Pulled the trigger on a Macbook.

kilo15 · Jan 9, 2007

2.0
2GB ram
160GB HD

Should get it by friday.

PowerBookG4 · Jan 9, 2007

you shot your macbook?

congrats on your purchase

NanoBite · Jan 9, 2007

Big Congrats kilo15!

kilo15 · Jan 9, 2007

Thanks guys. I am so excited. Been using pc's for 15 years...I hope this transition is easy.

wwombach · Jan 9, 2007

The transition for me has been great. It really isn't the "big deal" that some people like to make it. Give it a patient week and everything will be smooth sailing.

kilo15 · Jan 9, 2007

wwombach said:
The transition for me has been great. It really isn't the "big deal" that some people like to make it. Give it a patient week and everything will be smooth sailing.

Will do.

brianj08 · Jan 9, 2007

congrats on your mac purchase. ive owned my macbook for about 4 months now and upgraded the ram to 2gb by myself and really love my mac. my windows desktop machine is now collectin dust

cwa107 · Jan 9, 2007

kilo15 said:
Thanks guys. I am so excited. Been using pc's for 15 years...I hope this transition is easy.

OS X is very easy to use. What's difficult about switching is to forget what you know about computers if that foundation was built upon Windows. There are (obviously) a ton of great threads in this forum that answer many common questions. So, as you go through and find annoyances or things that don't make sense based on your mindset, document them and pose them here (or use the search utility). My first week was a bit rough, but now I feel very comfortable - that only took a week - which is a testament to how user-friendly and easy it is to learn Mac OS.

The funny thing is, I now find myself trying to two-finger tap on Windows notebooks at work

As a network admin in a 1200+ Windows machine network, switching my brain from Mac to Windows can be a little tough.

kilo15 · Jan 9, 2007

cwa107 said:
OS X is very easy to use. What's difficult about switching is to forget what you know about computers if that foundation was built upon Windows. There are (obviously) a ton of great threads in this forum that answer many common questions. So, as you go through and find annoyances or things that don't make sense based on your mindset, document them and pose them here (or use the search utility). My first week was a bit rough, but now I feel very comfortable - that only took a week - which is a testament to how user-friendly and easy it is to learn Mac OS.

The funny thing is, I now find myself trying to two-finger tap on Windows notebooks at work As a network admin in a 1200+ Windows machine network, switching my brain from Mac to Windows can be a little tough.

Thanks much. I've been on this forum less than a week and it was my deciding factor on buying the mac. My brother knows nothing about computers. I told him it would probably be esier for him to learn on the mac than myself. I feel so dumbed down from years of redundant tasks on the evil pc. I cant wait for friday.

PS. I think my PC knows its getting replaced, because its really acting up.:bushman:

nukemm · Jan 9, 2007

You'll be alright. I've been building PC's for a long time, over 10 years, and haven't had too many issues with the Mac, but there are some things that will take some adjustment. Make it a point to use the search, and you'll do just fine. Congratulations on the switch!

kilo15 · Jan 10, 2007

I went back and ordered a mac mini a router an a printer. Everything is shipped except the computers. Do they take longer to ship or what?

kilo15 · Jan 10, 2007

Now they shipped the wireless keyboard for the mac mini..but still no computers. I opted for express delivery. Do you guys think it will ship today? Is the delay because they are being built?

kilo15 · Jan 11, 2007

They told me today that the macs were custom so it takes longer. This happen to anyone here?

anderssonj.com · Jan 11, 2007

Yes. It seems that they package the computers individually according to buyer preferences, so some guy in China has to package the thing before it can be sent to you. I think.

I wanted a MacBook with a Swedish keyboard but with an English operating system, and of course that's a combination that has to be put together manually. It took more than two weeks for me to get the machine.

kilo15 · Jan 11, 2007

IC. I jsut hope fed ex delivers on sundays.

cwa107 · Jan 11, 2007

kilo15 said:
IC. I jsut hope fed ex delivers on sundays.

Not in the U.S., unfortunately

kilo15 · Jan 11, 2007

cwa107 said:
Not in the U.S., unfortunately

ARRRRRR. I'll get it on wednesday.

DigitalJesus · Jan 12, 2007

Kilo, The switch is very easy if your just looking to get back online to do the basics the switch is a snap....

If your a power user then your going to have a bit more of a problem. Personally, i got my MBP 2 days ago and i'm doing OK, I know windows inside, out and backwards. So switching to mac is a pain because you need to learn a whole new set of terminal commands, if your a linuxy kinda guy its alot easier.

Google "OS X Terminal Commands List" and you'll find some great information.

cwa107 · Jan 12, 2007

DigitalJesus said:
Kilo, The switch is very easy if your just looking to get back online to do the basics the switch is a snap....

If your a power user then your going to have a bit more of a problem. Personally, i got my MBP 2 days ago and i'm doing OK, I know windows inside, out and backwards. So switching to mac is a pain because you need to learn a whole new set of terminal commands, if your a linuxy kinda guy its alot easier.

Google "OS X Terminal Commands List" and you'll find some great information.

That is a very good point. If you want to go outside the bounds of the GUI and get into the guts of the system, a solid understanding of the UNIX shell is a must. I guess I overlooked this as I spent several months learning Linux, so navigating the shell on Darwin/OS X was second nature when I switched. I'd imagine that if you're an old hand at DOS and the Command Prompt in NT, learning new commands like LS instead of DIR and CP instead of COPY would be a bit confusing.

But to be quite honest, the majority of casual users will never even see the *NIX underpinnings of OS X, but you will appreciate the stability and speed it provides.

kilo15 · Jan 12, 2007

Great advice thanks again.