Congrats on the purchase, Matsu! I'm hoping to turn in my iBook and get one of the 12" PBooks soon, myself.
As you've noticed, IE on the Mac sucks. The Windows version is much faster, no question. I have a feeling that's because MS knows which bits of the OS to rely on for their browser on Windows, but can't use such 'shortcuts' on the Mac.
I think you'll enjoy Safari. Just keep in mind, there's a wide array of web browsers to try: Netscape/Mozilla/Chimera, Omniweb, Opera, etc. Should be easy enough to find one you enjoy!
Glad you figured out the Terminal. It's an incredibly useful tool. And again, I'll echo the previous recommendation of MacOS X: The Missing Manual as an excellent book to learn from.
<strong>I like silver, but I could see this book looking even better in a dark gun metal shade, still metal but darker. I like it better than white tho only because of the dirt issue.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree on the gunmetal. My iBook's white, cleans very easily.
I'm liking safari a lot right now. very nice. needs tabs, i've gotten used to tabs since netscape7 on the PC. On the PC the task bar made them kinda redundant, but the dock doesn't work in the same way as the task bar. Safari could really use a nice set of tabs. I liek the speed. i'm running Safari versus Ie on XP right now side by side and it's as close to me as almost makes no difference. Though ever little extra bit of speed is ALWAYS welcome.
This is an absolutely critical piece of switcher software. IE5.2 could turn a lot of people off. It made my stomach turn thinking I paid this much to go this slow on the web, Oh god, someone should be sued.
You know what I found to be unbelievably snappy on my PowerBook the other day? Browsers in Mac OS 9. I booted into the old OS to try out VPC performance (which is also better) and it flew!
I know people don't want to use Mac OS 9 and that some people like Matsu can't boot into 9, but I was surprised how fast I was surfing (even faster than Safari in OS X).
I'm glad you're liking the PowerBook Matsu. If there is one thing Apple seems to do right, it's laptops.
No problem with Matsu's over 4000+ comments, but doing so (I'm guessing) for the most part on a PC? Are there other PC owners lurking on AI who secretly long to switch?
No problem with Matsu's over 4000+ comments, but doing so (I'm guessing) for the most part on a PC? Are there other PC owners lurking on AI who secretly long to switch?
Hmm, I guess Job's RDF is stronger than we know. </strong><hr></blockquote>
I'm currently on a PC... I've used Macs before, but PC has been my main computer all my life... and I'm going to switch, it's only a matter of time... right now I'm thinking within the next month.
[quote]Are there other PC owners lurking on AI who secretly long to switch?<hr></blockquote>
The PowerBook 12" is coming, uh, soon. The last version of Mac OS I used regularly was 8.6, but OS X looks great. It's like the old Mac OS (a bit) and it's like a 'nix OS, but without being a pain. User reports lookin' good: thanks Matsu.
Does the Appleinsider web server count platform/browser stats? Might be interesting
I'm one of those who finds it ridiculous, however, that you would complain about the prices (or anything about the Mac) without even knowing that to remove an item from the dock you simply drag it out. Or how easy it is to connect to a wireless network with only two clicks.
He who is always worrying about silly numbers and specs may finally realize why a Mac, as a computer which saves us irreplaceable time, can be worth a little more replacable money.
How does that Albert Einstein saying go? "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts" or something like that.
The argument I've always tried to make, though it sometimes it gets lost in my "enthusiatic" translation is that unless more people can buy macs the ease of use won't be there for us either. A platform needs must have marketshare. Majority share, no, but more than Apple currently has. Price will do that -- let you reach more people, let you keep devs, have more service options, dealers, new buyer peace of mind. At 50 cents you could sell macs to every gum chewer in the world, I never asked for that, not even a loss leader or bargain basement offering. Just to get in the ballpark. Vis a vis my previous post, this is a machine nthat's being priced out of edu, and it shouldn't be.
But I guess that for once this is a little besides the point (though not completely given the person in question, me) I'm trying to tell honestly what the experience is like.
Will let know more as I start installing my needed apps and testing them out.
1. use 'column' view. On the left side of the toolbar (that area of a finder window with all of the icons - home, computer etc.) are three closely grouped buttons. The first is icon view, the second is list view, the third is column view. Using column view you'll have a jet contrail like highlighted path of your hierarchy. Using this will help you figure out the file system.
2. Use the 'home' folder. click on the house, it'll take you to a folder with your name on it. Use the folders in there (it'll make your life easier in the long run - trust me).
3. You can drag folders to the toolbar. Try it. As an example, click the home folder, drag the documents folder with the home folder up to the toolbar. Voila, easy access to the documents folder. Want to get it out? Easy. Hold the Apple/Command key and drag it out. You can also rearrange the icons in the toolbar this way.
4. Keep your applications in the applications folder. Drag them to the dock to make a shortcut. Drag them out of the dock to remove them.
5. Try dragging your Applications folder to the right side of the dock. While it's in the dock, Control click (or right click if you use a two button mouse) on the Apps folder in the dock (or just click and hold) - voila, x-ray vision of everything in the Applications folder. Sort of like the programs section of the Windows Start button. Drag the folder out of the dock to remove. You'll get an animated poof for your troubles. (you can drag your HD icon to the right side of the dock if you wish).
6. Your homework for tonight is to go through your system preferences (if you haven't already) and check or uncheck everything to see what it does. You won't break anything.
[quote] , condition the battery, <hr></blockquote>
Huh? I thought we didn't need to "condition" or "cycle" batteries anymore?? I'm planning on plugging it in and leaving it plugged in for months or weeks at a time. Is this ok? :eek: Maybe that's why my iBook died, but I thought modern batteries didn't need to be power "cycled" or conditioned?
What I've read says that you don't need to condition li-ion batteries and that circuits in the battery keep it from over-charging which could be bad. Also that leaving the battery uncharged for an extended period so that it has absolutely no charge is also bad for the battery. However, right there in the "getting started" leaflet, it says that you should do this at least once (and that you don't need to do it more than once.) So there it is, even if that's not why I said it
what is does that mean conditioning the battery? wow i'm only a junior now and i'll probably have to wait till i graduate to get my own computer (grad present...though i have to pay for part of it if i want a good one! cheap parents, gosh all they did was pay for food, shelter, and clothing all my life...and partially for me to go to college, and they can't even buy me a full computer, go figure)
i could always gank a comp <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
The above advice about keeping your stuff in your Home folder (excluding apps) is Very Good Advice. Life will be much happier for you in the long run.
Put ALL applications in the /Applications/ folder at the base level of the machine. Then all your multiple users can use them (when you set up separate accounts for you and your gf).
Find the Disk Utility app (/applications/utilities/) and use it to run Repair Disk Permissions on a regular basis (especially if you are doing a bunch of installs).
I know you've probably seen all this before, but they are good ideas anywho.
Oh, if you are worried about moving or deleting things and how that will affect the computer, create a new user account WITHOUT the ability to admin the computer, and use that account to experiment with new things like dragging, dropping, deleting and the like. The OS will be extra protective of the non-admin account and basically limit you to the new user's Home folder, but you can mess around at your leisure without having to reset stuff. Basically, if the OS asks for your admin username/password to do something, just pay extra attention to what it's asking to do and use your common sense.
Huh? I thought we didn't need to "condition" or "cycle" batteries anymore?? I'm planning on plugging it in and leaving it plugged in for months or weeks at a time. Is this ok? :eek: Maybe that's why my iBook died, but I thought modern batteries didn't need to be power "cycled" or conditioned?
I disn't think so, either, but in my friend's 12.1" PBook intructions were to condition (or calibrate) the battery: charge it fully; unplug and use the 'book until it goes to sleep after the low battery warning appears; plug-in and recharge fully.
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As you've noticed, IE on the Mac sucks. The Windows version is much faster, no question. I have a feeling that's because MS knows which bits of the OS to rely on for their browser on Windows, but can't use such 'shortcuts' on the Mac.
I think you'll enjoy Safari.
Glad you figured out the Terminal.
<strong>I like silver, but I could see this book looking even better in a dark gun metal shade, still metal but darker. I like it better than white tho only because of the dirt issue.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I agree on the gunmetal. My iBook's white, cleans very easily.
This is an absolutely critical piece of switcher software. IE5.2 could turn a lot of people off. It made my stomach turn thinking I paid this much to go this slow on the web, Oh god, someone should be sued.
Then I installed Safari and now I'm
I know people don't want to use Mac OS 9 and that some people like Matsu can't boot into 9, but I was surprised how fast I was surfing (even faster than Safari in OS X).
I'm glad you're liking the PowerBook Matsu. If there is one thing Apple seems to do right, it's laptops.
[ 02-23-2003: Message edited by: Fran441 ]</p>
<strong>Yet, 4000+ posts on a mac board?
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No problem with Matsu's over 4000+ comments, but doing so (I'm guessing) for the most part on a PC? Are there other PC owners lurking on AI who secretly long to switch?
Hmm, I guess Job's RDF is stronger than we know.
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No problem with Matsu's over 4000+ comments, but doing so (I'm guessing) for the most part on a PC? Are there other PC owners lurking on AI who secretly long to switch?
Hmm, I guess Job's RDF is stronger than we know.
I'm currently on a PC... I've used Macs before, but PC has been my main computer all my life... and I'm going to switch, it's only a matter of time... right now I'm thinking within the next month.
Reason for switching? Mac OS X and Powerbooks.
The PowerBook 12" is coming, uh, soon. The last version of Mac OS I used regularly was 8.6, but OS X looks great. It's like the old Mac OS (a bit) and it's like a 'nix OS, but without being a pain. User reports lookin' good: thanks Matsu.
Does the Appleinsider web server count platform/browser stats? Might be interesting
[ 02-23-2003: Message edited by: Stoo ]</p>
I'm one of those who finds it ridiculous, however, that you would complain about the prices (or anything about the Mac) without even knowing that to remove an item from the dock you simply drag it out. Or how easy it is to connect to a wireless network with only two clicks.
He who is always worrying about silly numbers and specs may finally realize why a Mac, as a computer which saves us irreplaceable time, can be worth a little more replacable money.
How does that Albert Einstein saying go? "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts" or something like that.
Enjoy your powerbook. Make the most of it.
But I guess that for once this is a little besides the point (though not completely given the person in question, me) I'm trying to tell honestly what the experience is like.
Will let know more as I start installing my needed apps and testing them out.
1. use 'column' view. On the left side of the toolbar (that area of a finder window with all of the icons - home, computer etc.) are three closely grouped buttons. The first is icon view, the second is list view, the third is column view. Using column view you'll have a jet contrail like highlighted path of your hierarchy. Using this will help you figure out the file system.
2. Use the 'home' folder. click on the house, it'll take you to a folder with your name on it. Use the folders in there (it'll make your life easier in the long run - trust me).
3. You can drag folders to the toolbar. Try it. As an example, click the home folder, drag the documents folder with the home folder up to the toolbar. Voila, easy access to the documents folder. Want to get it out? Easy. Hold the Apple/Command key and drag it out. You can also rearrange the icons in the toolbar this way.
4. Keep your applications in the applications folder. Drag them to the dock to make a shortcut. Drag them out of the dock to remove them.
5. Try dragging your Applications folder to the right side of the dock. While it's in the dock, Control click (or right click if you use a two button mouse) on the Apps folder in the dock (or just click and hold) - voila, x-ray vision of everything in the Applications folder. Sort of like the programs section of the Windows Start button. Drag the folder out of the dock to remove. You'll get an animated poof for your troubles. (you can drag your HD icon to the right side of the dock if you wish).
6. Your homework for tonight is to go through your system preferences (if you haven't already) and check or uncheck everything to see what it does. You won't break anything.
7. Have fun.
[ 02-23-2003: Message edited by: seb ]</p>
Huh? I thought we didn't need to "condition" or "cycle" batteries anymore?? I'm planning on plugging it in and leaving it plugged in for months or weeks at a time. Is this ok? :eek: Maybe that's why my iBook died, but I thought modern batteries didn't need to be power "cycled" or conditioned?
[ 02-24-2003: Message edited by: Aquatic ]</p>
i could always gank a comp <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
The above advice about keeping your stuff in your Home folder (excluding apps) is Very Good Advice. Life will be much happier for you in the long run.
Put ALL applications in the /Applications/ folder at the base level of the machine. Then all your multiple users can use them (when you set up separate accounts for you and your gf).
Find the Disk Utility app (/applications/utilities/) and use it to run Repair Disk Permissions on a regular basis (especially if you are doing a bunch of installs).
I know you've probably seen all this before, but they are good ideas anywho.
Oh, if you are worried about moving or deleting things and how that will affect the computer, create a new user account WITHOUT the ability to admin the computer, and use that account to experiment with new things like dragging, dropping, deleting and the like. The OS will be extra protective of the non-admin account and basically limit you to the new user's Home folder, but you can mess around at your leisure without having to reset stuff. Basically, if the OS asks for your admin username/password to do something, just pay extra attention to what it's asking to do and use your common sense.
Again,
Congratulations!
JC
[ 02-24-2003: Message edited by: jccbin ]</p>
haha i tested on a PC i installed FreeBSD once if it would let me do that...it did...i had to reinstall haha
<a href="http://skulski.ath.cx:8080/tmp/safari_tabs.jpg"; target="_blank">See for yourself..</a>
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Huh? I thought we didn't need to "condition" or "cycle" batteries anymore?? I'm planning on plugging it in and leaving it plugged in for months or weeks at a time. Is this ok? :eek: Maybe that's why my iBook died, but I thought modern batteries didn't need to be power "cycled" or conditioned?
[ 02-24-2003: Message edited by: Aquatic ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
I disn't think so, either, but in my friend's 12.1" PBook intructions were to condition (or calibrate) the battery: charge it fully; unplug and use the 'book until it goes to sleep after the low battery warning appears; plug-in and recharge fully.
[ 02-24-2003: Message edited by: scottiB ]</p>