On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #22
Argh, not meaning to jump on your back, but pop-up tips, dialogs, etc. a la Windows XP is enough to drive anyone absolutely bonkers... 10.3 has a reasonably easy to understand Help…
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On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #21
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Originally posted by hldan:
What sort of program is Route 66?
http://www.66.com/route66/index.php
Online Poker for Mac — #15
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Originally posted by CIA:
Playing hold 'em, I was dealt a Queen of Clubs and some other crappy card, I folded pre-flop.. On the flop, (same hand mind you) a qu…
Online Poker for Mac — #14
Pokerroom.com is my choice for online Poker.
We should try to setup a MacNN only poker game. Anyone interested in doing this?
My player name is 'Dead Cards'
Wireless Routers For Ibook? — #4
There's a whole forum for networking questions. It's called "Networking." There is nothing involving networking that's peculiar to iBooks.
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #20
Most likely you won't be eligible for a free* (*US$19.95 s/h fee) upgrade to Tiger. When they announced the last OS X upgrade (Panther) only people who bought systems on the day of…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #19
Thanks Discotronic for the expose instructions - now I am switching betwen apps faster than if I were using the Windows taskbar (or even virtual desktops.)
I went with the Apple P…
Wireless Routers For Ibook? — #3
A friend of mine had serious issues with her Airport Extreme Base Station, where it would need to be reset every few days. We were never able to figure out why it happened.
This i…
Wireless Routers For Ibook? — #2
Granted, it will cost you more than $50, but what's wrong with just purchasing an AirPort Express Base Station? At least it's supported by Apple, and won't have any compatibility i…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #18
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
Mini arrived last week (1.25GHz, 512 MB, 80GB, SuperDrive, Bluetooth, Airport Extreme with Apple Pro Wireless mouse and keyboa…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #17
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
Discotronic - did you mention setting up hotspots with 'Expose'? I think Expose really is a swish feature of the Mac (almos…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #16
"BTW - if Safari is so slow - why is it so lauded on the Mac? "
Well, if you're up to date on system updates, Safari is actually pretty snappy. It has some nice usability features…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #15
Thanks all for the corrections and advice in this thread.
I was getting ease of use mixed up with perfection - good point to make.
What I am reading here is that it seems to be …
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #14
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Originally posted by scottiB:
Route 66 is kind of goofy in its install. Mine (Route USA) left an alias (shortcut in Windows terminology) of it on my Desktop--it w…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #13
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
Installed route 66 - only to find that the icon wasn't put in the 'Applications' folder or the Dock. I can see many newer use…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #12
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
Thanks for the welcome Discotronic!
I agree with your statement that, in reality, any computer is challenging to use for t…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #11
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
First you don't *need* to drag an application to the dock; you would do that for applications that you use frequently and you do w…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #10
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
I do not see how the current download options of dmg, pkg etc and manual dragging of an application icon to the dock is 'easie…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #9
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
That's why you have the F10 key, when your browser application is the front-most. Just learn to use Expose. It is quite trivial to…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #8
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
The download manager does come up - but I feel that sometimes it may be obscured by other windows
That's why you have …
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #7
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
It seems that the G5 ships with the bluetooth assistant set for startup - it seems the mini does not ship expecting to pair w…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #6
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
PS As I'm typing this in safari, the Mac can barely keep up with my typing speed. I have a couple of other windows open and …
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #5
Re: your typing question. the answer on this board to stuff like that seems to lie with teh RAM? so...could be a ram thing. maybe not though. you have 512...have you noticed it slo…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #4
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Originally posted by Janaka Cooray:
PS As I'm typing this in safari, the Mac can barely keep up with my typing speed. I have a couple of other windows open and…
On the 'Mac Expereince' from long-time PC user... — #3
Thanks for the welcome Discotronic!
The link for the SafariSpeed app - user comments report that it isn't compatibile with the version of Safari that I have though (1.2.4). Also …