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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 1548850" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>Welcome to the forum and the Mac world. That's pretty much the same MacBook I started with. My daughter still uses it at university and it's still going strong.</p><p></p><p>It'll do what you want for now. It can be easily upgraded to 4gb ram and a bigger hard disk or a fast SSD which will breath new life into it. You'll want to be running at least Snow Leopard (OS 10.6), preferably Lion (OS 10.7). Depending on what's on there now. Out of the box it had Tiger (OS 10.5) I think.</p><p></p><p>There are some stickies on here that will help:</p><p><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/208133-sage-advice-new-mac-switcher.html#post1082149" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/208133-sage-advice-new-mac-switcher.html#post1082149</a></p><p><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/245728-official-antivirus-malware-firewall-faq.html" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/245728-official-antivirus-malware-firewall-faq.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/251468-installing-uninstalling-applications.html" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/251468-installing-uninstalling-applications.html</a></p><p></p><p>But the best advice I can impart. Let go of Windows ideas and methods. It's the reason for most of the frustration I see on here. "In windows I did x, y, z and it doesn't work on Mac. Stupid Mac, wish I'd never switched etc".</p><p>Windows and OSX are very different operating systems but by there nature they do very similar things. Consequently there will often be an OSX equivalent or sometimes a completely different way of doing something. If and when that happens, count to 10, post on here. There will be a solution or tip to put you back on track <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Let us know how you get on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 1548850, member: 38928"] Welcome to the forum and the Mac world. That's pretty much the same MacBook I started with. My daughter still uses it at university and it's still going strong. It'll do what you want for now. It can be easily upgraded to 4gb ram and a bigger hard disk or a fast SSD which will breath new life into it. You'll want to be running at least Snow Leopard (OS 10.6), preferably Lion (OS 10.7). Depending on what's on there now. Out of the box it had Tiger (OS 10.5) I think. There are some stickies on here that will help: [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/208133-sage-advice-new-mac-switcher.html#post1082149[/url] [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/245728-official-antivirus-malware-firewall-faq.html[/url] [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/switcher-hangout/251468-installing-uninstalling-applications.html[/url] But the best advice I can impart. Let go of Windows ideas and methods. It's the reason for most of the frustration I see on here. "In windows I did x, y, z and it doesn't work on Mac. Stupid Mac, wish I'd never switched etc". Windows and OSX are very different operating systems but by there nature they do very similar things. Consequently there will often be an OSX equivalent or sometimes a completely different way of doing something. If and when that happens, count to 10, post on here. There will be a solution or tip to put you back on track :) Let us know how you get on. [/QUOTE]
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