Welcome to the world of Mac. Here are some answers but I don't have them all and I also have a question or two for you.
First, how did you manage to get a Macbook pro with vista installed? Second, in order to run a Mac, you need to pick a user name and password during setup. Do you have that user name and password? This is also known as your apple id. It is used to create and sign into your ITunes store account. You can sign up for an apple id on the apple store: http://www.apple.com/sture If you like the screen dark, you can toggle the voice over screen curtain with control-option-shift-f11. An important keystroke for you to know is shift-control-option-down and up arrow. This is what you use to interact with and stop interacting with html content respectively. To save you from typing extra characters, the key to the right of control is option. There is also one to the right of command on the other side of the space bar so you have two options for option keys. Bootcamp works the same in leopard as it did in tiger. hold down option as soon as you hear the start chime for about three seconds, use left and right arrows to pick the os. This does not speak. You can also select the os you want the system to start with by default both on the windows side and on the Mac side. In windows, there is a bootcamp item somewhere, don't know where that is in vista. On the mac, in system prefs, open startup disc and choose it there. You can set up a .mac account if you have a trial of or have purchased a .mac account from apple. You can also set up one of your acccounts and make sure the messages are not deleted from the server when they are downloaded so you can get some real world practice. I have all my accounts set up on my Mac. I have a 15" Macbook pro that came out in late february. ITunes works well for podcast catching. fat32 formatted mass storage should work fine. you might have trouble with ntfs formatted stuff. Usb is plug and play. Under the apple menu, there is a software update item, this will check for updates. in system preferences, there is also a software update item for configuring how software updates are checked for. Other maintainance is automatic except for repair disc permissions which is found in the utilities folder of the applications folder in disc utility. You would run this if you do a lot of installing and removing and after major updates. Enjoy your new Mac!
