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Yes, I've come to the dark side! After decades of being a Microsoft Goon, I finally got fed up and ordered myself an MBP. I presume I'll be flooding the forum with all sorts of dumb questions soon. Great to meet you folks!
 

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Congrats on your new system purchase. :)
 
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Welcome To M-F, And btw here its the light side,lol
 
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welcome to the forums. what is all the alphabet soup in your sig?
 
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AlienDNA said:
Yes, I've come from the dark side! After decades of being a Microsoft Goon, I finally got fed up and ordered myself an MBP. I presume I'll be flooding the forum with all sorts of dumb questions soon. Great to meet you folks!

Fixed.

Seriously though, welcome to MacForums, glad to see more switchers. If you have any questions about the forums, feel free to ask.
 
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fearlessfreap24 said:
welcome to the forums. what is all the alphabet soup in your sig?

LOL, I couldn't figure it out either.

WELCOME AlienDNA! :biohazard
 
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yeah dont worry...we've all asked plenty of dumb questions. a lot of the time using the search function on the top really helps.
 
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Welcome to the forums bro...This is where it gets fun to use a computer again.
 
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fearlessfreap24 said:
welcome to the forums. what is all the alphabet soup in your sig?
I'm wondering if it has anything to do w/ his profession/major.

Maybe Business Communications?

MCP is a title for a Microsoft Certified something... (I think it has something to do w/ being SQL certified).

Anyone else w/ ideas? :D
 
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welcome to mac-forums!
 
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fearlessfreap24 said:
welcome to the forums. what is all the alphabet soup in your sig?

Hehehe! It's a response to all the pretentious twaddle that was so prevalent on Usenet (Anyone remember Usenet? Anyone?) in the '90s:

B.Comm (my actual degree! Bachelor of Commerce)
MCP (okay, this one's real too. I am indeed a Microsoft Certified Professional. But I admitted up front I was an MS Goon :ninja: )
MX5 (I own a Miata)
PADI (added this after getting my diving certification)
PDQ (pretty darn quick. I used to be able to run really fast! I should probably take this out now.)
FEB(tm) (Fellowship of Elitist B*stards (trademark) - and, no, you can't join. After all we're elitist and we're B*stards! ;) )

And the "No Relation To Julia" is in there because I'm so very tired of every rental car agent and hotel clerk I meet asking me "So how's your sister?" when they see my name. :)
 
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Well, do you have a sister? Just kidding.

Welcome to Macworld... er .. I mean, the Mac world (i should stop looking at my on User Pic so much).

Can't wait for those "dumb" questions.
 
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Remember, there is no such thing as a dumb question, only dumb answers. Lucky very few dumb answers come from here.

Welcome aboard, and I think you will find you have switch from the dark side not to it. ;)
 
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I really like this forum's attitude in general... I've tried others and ... no. Hehe
 
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*sigh* So my new MacBook Pro came...and its gone already. :(

It suffered from the dreaded buzzing LCD panel. Apple decided to RMA it. Sadly, as a CTO machine, that means it'll probably be at least another week before the replacement arrives. Here's hoping they send out a trouble free revision this time around. *sigh*
 
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Don't let this setback get you down. I rarely hear of people experiencing problems with their Macs, and I think it's about as rare as Apple not fixing things right the first time.

Anyhow, once you're up and running for good, prepare to enjoy computing like you never have before! I have plenty of time to waste on things like this forum because I'm never fooling around with anti-this-and-that software (virus, adware, spyware, etc.), or rebooting after a freezeup, or having my entire computer crash or freeze up when only one application craps out - you get the point! Welcome, and I hope your experience here and on your Mac is all it's hyped up to be!
 

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