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- richdrogpa, on 10/12/2007, -7/+25Just what I was looking for;) Thank You.
Since Christmas I'm playing on my g/f's Macbook and find OSX truly amazing. Need to get my own Mac notebook soon... - MacParrot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Once the installation is complete, you can either store them (nice way to keep a small backup of the original app) or just trash them. They're no longer really needed once the install is complete.
- inkswamp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Can we get off this "all Mac users must be fanboys" thing already? There are loads of Mac users who are not fanboys--the vast majority of them to be perfectly honest. It's probably the same percentage of the whole as Windows and Linux fanboys. Don't assume that the few dumb-ass zealots out there posting loads of pro-Apple tripe to places like Digg and elsewhere speak for the rest of us. I've been involved in user groups and Mac forums for over a decade and can assure you that the overzealous fanboys are a vocal minority.
- TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Stupid question but to save my desktop clutter can someone please respond......what do you do with dmgs, and the mount drive once you install the app?
- ggore, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7And as usual, within 5 minutes of this article being posted, and a couple of people saying they liked the article since it provided them some useful information and asking perfectly normal questions, the "fanboy" arguments start pouring in from people who enjoy acting or being juvenile and like seeing their name in print on the internet, thereby completely obliterating any civil or useful information from being gleaned from this posting and comments beyond reading the article for one's own information and enlightenment. It is for this very reason that I seldom read the comments on Digg, but in this one instance I can't help but speak out. For my own enjoyment I have made the effort to block my viewing any further comments from everyone that has used the word "fanboy" in these comments hereafter on Digg. I am sick to death of articles on any subject devolving into flame wars. I realize it will not clear out all the offenders but at least it's a start. I wish there were some way of stopping this juvenile behavior once an for all on here.
- kelly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6TheWorm,
put the mount drive in the trash (doing some removes the instance on the desktop. It doesn't put anything in the trash) when you're done installing its contents. (Its just a virtual disk)
The DMG is just the compressed file. delete it if you don't need it or archive it someplace if you do. - Ireland, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10"Chances are you've opened a file or program on your Windows desktop by selecting the file and then hitting the Enter key to launch it. If you're anything like me, you do this a lot. The problem is, when you try doing the same thing on your Mac, your Mac thinks you want to rename the file instead of open it (don't ask me why). If you want to open the file, you have to hit Cmd-O (for open)."
If you're going to be selecting the file with your mouse why not do a second click?
Otherwise pretty good article. - TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7thanks
- ReallyChili, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5what if i wish to upgrade my hardware? buy a whole new computer or buy the parts i need?
- monergism, on 10/12/2007, -10/+15Add to the list "Avoid being a rabid fanboy".
- Darrelc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Why is it spam? It was a good well written article that provided some good points. Hell, I dug it and I've got no intention of switching to a mac.
Goes to show that there ***** on both sides of the computer camp. - Arramol, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7I don't think anybody's under the impression that all Mac users are fanboys, but there is a very vocal minority out there who would buy Steve Job's excrement as long as it was white and glossy, then loudly inform everyone else what idiots they are for not doing the same. For those of us who are OS agnostic (I freely switch between XP and Ubuntu, wouldn't object to using OS X), it gets really, really irritating.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Step number 1, dump all your games.
- deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Are you sure about that? My 360, DS and PS2 still work just fine even though I use a Mac for my laptop. Maybe you're doing something wrong?
- slantyyz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@kelly/@fullphaser
Guys, get a grip. They're just computers. Can't we all just get along? - gib786, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Thanks for the guide! Ive been a pc fanboy for a long time, and always looked down on mac users and osx in general till i had a play with my friends macbook. Ive gone an ordered one today and it should be fun getting to learn the ins and outs of osx, whilst still using windows. Also I gotta agree with "ggore" im sick of all these falmewars between the minority of pc and mac users.
- Mirag3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I'd like to read your post, but your awful grammar, punctuation, and capitalization made it practically impossible. Please attend school and then return.
- t3hX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Have to see? None. You came to digg, you're choosing not to hide the Apple category, it's all your choice. Nobody's forcing you to do anything.
- galrok, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4/ignorance
- deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Zealots & retards: Ignore the Apple category if you don't want to see Apple stories.
- kelly, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6fullphaser,
My first response to your question was... "becuase they don't know the alternatives?"
But that didn't make sense as it can't be the "same reason" as Mac users are aware of their options and chose a Mac. That's far less often the case with PC users. - inkswamp, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9That joke was hilarous!
In 2001. - deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Define fanboy. I often respond to people who post inaccurate information about the Mac platform. Does that make me a fanboy? If someone says "Oh your Mac can't play games." I am compelled to say "well yes, actually it can. Here's how you do it" Again, does that make me a fanboy? I really don't think so.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Thank you very much for this post. I am a long long time windows user. I'm a network administrator and I work with windows every day, mainly server 2003 and XP. After working with Windows all my life (since window 95) I've decided that my next computer is going to be a Mac. The new 17in MacBook Pro is just too good of a computer to pass up. I love everything about it from the design, power, and value, it's just an awesome machine. Unfortunately I am a total noob when it come to OSX, this article is going to help tramendously. lol now all i have to do is save up that $2500 :P
- kelly, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@fullphaser
"I was just going to say each system has its benefits and problems"
They do. However, Apple tech typically has fewer problems and greater benefits.
"if you want to demean all PC fanboys as to stupid to have ever used another system go right ahead."
I never called them stupid. I said that they criticize without full perspective.
"I don't see nearly as many mac users wiping out OSX in favor of Linux yet it is held as the poster child of alternative computing."
I see some Mac buyers installing Linux though I've been seeing more Linux users go Mac. Perhaps its because it is OSX and not Linux which is held as the poster child for alternative computing. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@posure
try Quicksliver, you just hit a keyboad combination and while you type, it brings up suggestions, for example, if I type "ca" the only item that I have that starts with those 2 letters is Camino, so it shows up and I press enter and it opens, you can do a lot with that app - MacParrot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You have to excuse ol superK. Being a troll has reduced him to little more than a drooling idiot.
- Darrelc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3iGnorance. From Apple.
- posure, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Ireland
Because you don't always select a file with a mouse. I don't currently have a Mac so I don't know offhand if Macs have this ability (I'm going to be buying a MBP in the future though); but I quite often open up a folder, type the first few letters of the filename to auto-select it and then hit enter to open it. Keyboards are much faster than using a mouse as long as you know what you're looking for. - MacParrot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2deadbaby,
I agree with that entirely. I just recently began using dual monitors and having to go back to the main window to just access the menu is nuts. If there is one thing I would love to see Apple steal from Linux/Unix and Windows is the each window with its own menu bar. Well that and the taskbar or a better implementation of it than Windows. The Dock is OK, but not always intuitive, even for a long time Mac user like myself. - Arramol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@kelly - I'm fine with positive feedback of Apple products. What I can't stand is the elitist attitude that some Apple users take, trolling threads discussing competing products, refusing to acknowledge any drawback to Apple products (yes, they're there; Apple isn't perfect either), grossly exaggerating problems with competitors, etc.
- kelly, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7inkswamp,
I don't think the problem is the large amount of "fanboys." Rather, it's that PC users are feeling overwhelmed by all the good products that Apple is releasing and thus the positive feedback as a result of it. They can't fathom that its actually an Apple resurgence they're seeing and instead relegate it to an increase in what they've previously regarded as a "vocal minority." - penneyisok, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I actually just bought myself a macbook 2 days before Christmas. I was can't shop for other people and not myself I guess lol. For me the transition was pretty easy, but I have been seeing so many things about macs over the years on call for help with leo (in canada) among his other show online and just random things I seen on places like here. I really had a good idea on how it all worked but I think for the most part its a bit harder for average user (of course this doesn't include people on here) to make the switch. The only confusion I had was with installing and uninstalling programs. The whole dragging the icon into the application folder makes sense but it so different then windows. (at least for me)
I held off on getting a mac for sometime because the appeal of the mac "fanboyism" really turned me away. But I have to say it is a great system. With that said, if people begin to notice me positing fanboy comments and digging all the mac rumors and crap on here...please come find me and beat the ***** out of me. Thanks! - mishu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@jman8888
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants_Gnomes#The_gnomes - VanDaniel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3You already have a copy of Windows, and BootCamp is free; so yeah, you can play all of those on your mac.
- jman8888, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Where did that joke come from. Seriously wanna know.
- greekgoat91, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5FreeBSD! what are you on? Linux is the way to go. I recommend Ubuntu to n00bs
- Mirag3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Or you could just play WoW on your Mac in OS X. It is a universal binary, you know.
- kelly, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3You mean as opposed to the same menu filling every single window thus reducing screen real estate to the size of a postage stamp?
- slantyyz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@fullphaser
As someone who has 2 Macs, 2 Windows PCs and an Ubuntu server, I must therefore be single, stupid and elitist.
My wife would probably only agree to the "stupid" point. - fallenone05, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1dude, thanks for enlightening me, I really didn't know you could do that, very cool...I'm thinking about getting a mac book pro...
- till, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Since I got a mac at work, I also set up my mom with one and I can't say I was so extremely happy with all the switching. Not saying that it's particularly apple's fault but I had to download 20 other apps first to get all the exports going. True is that now that everything is on the mac it's (probably) better.
The thing is I really have a hate-relationship with Apple Mail, which seems like the worst MUA (Mail User Agent) ever, because it just does not behave very mac-like (unlike the rest of the system). And then there is this - excuse me - damn versiontracker website where just too much pay-ware is listed as freeware (annoying) and then the quality of the software is really bad. Taking into account that the system itself is rock-solid (hey, UNIX!) and most of the software you pay for seems to be a 100% more usable than most applications on the Windows, it's frustrating to see that the free software on the mac blows so much (compared to free software on windows).
Anyway, just my 2 cents. I'll probably switch myself later this year - just need to find a deal on a mac-book. ;-) - mtappenden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My parents know how to use a Mac. They have used mine often enough. The only thing stopping them making the switch is they need to be able to take all the data within their 8+ gigabyte PST files with them, and there seems to be no reliable way to do it. There are ways to get the email, but no reliable ways that we can find to get the contacts, todos, calendars...
- slantyyz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@deadbaby
[sarcasm]
Great! Now we can debate whether PCs are as good at gaming as consoles! Woohee, 2 religious debates in 1 thread!
[/sarcasm] - PicklePower, on 10/12/2007, -8/+9I just got turned into a Mac user yesterday =P (not with one yet, but definitely is going to be my next purchase).
- fullphaser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@slantyyz
lol, its nothing man, I doubt either of us are actually frustrated with the other, or at least I know I am not, its to keep the entertainment up, and hopefully people will either learn something or get a good laugh out of our "argument". I could personally care less, but PC fanboys aren't all stupid I have met quite a few with some brains. There is just this general consensus in the tech community PC fanboys are stupid, Mac fanboys are elitist, and Linux fanboys are single. - deathmatch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ill be getting my very first macbook pro :D by the end of this week.
Honestly, iv been skeptical of macs but i used the mac labs a lot at my university. (Less people in that lab because most people are PC junkies)
This guide is awesome. TY - t3hX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The Mighty Mouse has a right button, and the laptops - put two fingers on the trackpad and click. Don't like it? Plug your PC mouse in, and it will work fine.
The Delete/backspace thing doesn't matter - it's just what's on the key. It's in the same position, and does the same thing. - deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Personally I love the uni-menubar but I think they kind of a crappy job implementing it in dual monitor mode. (both monitors should get a copy of the menubar instead of it sticking to one sreen exclusively, I hope they fix that in 10.5)
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