Newbie Saying Hi!

Fazza · #1 08-16-2009, 07:13 AM

For my first post on this forum I thought I would give a quick introduction to say Hi!

Yesterday I went out and purchased my first ever Mac - a MacBook 2 Aluminium.

As a hardcore 'normal' PC user I have always been 'anti-Mac' so becoming a Mac user is kinda strange and weird for me!!!

I've worked in IT Support for over 9 years now and have had very little contact with Macs and thought it was about time I added another string to my bow so to speak and get to grips with learning about Macs.

I thought about going on a training course but they all seemed quite expensive so I decided to actually buy a Mac instead and use it as my main computer and learn that way!!!

I've had it less than 24hrs and already I have copied across 75GB of my personal files from my Dell PC, backed it up using Time Machine and then upgraded/replaced the Hard Disk Drive for the 320GB USB drive I happened to have!

**mmkerc** · #2 08-16-2009, 09:11 AM

Welcome the to forum, and the Mac experince. I think once you get use to the differences you will prefer the Mac. Note however that if you still have needs to run windows, you can either dual boot your Mac, or (I prefer) run windows from within OS X via Parallels, or VMWare.

Also suggest you look at Apple's site for switchers, it has a lot of good info.

**mmkerc** · #3 08-16-2009, 09:30 AM

In answering your other post on viruses I thought of other things you should download, most are free. Anyway they are:
flip4mac - wmv viewer
onyx - good maintanance program
perian - video codecs

legaltocarry · #4 08-16-2009, 10:04 AM

Hi! For a new Mac user I recommend the following reads:

http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/

http://www.macmundi.com/en/

Tom

Fazza · #5 08-16-2009, 04:33 PM

Thanks for the warm welcome and the URLs for me to take a look at!

I've just ordered a book on Amazon aimed at switchers like me so that should arrive in the next 1-2 days.

I've got so many technical questions running around in my head I'm just finding the answers one at a time!

Being an IT Support Professional I know what I'm trying to achieve, all I need to do is work out if I can do it on a Mac and if so how!!!