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Hey, everyone. I recently placed an order for a Macbook Pro (the 13"edition, anything larger than 14" I feel is not portable enough to me) and I'm going to have some questions when it arrive, but I'd like to get some of them out of the way right now. I have (very limited) experience with Macs, so I'll try to seem as competent as I can without bluffing.
First, assuming I don't like Safari (I've hated it on every PC I've ever used), will Chrome work with my Mac? I prefer Chrome over Firefox and Opera, so I'm hoping that I can install my favorite browser.
Second, and this is more of personal preference, but is iWork suitable for everyone, or have most people gotten Office for Mac? Because I bought the Macbook using a personal loan from my grandfather I got iWork preinstalled, but I'm curious as to how many people have felt that they need to upgrade.
Third, anyone have some suggestions for sites with nice backgrounds? Apple ships the Macs with great backgrounds, but I'm sure I'll want to try something new eventually.
I think that's it for inconsequential stuff that I don't really need to know right now, but here's a very, very important question (preceded by a tiny bit of background information):
My girlfriend bought a Toshiba Satellite a few days ago, and it runs Windows 7. In our room we get awful, awful signal from the wireless modem in the main part of the house. Because I'm going to be using my new Macbook and she's going to be using this, what kind of modem will we both be able to utilize? I read that Airport Express works with XP/Vista, but the main site has no info on Windows 7.
So does anyone have any idea about what modem (hopefully an affordable one) we should get?
Aside from that, I'm very excited for the FedEx guy to hand me my Macbook Pro; I've wanted one for several months now, and I've driven the 1.25 hour (each way) trip to the mall just to try and get acquainted many times. I'll also love my new iPod Touch, but I'm sure I can get that working on my own.
First, assuming I don't like Safari (I've hated it on every PC I've ever used), will Chrome work with my Mac? I prefer Chrome over Firefox and Opera, so I'm hoping that I can install my favorite browser.
Second, and this is more of personal preference, but is iWork suitable for everyone, or have most people gotten Office for Mac? Because I bought the Macbook using a personal loan from my grandfather I got iWork preinstalled, but I'm curious as to how many people have felt that they need to upgrade.
Third, anyone have some suggestions for sites with nice backgrounds? Apple ships the Macs with great backgrounds, but I'm sure I'll want to try something new eventually.
I think that's it for inconsequential stuff that I don't really need to know right now, but here's a very, very important question (preceded by a tiny bit of background information):
My girlfriend bought a Toshiba Satellite a few days ago, and it runs Windows 7. In our room we get awful, awful signal from the wireless modem in the main part of the house. Because I'm going to be using my new Macbook and she's going to be using this, what kind of modem will we both be able to utilize? I read that Airport Express works with XP/Vista, but the main site has no info on Windows 7.
So does anyone have any idea about what modem (hopefully an affordable one) we should get?
Aside from that, I'm very excited for the FedEx guy to hand me my Macbook Pro; I've wanted one for several months now, and I've driven the 1.25 hour (each way) trip to the mall just to try and get acquainted many times. I'll also love my new iPod Touch, but I'm sure I can get that working on my own.