The Pain Of Waiting...

[Sicarius]

Ok, so here's the deal: My parents are buying me a Macbook Pro for school (15.4", 2.0GHz, 1GB RAM (1 x 1GB) ), but the thing is, I have no idea how long I'll have to wait. I've never used OS X in any real capacity, (Used a friend's for like 30 minutes), so I'm asking the question: How do I pass the time? What are some good things I should learn about Mac OS X before I jump on the Apple-Train? Thanks in advance guys and gals.

 

[2nyRiggz]

Macs are easy to use and basically maintain themselves. There are a lot of apps and what have you opened to macs these days so thats not a problem anymore plus OSX is the best thing since the alien quadrilogy release

Here are some nice apps to know about...check out apples wesite as well.

http://paulstamatiou.com/2005/12/19/10-apps-every-new-mac-user-should-download/



Bless

 

[Clydefrog]

here is on eof the guides you can find here on macrumors

http://guides.macrumors.com/Tiger

 

[mmmcheese]

Use Windows ME on a 486 while you wait, and then it'll feel even better when you get the new system...

 

[Sdashiki]

There are a lot of apps and what have you opened to macs these days so thats not a problem anymore plus OSX is the best thing since the alien quadrilogy release:

agreed.

though, upon seeing the NEW Alien Quadrilogy, I feel cheated.

See they originally had all the discs in one of those unfold, and unfold, and unfold type setups. So to get to a disc, you had like 3 feet of DVD case on your lap.

now they each come in a slim DVD case....

sigh, progress.

 

[Sicarius]

Use Windows ME on a 486 while you wait, and then it'll feel even better when you get the new system...

I'm running 95 on a 700MHz AMD Duron CPU right now, with like 128 MB RAM, and a 4GB HD.



Thanks guys, is there anything I need to do with it, when I get it, to make it safe, or keep bad things from happening to it? Like, virus-software, etc.

 

[Mord]

Macs are easy to use and basically maintain themselves. There are a lot of apps and what have you opened to macs these days so thats not a problem anymore plus OSX is the best thing since the alien quadrilogy release

Here are some nice apps to know about...check out apples wesite as well.

http://paulstamatiou.com/2005/12/19/10-apps-every-new-mac-user-should-download/



Bless

What the hell, when did you gain 4,000 posts loose the AMD bitch attitude and learn to spell?

props, seriously, but what the hell.

 

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