My Story......I'm scared.

[BlackMax]

First things first... Take a deep breath and exhale slowly...

Ok, some things you should know:

1. Your Mac WILL be different than your PC... This is OK. There will be an adjustment period. Approach it with an open and inquisitive mind.
2. You WILL be able to do everything on your Mac you do on your PC. Sometimes a little differently, but almost always better.
3. You will NOT have to worry about viruses and spyware or need purchase anti-virus and anti-spyware software.
4. Your Mac will see better performance as opposed to your PC because of item #3 above.
5. Your Mac will boot in a fraction of the time your PC boots
6. Give your Mac a month and you will ask yourself how you were able to put up with your PC for so long
7. If you find you absolutely need to run some Windows applications you can setup Boot Camp or Parallels or VMware Fusion.
8. Change is good. Sometimes a little scary at first, but good and healthy.

Oh, be sure to do yourself a favor and get at least 2GB of memory. Especially if you plan to setup Bootcamp/Parallels/Fusion AND/OR run games.

Enjoy your new Mac!

 

[WhySoSerious]

First things first... Take a deep breath and exhale slowly...

Ok, some things you should know:

You will NOT have to worry about viruses and spyware or need purchase anti-virus and anti-spyware software.
!

I'm still unclear about this? How are Macs not affected by viruses....or is it they are less likely to be affected? Should i still get Norton Anti-virus to be cautious?

 

[RainCityMacFan]

I'm still unclear about this? How are Macs not affected by viruses....or is it they are less likely to be affected? Should i still get Norton Anti-virus to be cautious?

Don't get Norton if you're worried, get something like ClamX (or was it AV?). I heard most virus creators don't bother writing codes for UNIX.

Plus you could get an AntiVirus program since you could accidentally pass on a virus to your PC friends. Plus Apple usually patches up their security holes pretty fast.

 

[Garrett]

That's what you're getting.

 

[mustang_dvs]

There are a bunch of different ways to learn the Mac:

1. Free workshops at your local Apple Store (including "getting started")
2. .Mac has a huge library of very well done and very informative how-to videos in the Learning Center (free 60 day trial)
3. Apple has a service called One-to-One that is a yearly membership that lets you get 1 hour a week of personalized lessons from an Apple "Creative" -- $99 (this also entitles you to a free data transfer/migration from your PC into your Mac at your local Apple store)
4. AppleCare's phone support (first 90 days of ownership = free; per incident cost or free for 3 years if you buy an AppleCare Protection Plan)
5. MacOSXhints.com

 

[nsbio]

Certainly get Norton Antivirus and whatever most advanced security suite they sell. This way, a lot of random crap will be installed in all possible nooks on your hard drive, the system will show various popup messages at random times and overall will be nicely slowed down in the process. This should make you feel more like at home while you are transitioning from a system where all those features came pretty much built-in by design.

Oh, getting an empty cardboard box, painting it in black and placing it on your desk alongside your iMac should also somewhat reduce the culture shock.

Seriously though, enjoy your new computer.

 

[Gibson88]

You will know 90% of how OSX works within a month.

I bet in the years you used windows you don't even know 50%.

Chill bro

 

[Lesser Evets]

I think you will get the new iMac and be amazed. Rig it up as you need, and when you get OSX 10.5 you should install windows on BootCamp just for the need.

Overall you will take a week or two getting used to the different layout of stuff and then you'll be very happy with it. The iMacs are like silky butter to new users. Wonderful.

 

[hdsalinas]

Dont spend all your 5K on a computer

Hi,

I would advise you not to spend 5k on a computer. I dont know what your computing needs are but I can assure you that the new 24" stock should be more than enough. I would just get the wireless keyboard and mouse.

You will soon see that in 6 months they will come with a new killer feature or revision on the mac and although your $5K system by no means be obsolete it will no longer be the latest and greatest.

I dont know how are your finances, but I can tell that they are pretty good if you plan to spend that much money. I would just wait a little bit more and get the new imac when leopard is released and add an iphone. (they would match real nice)

 

[ktbubster]

Hi,

I would advise you not to spend 5k on a computer. I dont know what your computing needs are but I can assure you that the new 24" stock should be more than enough. I would just get the wireless keyboard and mouse.

You will soon see that in 6 months they will come with a new killer feature or revision on the mac and although your $5K system by no means be obsolete it will no longer be the latest and greatest.

I dont know how are your finances, but I can tell that they are pretty good if you plan to spend that much money. I would just wait a little bit more and get the new imac when leopard is released and add an iphone. (they would match real nice)

haha. yeah!

Why don't you pick up one of the mac minis to get your process started hook it up to your current monitor and keyboard and play with the OS for a while. If you like it, in October when 10.5 is released you can buy a new imac with leopard installed and all that and use the (easy pieezy) set up assitant to automatically transfer your setup on your mini to your imac... then you can kep the mini as an entertainment hub or something fun, or sell it off and not lose too much! THat way you don't have to worry about not liking it or a random processor upgrade on the imac before leopard.

Just a thought