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Joolz34
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Hello all, Im new to macs and the community in general but Ive spent the last couple of days going through various mac pages until I stumbled across this and it was nice to see how helpful everyone is here, especially to new switchers like me. With that in mind I do have a couple of simple questions that I cant seem to find the answer too and I would appreciate it if one of you could help me.
Ive ordered myself a powerbook 15" with the DVD burner, 100GB HDD, 1GB RAM, and 128MB GPU. I would like to know;
1) How do I tell if this powerbook is titanium or aluminium or any of the other names Ive seen floating around for powerbooks?
2) I cant seem to find anything on apples page confirming this is a widescreen model - is it?
3) Im looking for a good site or sites with good hardware reviews for macs, application reviews, do you have any recommendations? Im also looking for something that would suggest mac equivalents for windows apps, beyond the basic office stuff. Im looking in particular for apps for network admin (wireless and standard), general computer diagnostics (that I could run on a remote computer etc).
4) Ive noticed that some mac files/discs have extensions .dmg or .toast etc can these be mounted as virtual drives by the OS itself or do you need the program that created them or a third party program in order to mount them?
5) When I install the notebook (havent received it yet), is it a good idea to put the home directory on a separate partition, and do I need one for the swap file? Does the mac use a swap file? (Ive installed linux a few times and it was usually recommended to do it that way).
6) What are the good HDD tools for the mac for partitioning, recovery, backup, cloning etc?
7) I have a belkin 54b/g wireless router, this shouldnt pose a problem for the mac should it?
8) Finally, I have a few blizzard games, Warcraft 3, Starcraft, Diablo 2 etc, and I noticed that the boxes say PC/MAC, Im assuming that I should just be able to pop the disc in and they will install, is that correct? Or do I need to nudge them along?
Thanks in advance for your help and for putting up with my lack of knowledge, hopefully the questions arent too painfully easy Otherwise Id just like to say that Im looking forward to being part of the community here and hope that one day in the future I'll be able to return the favour back to some of you.
Regards,
Joolzs34
Ive ordered myself a powerbook 15" with the DVD burner, 100GB HDD, 1GB RAM, and 128MB GPU. I would like to know;
1) How do I tell if this powerbook is titanium or aluminium or any of the other names Ive seen floating around for powerbooks?
2) I cant seem to find anything on apples page confirming this is a widescreen model - is it?
3) Im looking for a good site or sites with good hardware reviews for macs, application reviews, do you have any recommendations? Im also looking for something that would suggest mac equivalents for windows apps, beyond the basic office stuff. Im looking in particular for apps for network admin (wireless and standard), general computer diagnostics (that I could run on a remote computer etc).
4) Ive noticed that some mac files/discs have extensions .dmg or .toast etc can these be mounted as virtual drives by the OS itself or do you need the program that created them or a third party program in order to mount them?
5) When I install the notebook (havent received it yet), is it a good idea to put the home directory on a separate partition, and do I need one for the swap file? Does the mac use a swap file? (Ive installed linux a few times and it was usually recommended to do it that way).
6) What are the good HDD tools for the mac for partitioning, recovery, backup, cloning etc?
7) I have a belkin 54b/g wireless router, this shouldnt pose a problem for the mac should it?
8) Finally, I have a few blizzard games, Warcraft 3, Starcraft, Diablo 2 etc, and I noticed that the boxes say PC/MAC, Im assuming that I should just be able to pop the disc in and they will install, is that correct? Or do I need to nudge them along?
Thanks in advance for your help and for putting up with my lack of knowledge, hopefully the questions arent too painfully easy Otherwise Id just like to say that Im looking forward to being part of the community here and hope that one day in the future I'll be able to return the favour back to some of you.
Regards,
Joolzs34