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Never used a mac before (don´t kill me for it)

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Okey.. so... i just started my work education, been using windows for a while (but never really liked it much though) and have also been trying ubuntu for a few days, but never had much time to sit down and learn. But now I start at work (a computer admin thingy... i have 2 years left before i´m fully educated though) and my boss gives me my workstation....... and here i am, never touched a Mac before (hardly even seen one) and now i have to sit and learn to operate X-server, and use Paralella or something, and stuff within a month... so i thought, I need help.

Been doing the get started with your mac thing and going from windows to mac... but does anyone of you have a good suggestion on what to do next in my learning prosess? need help very quicly, i´m supposed to use X-server within the end of August......

btw, the one i have now is a MacBook (the new one with OS X 10.4-tiger or something)

-thondal-
 
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Unfortunately I don't kmow much about X-server to give you any tips. But take a look here. You will find lots of tips to make your Mac experience more enjoyable.
 
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thondal said:
Okey.. so... i just started my work education, been using windows for a while (but never really liked it much though) and have also been trying ubuntu for a few days, but never had much time to sit down and learn. But now I start at work (a computer admin thingy... i have 2 years left before i´m fully educated though) and my boss gives me my workstation....... and here i am, never touched a Mac before (hardly even seen one) and now i have to sit and learn to operate X-server, and use Paralella or something, and stuff within a month... so i thought, I need help.

Been doing the get started with your mac thing and going from windows to mac... but does anyone of you have a good suggestion on what to do next in my learning prosess? need help very quicly, i´m supposed to use X-server within the end of August......

btw, the one i have now is a MacBook (the new one with OS X 10.4-tiger or something)

-thondal-
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A bit confusing...you're using a MacBook, with Parallels, if I understood well, but you need to use X-Server... (?!?)
Do you mean using Mac OS X (the OS), or maintaining an Xserve, which is hardware running Mac OS X Server (server versiom of OS X)?
You can't install Mac OS X Server on a MacBook, because the retail version of Mac OS X Server runs only on PowerPC Macs, not Intel (like the MacBook).
 
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True, you would get better results from us and your learning curve if you at least took enough interest to learn the correct terminology.
 

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