Switched! Questions...
Hey,
All I can say is its about time!! and WOW!!
I got:
Dual 2.0ghz G5
1.5GB ram
160gb 7200rpm
Superdrive
128mb Radeon 9600
extra multibutton mouse
19inch Samsung 913t
A few questions...
I downloaded MSN 5 and installed with ease. but its got a disk img on my desktop and it wont let me eject or get rid of it?
Also, were is my fast user switching? and on the user note.. how do you install apps accross all users?
Screen resolution, the monitor says 1280 x 1024 but is set to 1100 x 800 (something liek that) and when i switch to 1280 x 1024 it seems stretched and the other one seems to blur the text? but at 1280x1024 i seem to be getting use to it... not so much streched.
Ram...
I got a 1gb stick at the store and would upgrade myself.
I knew from PC how to upgrade and was easier on the mac. just put my stick in and click it in.
When i was in there it was 2x256 instead of 1x512? not a big deal. but in About this Mac it says only 512total!!??
I got 1024mb DDR PC3200 Kingston Ram? is this incorrect?
all in all what a great computer!!
All I can say is its about time!! and WOW!!
I got:
Dual 2.0ghz G5
1.5GB ram
160gb 7200rpm
Superdrive
128mb Radeon 9600
extra multibutton mouse
19inch Samsung 913t
A few questions...
I downloaded MSN 5 and installed with ease. but its got a disk img on my desktop and it wont let me eject or get rid of it?
Also, were is my fast user switching? and on the user note.. how do you install apps accross all users?
Screen resolution, the monitor says 1280 x 1024 but is set to 1100 x 800 (something liek that) and when i switch to 1280 x 1024 it seems stretched and the other one seems to blur the text? but at 1280x1024 i seem to be getting use to it... not so much streched.
Ram...
I got a 1gb stick at the store and would upgrade myself.
I knew from PC how to upgrade and was easier on the mac. just put my stick in and click it in.
When i was in there it was 2x256 instead of 1x512? not a big deal. but in About this Mac it says only 512total!!??
I got 1024mb DDR PC3200 Kingston Ram? is this incorrect?
all in all what a great computer!!
Comments
For apps if they don't have a strict installer, and a lot of OS X apps don't, just drag it to the applications folder. It won't unmount because you are probably running Messenger from the disk image itself.
I can't really comment on the screen issue sorry but enjoy the new comp.
You can "turn on" the fast user switching by going to your System Preferences and click on Users. Now I'm using Mac OS Panther, so it might be different from Tiger, but then you go to Login Options and the check box is in there.
it stays at the Apple logo start up screen for over 20min.. so i just reset....
Whats up?
Buy another 1 GB DIMM.
All of this is in the manual that comes with the computer, BTW. It even has pictures.
Moving to Genius Bar.
Originally posted by Derek
Also, were is my fast user switching?
In panther it is in System Preferences > Accounts > Login Options then check the Enable fast user switching box.
Originally posted by Derek
Screen resolution, the monitor says 1280 x 1024 but is set to 1100 x 800 (something liek that) and when i switch to 1280 x 1024 it seems stretched and the other one seems to blur the text? but at 1280x1024 i seem to be getting use to it... not so much streched.
You should be able to adjust the sharpness and Geometry from the monitor controls.
Originally posted by Derek
all in all what a great computer!!
Yes, I am green
[1] In iCal, is there anyway to assign an alarm for Birthdays? I am guessing a work-around is to create conventional appointments for birthdays, but that's not very user-friendly...
[2] In iPhoto:
- is there any way to arrange keywords (from the "get
info" dialog) alphabetically? (They seem to appear in
the order to which they are added to the keyword
list)
- is the only way to add keywords is via Preferences?
(if I am importing a new set of photos it's
inconvenient to have to launch preferences to create
new keywords)
Thanks!