Hi Thoma,
Do go to the atomicbird.com site and read about Mac Maintenance and you
will understand why a little utility like their macaroni or one like
Onyx is so important for smooth running of OS X.
I suggest you pick up a copy of the book: The Missing Manual -Panther
Edition by David Pogue (often at a good price on eBay) to make life
easier...plus, it has an excellent section for folks used to Windows!
iLife is a suite that comes with the Retail Version of Panther and is
for managing music, photos, and movies....some people use it, I don't,
so I only use iTunes for music.
Most questions you have can be answered by the link I gave you the
apple.com site and instructions for OSX.
KL
On Nov 25, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Thoma Mattox wrote:
So, it looks like OS X will run fine on the machine...thanks.
I have a few other questions, now, though:
This is my wife's iMac. She is not terribly computer savvy, and
doesn't realy care to learn. She would like me to install Microsoft
Office, because it is what she is now use to using (from her work).
What is this atlernative???
For her work, she sometimes has to run programs requiring Windows.
This is why we have VPC. How do I find out if they have an OS X
compliant version? For that matter, what about our games, is there an
OS X compliant software page or something?
For all that, I am not familiar with OS X at all. I would like to
learn, but have very little time. Any recommendations on where to go
/ what to do?
Finally, what are the cool new things available? I have heard about
Safari, email programs, etc. What about iLife, and those. Where do I
find out what they do and other new things available in this new
world?
I run a nifty little utility called Macaroni, which does all the unix
magic maintenance automatically and costs about $9 (atomicbird.com)
Some people also like Onyx and Coctail for these jobs, too.
On a side note, what unix maintenance stuff needs to be done? Is this
not stable?
Thoma
--
_______________________________________________
Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos
Yellow Pages
http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/
default.asp?SRC=lycos10
--
The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished
Drives |
- Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale!
|
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml>
--> AOL users, remove "mailto:";
Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]>
To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
---------------------------------------------------------------
iPod Accessories for Less
at 1-800-iPOD.COM
Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal
www.1800ipod.com
---------------------------------------------------------------
--
The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives |
- Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! |
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml>
--> AOL users, remove "mailto:";
Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]>
To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
---------------------------------------------------------------
iPod Accessories for Less
at 1-800-iPOD.COM
Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal
www.1800ipod.com
---------------------------------------------------------------
