'Official' New Member Thread: Welcome

[toddburch]

Just registered and I'm new to all things mac.

I'm 44, married, 1 son - 16 years old, live in Texas, and have been using windows for, well, ever. Got tired of the constant maintenance for the household and I am looking for greener pastures.

I got a MacPro - it was delivered last Friday. 3ghz quad processor, 2gig ram, 500gig hard drive, and a big ol 23" cinema display. It's pretty nice.

Still learning the interface. So far, so good. I'm a poweruser on windows, and it's a bit frustrating for me on the mac right now getting around on the keyboard with shortcuts. That will come with time, I'm sure.

I got the mac for a few reasons. Besides the win-maintenance woes, I'll be getting into some serious "home-owner" video editing next year. And, I write commercial plugins for a product called SketchUp that are cross platform (win and mac). Now, I can truly test my scripts on the mac and not just guess whether or not they will work. And, when mac users have problems, I can now actually "see" what they are seeing.

I'm looking foward to getting into some deeper mac programming with cocoa and xcode. And, I'm sure I'll dive into Applescript too - I'll probably do that first.

Good to be here. Todd

 

[DreamGhost]

Hello! I've been reading MR for a few months but haven't posted. I thought I'd post a greeting here so I'd have one post at least

I've been a Mac user since 1988 when I bought a Mac SE (2 floppies, no hard drive). Using a MacBook Pro these days. Have always made my living supporting Windows and Unix computers but have always used the Mac at home.

Anyway, it's a fun and useful forum. Glad to be here.

K

 

[PreacherKane]

Hi everyone. This is my fourth post, so I'm pretty new around here.
I've read alot of posts but when I saw one about music I had to join in and now I'm hooked.
I write songs and I play musical instruments, I use GarageBand and Logic Express to do it.
Thanks for listening.

 

[Crashmaster007]

Hello everybody! I just got my first Mac a week ago, a black MacBook. I have been using it as much as possible since then, and I love it. I have been a life long PC user but decided I needed a change, that and my big Alienware was starting to hurt my shoulder. I hope to stick around for a while and learn some things.

 

[Annndy!]

Hello all,

Long-time lurker and newly registered user here. Still using a PC unfortunately, but looking to purchase a MacBook Pro as soon as possible (read: as soon as I can afford it) and trying to learn as much as I can beforehand, so please bear with me!

Andy

 

[FrankBlack]

I came back...

Hi Folks. After an absence of many months, I have decided to return. (With a little nudge from Tom Veil. )

 

[DanzaBarr]

DanzaBarr

Yo, I'm new here... but not new to Macintosh, or any other Apple products. I have a few Macs in my house. Well. Five. And an iPod etc... My dad works and owns a graphic design company in Liverpool, so there's a good 15 Macs that I can use in his studio... He just bought a 24" iMac, and fitted it out with a Gig of kingston... Runs WoW like ***** off a shovel. Anyway. Are there any Adobe Photoshop users among us? I'd like to get to know a few people (because I'm sure they'll agree, OSX is the best Operating System to run any imaging software) If you want to see any of my artwork, my deviantART page is:

http://www.danzabarr.deviantart.com
C&C would be nice, though I appreciate this isn't an art forum as such.

Anyway, laters. (Does anyone else play WoW? I'm on "Daggerspine" Realm, my character's (well, current character's - I plan to go Bloodelf in January) name is: "Jessop". (Tauren Warrior).)

-DanzaBarr

Ps: why does the posting interface look like Microsoft word?!

 

[Da5id.4]

First post...

a quick hello.
da5id.4

 

[TestingtheSky]

Hi!

I'm Clay, I'm a new user to the macbook (as I got it for Christmas )! I have been using iPods since the when the Mini came out, and I have been buying every generation of iPod since then. I enjoy talking to anyone, so if you would like to chat PM me and we can talk on AIM or MSN anytime!

Happy Holidays everyone! :-D

 

[calvatron]

first time long time

hi there, just thought I would post to officially say hello. I've always lurked around these boards looking for tips and to troubleshoot the occasional problem (right now I'm researching an external harddrive issue). I have been a mac user for years now. I've gone through and have had an ibookg3 clamshell, emac, powerbook 867, powermac dual 867 & I currently use an intel imac core duo as my main com. See ya around : )

 

[doo-hik-ee]

Hello, I am an aspiring uber-nerd, been a Mac user for 4 years, just joined on a whim today, and am waiting for 2007.
13 minutes to go.
Anyways, hello.

 

[cbrain]

Hi there!

I joined last month in December. I decided to join after looking through the Mac Rumors guides (I haven't registered there yet). I joined just before getting a an iMac 20 inch. It has all the base specs except I updated the graphics memory from 128mb to 256mb.

Thanks for reading,

From cbrain

 

[Teh Don Ditty]

Hi I'm A Mac errr.... I'm Mike. As with most people I was a long time lurker and I finally decided to join so I can just throw some random comments around. Switched in May of 2005 (after years of bashing Macs for no reason. Actually, never really was a fan of OS 9 [please be nice, I know a lot of you love classic!]). I bought myself a 17" iMac G5 (Pre-iSight) 2GHz, 1GB Ram, 160GB HD. Beautiful machine. Sold it for my White MacBook. Original lust (which I have fulfilled!!!) was The Cube. It's been almost 2 years since my switch and I'm never going back. Now to convice my parents and my friends!

- The Don Ditty (aka Mike)

 

[BilltheCat]

I have had my iMac for a week!





...and I will never go back to that other stuff!

 

[eluk]

Old boy with MacBook Pro.

 

[BGAYLOR07]

I've been lurking for a while but have just started to post. I love these forums and all the help I get from everyone. I love .

 

[Allstermac]

Wanted to say thanks! This forum rocks! I've converted from PC mid December. I Picked up the macbook pro 17" 2.33GHz. 2gig ram
What I like about this forum is if ya have an issue, most likely a ton of experienced users are here to help! (like right away!)
I will admit, I bought on impulse and had I of done more research here, It would have taken longer for me to make up my mind, but I still woulda bought the MBP 1 month into it and no regrets!
Cheers

 

[shoestring]

Sup!

I just bought another mac. It should be here tomorrow. I had a TiBook back when I was finishing up school but ended up selling it because I was broke.

I needed a winter hobby because all this snow has gotten me down, so I ordered a MacBook and will start learning and tweaking all over again.

In the summer, I like to hike, mtn bike, and golf, and the summer can't get here soon enough. For now, I'll tinker with my new toy.

I also blog about personal finance and investing at http://www.shoestring-investing.com (hence the name)

 

[dadsp33k]

hello, i'm a new mac owner (two months) and a new MacRumors member. i'm excited to spend some reading a lot of great posts.

i'm from baltimore, md and am a stay at home dad to three boys.

 

[emmi]

Hello everyone!

I'm not a mac user yet, but am planning to purchase a macbook in the summer for school.

Nice to meet everyone!

 

[iLoveMyMBP]

Hello All!!

Hello all,

I'm writing from my new macbookpro!!!

Macbookpro 2.33GHz
120GiG harddrive
3GiG's of RAM

Hope to be a very active memeber in this fourm....wondering if anyone could take a newbie under their wing?!

 

[xtopher]

Hi, my name is chris. ive been lurking on these forums for about two months and i finally decided to join. im 6 foot brown hair. i like long walks on the beach and ohhhhhh wrong forum...... i have a macbook 2.0GHz 2GB and 200HD and i want a mac pro. i still like beaches

oh i thought id also post. im chris and im a macaholic.

 

[jenn221]

I joined this forum a couple days ago, I guess I missed this part....

Anyways I'm here to learn! If I can offer any help I will, and I will also be very proud of myself because I am not that knowledgable (SP?) about computers!

Jenn (Mac user for life, never known anything else really)

 

[Poseidon]

Heya folks. I stumbled across MacRumors a week or two ago while doing a bit of research while trying to decide what, if any, Macintosh I should purchase.

I'm a Mac guy from way back when - my first computer was an Apple IIe, bought way back in 1986 or 1987 - but like a lot of other folks I felt obligated to migrate over to PCs. With my current PC on life-support, I decided I'd try Macintosh again, so here I am!

About me: I currently live near Iowa City, IA (home of the Unversity of Iowa for you Big 10 folks) and work as a customer service peon for ACT (yes, THAT ACT). I'm originally from the Chicago area (GO CUBS!) but moved out here to finish my "edumacation" and finding that I enjoy the quieter, more relaxed pace of life.

I'm enjoying the forums so far and looking forward to my new Mac.

- Paul

 

[Spike099]

macrumors newb

Hey guys!

Finally got my MacBook Pro this morning. Spent all day playing around with it. Like Poseidon I am a mac user from way back... Although I was born in 86. I was using macs since I can remember, i've got a picture of myself at about 5 years old, barely the height of a desk and im standing up playing on a mac classic.

Before I went to university I owned a iMac 233Mhz and then inherited my family's powermac g3 300mhz. Going into university my parents bought me a pc 2.8Ghz as a gift(slight difference in speeds of my previous mac). I've been using that for the last 3 years until now!!! I had some extra cash from a back loan so I decided to spend it on a little gift for myself . Haha, anyways enough chit chat and back to business. Glad to be back. I'm sure you'll all see me around from time to time.

If you want to see my setup checkout the thread Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present!