I was surprised no one asked this question, if so, you know what to do.

Any Mac users? I just got my MacBook Pro for college, and I'm in love with it

Quick Stats: 15.4" Matte . 2Ghz Duo . 1GB RAM . 80 GB HD

[nathan]

 

I've been a mac user since I was 5 and we got our first family computer.

I've got two computers, myself. My eMac was a Christmas present about four years ago, and I bought myself a 12'' Powerbook last year for college.

 

i just got a macbookpro too, i love it but i'm new to mac's i was wondering if someone could help me customize the OS??

 

Are you all graphics people, or just prefer macs?

 

I've had millions of windows based computers, with macs i've never experieced pop up problems, virus problems and OS crashes. Plus OSX is so sleek

 

I'm a photographer, not exactly "graphics". Nothing I couldn't do on a PC. I just prefer them because I used them all through high school, now I'm heading off to college and just like OS X over Windows XP.

Once I used one I was hooked
[nathan]

 

I hear ya

 

I think i lost you on iChat. But if you have any more questions that i cant answer try this place:

http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa

They know everything there is to know. They have helped me alot
[nt]

 

got my Imac g5 intell yea! its freaken awsome and Im getting a macbook soon

 

iMac's are great, those were the macs we used in newspaper and yearbook. I'm starting to wish got a Macbook instead of the MacBook Pro. The Pro is bigger than I expected.

 

haha If you want to sell your macbook pro um I will by it for the cost of a mac book lol

 

goin to college and thinking of getting a macbook, never had a mac before, but i love how it comes with microsoft office and aalot of other goodies... is the 2.0ghz chip any fast? planning on getting that with 1gb memory...

so wats the problems u see me having switchin from xp to mac? im still gonna have my xp desktop though

 

switch the desktop to! lol Tiger is awsome and now with bootcamp if you have a copy of xp you can run it on your MAc

 

I was about to say the same thing, Download Boot Camp and buy a fresh version of XP and you can have both Tiger and XP on your Macbook. And 2.0 GHz is plenty fast, especially with the new Duo Core technology. I can honestly say that the Pro is easily a desktop replacement. But get the 1GB memory without a doubt.

 

I have done many "conversions" and frequently switch platforms myself.

Best advice ever for a switcher:

1)buy a copy of Mac OS X (10.4) for Dummies. Really. This will at least teach you the basics of your new operating system- things like how to adjust your preferences, print to PDF, change the views, etc. That way, you won't be posting 1,000 questions on the web about stuff that's contained in the Help menu.

2) Find a good Mac help forum and sticky it. Read a lot.

3) Absolutely DO NOT use your former Windows computer for 1 month. Burn your pics onto DVD, email your bookmarks, etc. A large amount of frustration for new users is because they flip between XP and OS X and (of course, being unfamiliar with Macs) become angry because "Well, that's not how Windows does it."

4) OS X gets happier and happier with the more memory that you feed it.

 

y do i have to burn pics to dvd? i cant take the pics of my digi cams?

 

oh no you can infact most of the drivers needed for all digi cams come preloaded to all macs. I agree its a good Idea not to use a windows based computer for the first month untill you get the hang of useing the mac... for me it was simple seeing how My other computer ....... an HP was a peice of garbage anyway. Trust me the old saying is once you go mac you sure as hell aint going back

 

LMAO!! Isn't that the truth!

 

I use a Mac Mini.

 

had my powerbook 15' for about a year now and i absoloutely love it. no problems with viruses, crashes, nothing.. not to mention the instant wake up from sleep mode. not the 5 moinutes on a PC