partition I am assuming). Am I able to use bootcamp to TRI-boot a system (Windows Server 2003 / Mac OS X / Linux (Ubuntu)?
4) Short and stupid: I will want to purchase a bluetooth keyword and mouse combo. Do I have to buy a Mac-branded keyword and mouse or can I assume ANY keyword and mouse combo will be supported n the MacBook?
I apologize for the barrage and I am SURE that all of these have been answered before, but wanted to lay the facts out there for my own edification.
Thank you for your assistance and I will be sure to post as more questions come to mind.
Take care.