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Well, progress has been made, somewhat, since the last time I had to ask for help from the friendly folk around here. I did some research on external drives and being able to use my 100 gig drive as an archive for my music and document files. Several people pointed out that Macs will read NTFS systems, but not write to them. Snooping around the Internet, I found that FAT32 is both readable and writeable by Macs. Thus, I have reformatted my archive drive to FAT32 and am even now copying my data. In the meantime, I have a few questions:
1. I have been downloading various freeware Mac applications, along with the required driver files for various components I will be installing (wireless dongle, printer, etc.). I have noticed that these have come in either a .sit or .zip format. I am presuming that .sit is a Mac compression format, and I already know what .zip is. Should I assume that Panther will support these formats natively, as I have not been able to find a decompressor?
2. I have also been sorting through my various PC applications and games. Some, like the Myst 10th Anniversary DVD Edition, list support for both Mac and PC os' on the same disc. Others list nothing at all. Is there a site or an easy of knowing which ones will work and which won't, short of actually putting in the Mac and seeing what happens? (My iBook isn't here yet, so that last option isn't, well, an option.)
3. I have used a VGA to TV output converter device to send my PC screen to my television in times past. The documentation for the device doesn't mention anything about Mac support. Should I assume that the VGA output from the iBook is the same or similar to that of a PC?
4. Several websites I have visited, including Apple's, have mentioned virus protection for Macs. I was under the impression that Macs have not been troubled with virii, one of the advantages to owning one. Can someone point me to a site detailing such concerns?
1. I have been downloading various freeware Mac applications, along with the required driver files for various components I will be installing (wireless dongle, printer, etc.). I have noticed that these have come in either a .sit or .zip format. I am presuming that .sit is a Mac compression format, and I already know what .zip is. Should I assume that Panther will support these formats natively, as I have not been able to find a decompressor?
2. I have also been sorting through my various PC applications and games. Some, like the Myst 10th Anniversary DVD Edition, list support for both Mac and PC os' on the same disc. Others list nothing at all. Is there a site or an easy of knowing which ones will work and which won't, short of actually putting in the Mac and seeing what happens? (My iBook isn't here yet, so that last option isn't, well, an option.)
3. I have used a VGA to TV output converter device to send my PC screen to my television in times past. The documentation for the device doesn't mention anything about Mac support. Should I assume that the VGA output from the iBook is the same or similar to that of a PC?
4. Several websites I have visited, including Apple's, have mentioned virus protection for Macs. I was under the impression that Macs have not been troubled with virii, one of the advantages to owning one. Can someone point me to a site detailing such concerns?