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<blockquote data-quote="Nethfel" data-source="post: 1017769" data-attributes="member: 89124"><p>EDIT: looks like I need to increase my typing speed - when I started typing there were 0 replies ROFL!</p><p></p><p>Greetings and welcome! I know I can't answer all of your questions, but maybe I can get you started <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></p><p></p><p>This one I know I can't answer - although I work at a school, I'm not a student in school, and I know during the time in college it is possible to be pretty rough on ones stuff.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There is no reason why it wouldn't - only thing I could think of was the problem with iTunes 9 in general that some people had syncing click-wheel ipods like the classic - I don't know if this has been fixed by the current version (9.0.3). You will want to get your music off incase you don't have it copied. Then you'll just set it up to be synced with the iTunes on your Mac. Just transfer your music/playlists/etc. from your PC to the Mac (if you don't have too much music, it's easy to use the backup and restore function within iTunes. I used only 4 dvds to backup my music at the time I switched (although now it'd take a few more <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ) )</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd say get what you feel comfortable with. iWork apps will export to Microsoft apps (ie: powerpoint, word, excel) so if you have to turn a file in to a teacher you can without a problem. The only issue that could arise is if for some reason you needed Publisher or Access (although you can get around the Access issue if you install OpenOffice or NeoOffice for access specific work)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Big thing is to just play - enjoy the system. Know that things are different on the Mac world - accept that and learn what they are - people who have the most trouble switching are those that try to compare every feature in Windows to OSX, and try to make OSX work/look like Windows. People are so used to programs being maximized (full size of the screen) that it's a shock to many to come to using the OSX environment where windows are the size they need to be rather then taking the entire screen. Also, you'll want to probably get an external hard drive so you can backup your machine - the Time Machine app that is part of OSX makes this a braindead operation, and makes it about as easy as possible to get back to where you were if you have a hard drive failure.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Shouldn't be a problem <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I use a Mac at work and maintain ~200 Windows systems and 4 linux systems with it. Now if you network the two some people have some trouble with the Mac seeing the PC or vice-versa, but if you need to map a share, you can usually still do it via IP if you can't find the computer in the shared section.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It comes with a lot of Unix software (OSX has a modified BSD unix base), other than that - you get all your standard stuff like you mentioned (browser, email, calendar, address book, RTF text editor, iChat, built in spell checker, etc.) and Macs also include iLife - which includes iPhoto (photo management and touchup/printing/etc), iWeb (web design software), iMovie (video editing software), iDVD (dvd authoring software). </p><p></p><p>Unless I'm missing a portion of iLife, that should be about it for extra software. There is a lot of wonderful freeware available for the Mac tho - and a lot of Unix apps are also available for the Mac via MacPorts and it's easy to use front end Porticus.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It should. Mac comes with a TON of drivers. If it doesn't have one, it tries to find it on the net; if it can't then you'll need a disc from the manufacturer. One of the happiest days I had when I first brought my Mac Laptop to work (which I have sold since work gave me an iMac to use there, and I don't travel enough to justify keeping the laptop) and hooked it into the network and searched for printers, it found the various network printers and installed the ones I asked it to without needing additional discs. Honestly, for some stuff (like HP printers) I probably wouldn't use HPs discs and just use the drivers within OSX since HP tends to include a ton of bloatware on their install discs. </p><p></p><p>In terms of the camera, if it doesn't recognize it (since really, all you'd hook it up for would be to transfer photos unless you're using computer control) you can just take the memory card out (and if it's not and SD card), get a cheap multi card USB reader and just transfer the photos via the reader.</p><p></p><p>I'm not going to say every piece of hardware will work - but in terms of your common stuff, you shouldn't have a real problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nethfel, post: 1017769, member: 89124"] EDIT: looks like I need to increase my typing speed - when I started typing there were 0 replies ROFL! Greetings and welcome! I know I can't answer all of your questions, but maybe I can get you started :) This one I know I can't answer - although I work at a school, I'm not a student in school, and I know during the time in college it is possible to be pretty rough on ones stuff. There is no reason why it wouldn't - only thing I could think of was the problem with iTunes 9 in general that some people had syncing click-wheel ipods like the classic - I don't know if this has been fixed by the current version (9.0.3). You will want to get your music off incase you don't have it copied. Then you'll just set it up to be synced with the iTunes on your Mac. Just transfer your music/playlists/etc. from your PC to the Mac (if you don't have too much music, it's easy to use the backup and restore function within iTunes. I used only 4 dvds to backup my music at the time I switched (although now it'd take a few more ;) ) ) I'd say get what you feel comfortable with. iWork apps will export to Microsoft apps (ie: powerpoint, word, excel) so if you have to turn a file in to a teacher you can without a problem. The only issue that could arise is if for some reason you needed Publisher or Access (although you can get around the Access issue if you install OpenOffice or NeoOffice for access specific work) Big thing is to just play - enjoy the system. Know that things are different on the Mac world - accept that and learn what they are - people who have the most trouble switching are those that try to compare every feature in Windows to OSX, and try to make OSX work/look like Windows. People are so used to programs being maximized (full size of the screen) that it's a shock to many to come to using the OSX environment where windows are the size they need to be rather then taking the entire screen. Also, you'll want to probably get an external hard drive so you can backup your machine - the Time Machine app that is part of OSX makes this a braindead operation, and makes it about as easy as possible to get back to where you were if you have a hard drive failure. Shouldn't be a problem :) I use a Mac at work and maintain ~200 Windows systems and 4 linux systems with it. Now if you network the two some people have some trouble with the Mac seeing the PC or vice-versa, but if you need to map a share, you can usually still do it via IP if you can't find the computer in the shared section. It comes with a lot of Unix software (OSX has a modified BSD unix base), other than that - you get all your standard stuff like you mentioned (browser, email, calendar, address book, RTF text editor, iChat, built in spell checker, etc.) and Macs also include iLife - which includes iPhoto (photo management and touchup/printing/etc), iWeb (web design software), iMovie (video editing software), iDVD (dvd authoring software). Unless I'm missing a portion of iLife, that should be about it for extra software. There is a lot of wonderful freeware available for the Mac tho - and a lot of Unix apps are also available for the Mac via MacPorts and it's easy to use front end Porticus. It should. Mac comes with a TON of drivers. If it doesn't have one, it tries to find it on the net; if it can't then you'll need a disc from the manufacturer. One of the happiest days I had when I first brought my Mac Laptop to work (which I have sold since work gave me an iMac to use there, and I don't travel enough to justify keeping the laptop) and hooked it into the network and searched for printers, it found the various network printers and installed the ones I asked it to without needing additional discs. Honestly, for some stuff (like HP printers) I probably wouldn't use HPs discs and just use the drivers within OSX since HP tends to include a ton of bloatware on their install discs. In terms of the camera, if it doesn't recognize it (since really, all you'd hook it up for would be to transfer photos unless you're using computer control) you can just take the memory card out (and if it's not and SD card), get a cheap multi card USB reader and just transfer the photos via the reader. I'm not going to say every piece of hardware will work - but in terms of your common stuff, you shouldn't have a real problem. [/QUOTE]
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