May 02
Well, after all the thinking and waiting; after the first, second and third thoughts, today was the day I went shopping. It’s a 2.66 Ghz 20″ iMac. A big thank you to AT of the Apple Store in Solihull for his help and advice. Over the next few days and weeks I will do the occasional post on getting used to it, and list them on this page.
A few quick and early impressions.
- It is really nice and easy to setup, and it allows me to reclaim some space.
- I wish the @ key was where I expect it to be
- In trying to make the links above I kept wondering why it wasn’t copying the locations. I eventually realised I was hitting Control+C etc instead of Command+C.
- I’ve been delighted how easily my contacts and calendar events transferred simply by syncing my Palm TX.
- It’s been great fun watching Windows install in a VM in the background, while I’ve been working on something else.
- I’ve always thought Windows was good at drag and drop. I’m beginning to discover the Mac is drag and drop on steroids. This will suit my way of working.
Anyway, I must get on with the conversion / file transfer process. But so far I’m saying to myself: “Good move”
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I’ll say it with you: “Good move”
It’s the best of both worlds, and just better because of it. Not exactly a religious conversion and don’t let any of the PC or the Apple peeps convince of that it is. Why does life have to be one of those “either” “or” problems? “Good move”
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Congratulations … if only I knew why my mouse scrolly ball scrolls up, but not down
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Congrats on the new computer. I will be watching your transition closely. I don’t plan on ever switching but I like to keep an open mind.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:44 am
Way to take the plunge. I’m not too far behind you. : )