You’re reading the first post written on the new MacBook I purchased last night. Right out of the box, things seem to have worked. I had a bit of difficulty getting online with the AirPort card, but that was due to my own ignorance. It’s been 17 years since I last used a Mac, so this is definitely going to take some getting used to.
In 1989, I bought a Macintosh SE after I got divorced (I needed something to assuage my pain.). At the time, it was state of the flippin’ art. It had a (large for the time) 40MB hard drive, and it ran at the blazing speed of 8Mhz. You could take a shower and have lunch in the time it took to print a 10-page document. And because it had no spooling utility, if you were printing you could forget about doing anything else until the print job was completed. Looking back, the Mac SE was about as powerful as a mechanical pencil, but it was fun. Hopefully, it will be fun this time around as well.
The down side is that, as far as Adam and Eric are concerned, I’ve made a deal with the Devil His Own Self. Perhaps I have, but my God, it feels good to be free of Windows! I spend my workday wrestling with a Windows laptop that I detest with every fiber of my being. It’s slow, clunky, and…did I mention slow? At least the MacBook works like it’s supposed to.
I know there are going to be a lot of little things I’m going to have to figure out…like how do I expand a Safari window to full-screen? Let the fun begin….
Welcome back! I had to use a Windows machine for four years at my last job and detested the stupid, unintuitive OS every single day.
The little green button on the upper left of the Safari browser window will make it go full screen. But you should install FireFox as its a much more complete browser and has bitchin' widgets to add-on.
Drop me a line if you need any help navigating the new OS. There are lots of tricks and shortcuts that make it even better!
I agree 100% etc etc. Safari is OK but has its limits; but by all means get Mozilla-Firefox (version 2.0).
I have always had Macs, at home, since 1984 (I was stuck with the accursed Windows on the job, but am thankfully rid of it now). I was totally depressed in late 1997/early 1998 when it looked as tho Mac would go under and I'd have to go to Windowshit. But then--1998 resurrection! My latest is iMac (two years old), with current OS version 10.4.8...tho yours may be higher, since I guess it's got Intel?
I can also help with Finder, Safari, and MSWord shortcuts if you need any such help. Incidentally, the best Mac publication was MacHOME... but it bit the dust last July. Macworld is not nearly as good
What was the old Win machine ?? Enough RAM on it to run Ubuntu ? Go on, you know you should at least try ....
I would have to agree with the advice regarding Firefox. Safari seems a slightly less annoying distant relation to IE- useful, but not something you want to be around constantly.
This is going to take some getting used to- I do miss the right-click button, f'rinstance- but I think I'm going to like using a Mac again.
I feel as if I've been liberated.... :o)
Jack, plug in your old mouse if its USB. I cannot use a single button mouse and I refuse to exist without a scroll wheel anymore!
If you don't have a USB two button mouse then the control key functions as a toggle between right and left click.
Uh, Northstar, how much do you want for the windoze box?
'Cause, dude, I'm runnin' ubuntu linux on an AMD-6 chip. Your '89 Mac is hella fast, amigo.
Seriously -- the 'puter was built from parts lying around. The OS and browser and the OpenOffice 2.0 were all freebies too, and ...
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So if the windoze box ain't completely fried (I stomped mine to death back in September), fire it up and put Ubuntu and Firefox to work for you.
You can build your OS/desktop to suit yourself. Fewer virus worries than a Mac, even!