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Hello everyone!
My name is Kyle, I have lurked around this place a while, trying to decide between a new Windows machine to replace my aging laptop, or a Mac. I ended up deciding on the Mac, and figured I might as well order the highest end iMac, hoping it will last me a few years!
But I had a bit of a humorous phone call to Apple, right after I ordered! I placed my order through the website, and wanted to know when my credit card would be charged! So I called, and a really nice lady answered, and talking with her, while she was trying to access the information, she was just asking what made me want to change, etc., just smalltalk but, after a few seconds, she busted out laughing, and said "this is going to sound so terrible, but our computers are down and I can't access your information right now"
No big deal at all, it was just pretty funny given the context I am so excited to get my new toy!! Now to get some software!! I hear great things about the email/address book/calendar that ship as part of OS X, would it be worth it to upgrade to Microsoft Office for Outlook? I really enjoyed Outlook with Windows.... I don't necessarily need all the bells and whistles it had in a bundle, as long as between the email/address book/calendar are functional together with events/contacts/etc.? And, is iWork good for personal use? I make use of Word a lot because I do several things with it for a youth center here, it's not necessary that the documents in Pages be compatible with Windows, so long as it's fairly well featured and can do similar things?
Anyway, great looking community and I am happy to be part of it now! ;D
My name is Kyle, I have lurked around this place a while, trying to decide between a new Windows machine to replace my aging laptop, or a Mac. I ended up deciding on the Mac, and figured I might as well order the highest end iMac, hoping it will last me a few years!
But I had a bit of a humorous phone call to Apple, right after I ordered! I placed my order through the website, and wanted to know when my credit card would be charged! So I called, and a really nice lady answered, and talking with her, while she was trying to access the information, she was just asking what made me want to change, etc., just smalltalk but, after a few seconds, she busted out laughing, and said "this is going to sound so terrible, but our computers are down and I can't access your information right now"
No big deal at all, it was just pretty funny given the context I am so excited to get my new toy!! Now to get some software!! I hear great things about the email/address book/calendar that ship as part of OS X, would it be worth it to upgrade to Microsoft Office for Outlook? I really enjoyed Outlook with Windows.... I don't necessarily need all the bells and whistles it had in a bundle, as long as between the email/address book/calendar are functional together with events/contacts/etc.? And, is iWork good for personal use? I make use of Word a lot because I do several things with it for a youth center here, it's not necessary that the documents in Pages be compatible with Windows, so long as it's fairly well featured and can do similar things?
Anyway, great looking community and I am happy to be part of it now! ;D