'Official' New Member Thread: Welcome

[GnrlyMrly]

Hey, My name's Chris. I'm from Atlanta, Ga. I must say this is a wonderful site that y'all have here. So much useful info and what seems to be a great community. Anyway, I'm in the process of ditching pc and heading over to mac. Something I've been wanting to do for years. May get a g3 ibook or something to hold me over until the new "macbooks" come out.

 

[Mostofamonkey]

Hey all, I'm Mikey from North Carolina. I've been using macs all my life (or since my family has had a computer at least). I love Apple with all my soul, have an apple tattoo on my ankle, and am the president of my universities apple user group..

Apple!

 

[discodicky]

Hi,
My name's Rich and i've been using macs for about a year now. Being from the UK (Cardiff) I find that there is too few macs and as a result too few ppl I know to help me with my queries. Thank the Lord I found you guys

 

[MultiM]

Hi, I'm also Steve. I found macForums when i was looking for info re an iPod. Lots of useful info on this site so i've been watching for several months. Just decided to sign up today 'cause I'm bored at work. Oh, bought the 5G 30GB iPod with video. LOVE IT!!!

 

[gooberone]

Hola, I'm a mac newbie from virginia. I have never owned a mac before, just bought a 17" mbp. My first introduction to apple products was the ipod, which I bought 2 years ago and LOVED it and ever since then contemplated buying an apple computer. After having had enough of my dell freezing and crashing on me these past few weeks (I have no idea what is wrong with it but it's made me want to throw it out the window.LOL) I decided to check out apple.

Nice to meet everyone!!!!

 

[agent 86]

I'm from Sydney, Oz, & have been a user since around '95 when a friend implored me not to update my PC and made me buy a Mac. I bought an LC575 and wore out the mouse playing Apeiron. Sold it a few years later for not much less than I'd paid for it & have been hooked ever since.

 

[nived]

yo, I've been reading these forums for close to two years now (I believe), but hadn't made the leap into registering until today. I just finished my freshman year of college, and now that my part time job has become fulltime for the duration of the summer, I've got quite a bit of free time whilst sitting behind a computer. Thought I'd join, say hello to everyone and stop leeching off the community without contributing something myself.

Anywho, my name is devin, I live in the suburbs just north of Dallas, and it looks like I'll be spending my summer working-days hanging around here and the NTAG forums.

 

[sb58]

Hey i'm new... i came here cuz my friend, Zap2, is always on this site. I'm also looking into getting a mac eventually...

 

[chewbakke]

Long time lurker, first time poster.
I've got more macs than my age (20) and have used my addictive personality to get high on macs.

 

[tomokun]

Ah yes, the obligatory im new here post!
On sites such as DDRFreak.com, bemanistyle.com, iLounge.com (when i posted), iOnMac.com (havnt for a year), TiVoCommunity.com (Died down since the happy hour section became crap) you might know me as tomo_kun, tomokun or whatever.

I have been a mac OWNER for just over a year now, however my first mac was the ones in the classroom in 1st grade. Ever since before then even, those damn mac infomercials got to me ^^;;.

Im 15 and living in Wisconsin. Ive been playing Music games for a long time. When I was ten I started playing DanceDanceRevolution in 2001. In my opinion it is the easiest music game created, however it is still a lot of fun. I enjoy playing beatmaniaIIDX (Japan please, none of this US port stuff), InTheGroove, pump it Up, Pop'N Music etc. And my favorite music game, ParaParaParadise. I ParaPara so a videogame that has some of the most popular, yet kinda old routines, is still a lot of fun.

Ive been reading macrumors for a long time, and that bathroom store post made me want to join in!

 

[Dahoum]

Hi

Hi all.

Just joined this forum - joined Macdom when the LCII was cutting edge

Live in London, UK

Nice to be here

 

[SheriffParker]

Hello beautiful Mac users!

My name is Sheriff, and I'll be scoping out this place in the next couple of days.

I'm currently running a 12-inch 1.0 Ghz iBook G4 768 MB RAM.

Looking forward to getting a new Macbook or MBP, but I want to wait until I know exactly what I'm getting and why. It looks like it may be smart to wait a bit...

Anywho, looks like a great forum with some really smart people here. I'm looking forward to learning lots about macs... and maybe even becoming a mac expert.

 

[ShovelHead84]

MacRumors newbie

hello…

i look forward to a pleasant experience among you guys and gals too…

i am on a 1400c soon to buy a MB waiting for the inevitable shakeout…

having read that august might be a time when new things might happen my plan is to wait until then to make the purchase in the meantime i have to get up to speed on OS X and get back into the poweruser mode including hardware and software options…

i retired Army in Hawaii in the early 80's and due to some health issues have kept a pretty low profile after getting a BS in CS and a BA in Math and Written Communication thanks to the VA programs available to disabled veterans…

my first Mac was the first Macintosh a 128 if i remember right and i pretty much had every Mac as it came out up to a SE30 because at the time the educational discount was considerably more significant back in the day…

i have busied myself with proofing and editing other's writing for the last 20 years or so and i have lost my edge… i considered myself a poweruser but that is certainly no longer the case although i am enthused about the new things i am going to have to learn moving to OS X and the MacBook…

i hope i can contribute to this site i know i am going to profit from my participation…

anyway thanks in advance for what i am sure will be a chance to learn a lot…

i cant wait to see what this post is going to look like…

Shovel

 

[Beldar]

Ahh, well new member to the forums. Maybe some of you know me from mac-forums.com . My first mac was an iBook G4 with a bad HD. Put a new one in and loaded linux on it. WHen I go to buy Tiger for it, I find the Combo drive is messed up, so I can buy a new drive and wait to get Tiger, or trade my laptop. So I traded for a perfect iBook G3 500 12 inch. Should be coming in the mail today or tomorrow and I am quite excited to finally make the switch completely.

 

[wowzallc]

hi

hi, i'm new to the forum and although i've never owned a mac i did all of my programming while in school on macs. i am planning to buy a macbook soon. i've have mixed feelings about apple and nike working together. i started a forum so that people could give their feelings. http://www.applenike.com

thanks

 

[SublimeProgie]

hello to all, just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. this looks like a huuge forum and i hope to learn alot from it.

a preimptive thanks to a warm welcome

sp

ps, i dont know i i just cant see it but if any one has any ideas on why my avatar isnt showing up in posts, but is in the control panel i would appreciate you oppinion.

 

[Tanglewood]

Hey All,
Been reading these forums for the better part of 3 years though never signed up until now. I'm a senior at San Diego State University and have been on a mac my whole life. Currently have a 20" 1.8 GHz G5 iMac, 500 MHz G3 iMac Graphite, and a 60 gig iPod Photo.

Tanglewood

i dont know i i just cant see it but if any one has any ideas on why my avatar isnt showing up in posts, but is in the control panel i would appreciate you oppinion.

Had the same question and found the answer yesterday. You need over 500 posts before you can get an avatar. Though until then you can have a picture on your profile page.

 

[Sweetman]

Fresh

Hi, I got my first computer a Macbook Pro about three months ago it's great. Back in Nov 05 I bought a Mbox 2 w Ignition Pack : Reason Adapted 3, Ableton Live Lite 4, FXpansion BFD Lite, SampleTank 2 SE, Amplitube LE,IK multimedia T-Racks, Celemony Melodyne uno essential,Bunker 8 Rex file CD.

So I didn't do my homework enough and it seems that none of these plug-ins are compatible has anyone else out there having the same problem? Please help will I ever record my own music lol. Yeah glad to find the site been thanks. I'm sure I find help here.

 

[ibiza]

Hi, been lurking here for a while since I bought my first Mac in November after trying my friends. Now I love my Mac and hate using a pc now! However did I cope before!

 

[awraisch]

longtime reader, first time poster . . . got hooked on the site waiting for new macbook release, now i use my new macbook to read the site

 

[d wade]

hi everyone..

my name is nick. i just got my 15" macbook pro. i am starting to love it. takes a bit getting used to, but i know i will get the hang of it. thanks in advance for giving me all the help i know i will need!

 

[MacAnkka]

Hello, I'm an 18-year-old student from Finland. Long time lurker, first time poster . I ordered a new MacBook a week ago, should be arriving some time next week, I guess. I thought I'd join this community, it seems to be quite friendly and fun...

Cya everyone!

 

[Erin]

Hello all. I'm Erin, 13 years old (young, yes), and a friend of amateurmacfreak. I was also a lurker until I decided to humor my chum and join. You will probably destroy me, but I don't have a mac. I have an XP. But here this, I want a mac. I've used them and I admire them. So I was very excited when hearing about Boot Camp, because Windows pleases me as well. Er, don't eat me.

 

[amiga]

Puts on his best underpants and says hello all...

finally signed up to day after skulking about on MacRoumors for a while!

 

[Slumbercub]

Another noob reporting for duty.

Hi to everyone. I have been using a Mac on and off for about 18 months but have decided to switch completely away from Windows in that last few months, I am also in the process of converting my business over to Macs as well.