Christine, David Pogue (tech writer for the NYTimes) has an excellent book, Switching to Mac, that is very helpful for recovering Windoze users. He's an outstanding writer, and the book is a pleasure to read, as well as being very helpful.
Welcome to the Mac world! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 7/24/11, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > Subject: PAW--Week 29 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, July 24, 2011, 9:30 PM > Hi Everyone: > > Well, it hasn't been dull here. My 10 year old used > sewing machine died, so we took it in last Sunday. I'm > out of touch with the latest models, so I started looking > around and couldn't believe some of the sale prices, and I > had the manager demonstrate the features on a top Singer > model. He offered me an incredible deal--and I > mean incredible--so I left promising him I'd think about > it. Well, after getting the estimate for repairs, I > decided to buy it, and we bought the new machine on > Thursday. It works like a dream. I > made a blouse today. The machine is such a joy to > use!!! > > Well, after bringing the sewing machine home on Thursday, I > thought I'd check email. That's when we discovered our > 6-7 year old HP crashed. We called HP, and they said > it's just to old to fix. > > So, Thursday night, we went to Best Buy just to look > around--see what's out there. When asked, I told the > sales guys we were just looking, and I really meant > it! We wondered over the the Mac table, and, of > course, we were asked if we needed any help. "No, > we're just looking," I said. > > Then this really nice young sales guy comes up: "Need > any help?" > "No, just looking," I said, while playing with the > 21.5 inch all-in-one iMac. > Then Darrel starts talking to him, then I join in, then the > next thing we know we're being offered a deal we just > couldn't walk away from--great, great deal. So, we're > a Mac family now. My brother is a Mac guy--"Finally" > and "Congrats" was his response. > > We've got it set up. Darrel's first question was, > "Where are all the wires?" I have lots to learn; I'm > totally discombobulated-- I'm amazed iPhoto does RAW, > and it's editor reminds me of Lightroom a bit. I have to > call Adobe tomorrow about Lightroom--I'm hoping they'll let > me upgrade to Ver. 3 at the upgrade price. There will > be lots of data transfer to learn too. Oh boy, can't > wait! > > All in all, we're really pleased with our purchases, but I > do have new-gadget-fatigue. The first shot, I think I > actually took last week, but the other three I did take this > week--so it's a legit paw-post. Nothing really > great--I have been a bit preoccupied as they > say. Cheers, Christine > > > http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
