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Hi, my name is Grif....and I'm typing this on a PC.
At least for now anyway.
I've been toying with making the complete transition to the Mac family for some time now. I mean, I've owned iPods...I have an iPad. Don't have the iPhone - yet. It just came to Verizon, and to be honest, ATT sucks in the San Francisco Bay area. So - I'm waiting for the iPhone 5 to be released.
So I've never felt like I was a "true" member of the Mac family, but it looks like that's all about to change over the next few weeks. I've been looking at the iMac 27" 3.2 i3. I was really considering jumping to the quad-core 2.8, but in reality, I don't need that much power. I don't do a lot of picture editing...like, rarely. And I've never done any kind of video editing. Ever. Now, I know that all of that may change when I get the iMac. I just might want to learn more video and graphic stuff on it. I certainly have the interest., but for now, I think that the 3.2 i3 will be enough.
I work in IT (desktop, end user administration stuff), primarily it has been Windows based my entire 15 year career with the exception of a brief time supporting Macs at an ad agency. That is, until they hired a team of Mac technicians a couple of months later, then that job went away.
So, I'm not completely tech stupid...although, making this leap is having me feel like I opened up a computer for the first time and went..."*** do I do now...??"
So, I have a few questions to the more knowledgeable than me population here...
In regards to purchasing from the Apple Refurb store - what are the Pro's and Con's in regards to getting a refurbished machine? What about warranty? Replacement?
Should I wait on the anticipated iMac in April that will have Thunderbolt and the Sandy Bridge processor?
Any real inconveniences to making the switch from PC to Mac?
Anything to watch out for in regards to known issues that us about to be former PC users aren't aware of?
I have a wireless Cisco 4 port router here at home. I currently have my PC and my Xbox 360 plugged into it. I did see the Time Capsule in the Apple Store. Can this be used to store and share data over the wireless network at home (pictures, files, music, video, etc.)?
How easy/difficult is it to have a printer perform wirelessly? Because let me tell you...Win7 does not like my Kodak wirelessly shared. Like, at all.
And since we're on the topic of printers...Any good reccommendations on printers for the Mac world I'm moving into? I currently have a Kodak ESP-3 that I will be replacing as well.
I know enough that I should have 2 seperate drives. One for backing up files, and one for data storage/sharing on my private network.
Thanks for reading and looking forward to making new friends here and gaining a wealth of knowledge from all of you!
At least for now anyway.
I've been toying with making the complete transition to the Mac family for some time now. I mean, I've owned iPods...I have an iPad. Don't have the iPhone - yet. It just came to Verizon, and to be honest, ATT sucks in the San Francisco Bay area. So - I'm waiting for the iPhone 5 to be released.
So I've never felt like I was a "true" member of the Mac family, but it looks like that's all about to change over the next few weeks. I've been looking at the iMac 27" 3.2 i3. I was really considering jumping to the quad-core 2.8, but in reality, I don't need that much power. I don't do a lot of picture editing...like, rarely. And I've never done any kind of video editing. Ever. Now, I know that all of that may change when I get the iMac. I just might want to learn more video and graphic stuff on it. I certainly have the interest., but for now, I think that the 3.2 i3 will be enough.
I work in IT (desktop, end user administration stuff), primarily it has been Windows based my entire 15 year career with the exception of a brief time supporting Macs at an ad agency. That is, until they hired a team of Mac technicians a couple of months later, then that job went away.
So, I'm not completely tech stupid...although, making this leap is having me feel like I opened up a computer for the first time and went..."*** do I do now...??"
So, I have a few questions to the more knowledgeable than me population here...
In regards to purchasing from the Apple Refurb store - what are the Pro's and Con's in regards to getting a refurbished machine? What about warranty? Replacement?
Should I wait on the anticipated iMac in April that will have Thunderbolt and the Sandy Bridge processor?
Any real inconveniences to making the switch from PC to Mac?
Anything to watch out for in regards to known issues that us about to be former PC users aren't aware of?
I have a wireless Cisco 4 port router here at home. I currently have my PC and my Xbox 360 plugged into it. I did see the Time Capsule in the Apple Store. Can this be used to store and share data over the wireless network at home (pictures, files, music, video, etc.)?
How easy/difficult is it to have a printer perform wirelessly? Because let me tell you...Win7 does not like my Kodak wirelessly shared. Like, at all.
And since we're on the topic of printers...Any good reccommendations on printers for the Mac world I'm moving into? I currently have a Kodak ESP-3 that I will be replacing as well.
I know enough that I should have 2 seperate drives. One for backing up files, and one for data storage/sharing on my private network.
Thanks for reading and looking forward to making new friends here and gaining a wealth of knowledge from all of you!