Mac N00b

PDD

Hi Guys,

I was wondering if anyone can reccomend a good way to get an idea of using a Mac. A few of my mates have converted over the past few years and swear blindly that they will never go to Windows. Having said that I cannot wait to get my hands on a MacBook for dual boot. I think Mac's are brilliant its just Im so used to using windows and Linux just melts my head. I was just wondering is there any way I can get a good feel for a Mac before shelling out on Mac hardware or a MacBook.

PDD

K.O.Kiki

Well, you could just go over to your mates' house(s) and try it out for a few hours
Honestly though, a lot (if not most) Mac users converted from Windows anyway; so you can see that there's not too much of a learning curve -- in fact, the biggest changes I found were using CMD (ALT on normal keyboards) instead of CTRL, and switching " with . Now, whenever I use a Windows machine, I have to take 2mins to get reaquainted!

Ernesto

http://osx.portraitofakite.com/

go here. download it for windows. gives you a rough idea

PDD

Cheers man I will try that now :-)

PDD

sturgo

PDD wrote:

Hi Guys,

I was just wondering is there any way I can get a good feel for a Mac before shelling out on Mac hardware or a MacBook.

PDD

Just buy the Mac.

SouperComputer

buy and old iMac to try it out. They cost buttons these days.

PDD

Does an iMac have a standard VGA connector or is it a DVI connector for the monitors?

sturgo

PDD wrote:

Does an iMac have a standard VGA connector or is it a DVI connector for the monitors?

DVI these days. You can get a VGA adapter though.

PDD

Gay! You gotta love how Mac do their hardware though. If you go Mac its gotta be all Mac.

ZENER

PDD wrote:

Having said that I cannot wait to get my hands on a MacBook for dual boot.

I don't think it's possible to run Windows in that way on the new macs. I imagine a new version of Virtual PC would make windows emulation run well though.

ZEN

PDD

Well there are problems with XP and EFI but its only a matter of time before thats sorted out by Apple or hacked. There is already several competitions to anyone who can Dual Book Mac OS X and Linux on the MacBook. It may take some time to stabalise but pretty soon its gonna be sweet.

I did get offered an amazing deal on a 17" PowerBook but I dunno if I want to shell out a huge amount of cash for something Im not really sold on yet.

jtsuited

why would you want to run windows? Why? please tell me? why? Part of the point point of a mac is you never have to touch that bullsh1t again.

PDD

Because Im comfortable with Windows and I can be more porductive on a system that Im familiar with. I plan moving from Windows to Linux over the next 6 months and then getting a PowerMac.

Sam Vimes

in some 3g's there are internet cafes that use macs. the one in blanchardstown does. check their website 3g.ie for the others

PDD

Good idea man! :-)