Saturday, October 18, 2008

Things to do...

My MacBook Pro is running like a champ, although I'm kind of miffed about the new one on the market (certainly a better video card). My only consolation is that it's only been released in the 15" version, although I'm sure the 17" will come along soon enough.

I've added some music to my iTunes, some photos to my iPhoto, installed a few video requirements such as VLC and Perian. Still have a little ways to go to get it where I need it to be.

I've always been a Windows guy so I'm still learning the ins and outs of Mac. It helps that I am now a complete Mac user, I got rid of all my Windows machines. Well, I still have my Toshiba laptop but it's more of a paperweight now. I still have some stuff I have to get transferred over to my external hard drive, otherwise it would sit in a closet somewhere and collect dust.

The hard part in all of this is trying to figure out which computer will be the main. I now have a 24" iMac for the house, my daughter has a 15" MacBook Pro, and my son has a 20" iMac. Now that I have my laptop I'll use that more than anything else but I need to consolidate all my music and photos into one library. I think that's a job that I will never finish.

But the hardest part in all of this is un-learning everything I've learned using Windows. There are distinct differences with a Mac and it's only a matter of getting used to those differences. The good part is that it has been much easier to learn the Mac than it ever was for Windows.

All in all, making the switch was easy.

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