I was pretty much in the same area as you, got a q610 from a friend, always had PC before although I knew a lot more about the software from school use of mac OS of the same vintage for all those years (2 years ago was my last use of a mac in school) but I knew nothing about the hardware > > Hey, could I get some help determining what upgrades I may need? > Where do I > find my system information that tells me how much RAM and hard > drive space I > have? look around in the control panels and stuff labeled system info or something in the menu from the upper right hand corner (cant remember offhand what they are called. you can check LEM to get a good idea of what HD you probobly have and if you have a 68LC040 processor you might want to consider upgrading to a full 68040 (gain a FPU) > I'd go buy me a "Macs for Dummies" book but the stores are closed now ;-) > > And... if "the pickle" is reading. So your telling me that Mac's > desktop is > comparable to Windows file manager? I'm assuming you know Windows too. > Instead of calling up "file manager" from Windows desktop, the Mac OS > desktop is the file manager? basically, on your desktop you see harddrives and removeable drives (only when inserted) opening them brings up a new window that can display in all your usual methods...icon, tile, list, detail..etc
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