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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1536040"><p>Welcome to the Mac world! I'll leave some of your questions to others, but will take on a couple.</p><p></p><p>1. No need to get to a bios. If you want to boot from something other than the default drive, hold down the Option Key as soon as you hear the boot sound, keep holding it down until a screen appears that shows the options you have for boot--the Recovery HD, the main HD and any USB stick you have inserted, if it's bootable. Here's a <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US" target="_blank">link</a> to Apple that describes it.</p><p></p><p>2. The Recovery HD partition should be there if the MBA is new. You may not see it until you do the Option-boot from #1, as it is generally not visible to the user until needed.</p><p></p><p>3. I'll leave that to others to help. It's personal thing. If you demand full MS Office compatibility, you can get Office for Mac. There are free alternatives, although if the documents from Office are complex, they may or may not be perfectly preserved. The more complex the document, the more chancy it gets.</p><p></p><p>4. The "Wow" moment will come when you realize that unlike Windows machines that need plenty of user maintenance, Macs "just work." It's a beautiful thing.</p><p></p><p>One comment on battery life. Li-ion batteries don't like deep cycles of power, but prefer to be topped off. So it is generally better to be on external power whenever you can. The purpose of portable machines is to port them around, of course, so go ahead, but if you end up with it on your desk a lot of time, keep it plugged in whenever it's there. That will extend the life of the battery.</p><p></p><p>Again, welcome to the Mac world!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1536040"] Welcome to the Mac world! I'll leave some of your questions to others, but will take on a couple. 1. No need to get to a bios. If you want to boot from something other than the default drive, hold down the Option Key as soon as you hear the boot sound, keep holding it down until a screen appears that shows the options you have for boot--the Recovery HD, the main HD and any USB stick you have inserted, if it's bootable. Here's a [URL="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US"]link[/URL] to Apple that describes it. 2. The Recovery HD partition should be there if the MBA is new. You may not see it until you do the Option-boot from #1, as it is generally not visible to the user until needed. 3. I'll leave that to others to help. It's personal thing. If you demand full MS Office compatibility, you can get Office for Mac. There are free alternatives, although if the documents from Office are complex, they may or may not be perfectly preserved. The more complex the document, the more chancy it gets. 4. The "Wow" moment will come when you realize that unlike Windows machines that need plenty of user maintenance, Macs "just work." It's a beautiful thing. One comment on battery life. Li-ion batteries don't like deep cycles of power, but prefer to be topped off. So it is generally better to be on external power whenever you can. The purpose of portable machines is to port them around, of course, so go ahead, but if you end up with it on your desk a lot of time, keep it plugged in whenever it's there. That will extend the life of the battery. Again, welcome to the Mac world! [/QUOTE]
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