Comments on: New addition to my gadget family!

By: Дана

Дана — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:04:01 +0000

Очень полезная вещь, спасибо!!

By: b1gg33k

b1gg33k — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:43:08 +0000

If you decide to use Firefox and are accustomed to using ctrl+enter to auto-complete a URL you will need to use apple+enter instead.

By: gotMilk

gotMilk — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:08:51 +0000

FN + Delete deletes in the other direction. :)

By: Strands Community Blog » Switching from PC to Mac - Let’s help Kathleen!

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:52:33 +0000

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By: Jonas Wisser

Jonas Wisser — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:35:09 +0000

You can also right-click by using ctrl+click, which is still my habit since my most recent machine was a Powerbook that didn’t support the two-finger right click.

As far as Windows software goes, it’s worth looking at Crossover Mac, VirtualBox (and its payware friends VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop), and running Windows in Boot Camp. VirtualBox or VMWare should be sufficient for most things, but at this point, Boot Camp is still your best bet for games.

Other wonky things… hmmm. System settings probably live somewhere in System Preferences; Spotlight kind of sucks (not in comparison to Windows search, just in absolute terms), but you should be using Quicksilver anyway; you’ll want to give Twitterrific and EventBox (in particular) a try as far as social networking goes. Aside from that, I’d say IM me if you have any “What’s the best software for X?” questions!

By: jimbo

jimbo — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:02:47 +0000

the best thing to do is play with your mac. there are great videos on mac’s site, and there’s an apple store in park city where you can make an appointment with a mac genius to teach you various things about a mac, and even have data transfered from your pc to your mac. if you still want to use windows, you can load a copy of it onto your machine. the great thing with macs is that there is so much open space software out there, that you really won’t miss some of the things.

and if you have a friend big into macs, they could show you a lot as well.

By: Kathleen Danielson

Kathleen Danielson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:27:19 +0000

Oh wow! Thanks, Sherry!!

By: Sherry/smacky

Sherry/smacky — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:15:39 +0000

I recently switched to MacBook from life-long use of PCs. Right-click is two finger on the mousepad thing and click. Also, The Command button is more like the Control button (even though there’s also a control button). I like my MacBook. The only thing is I lost use of some software programs that I enjoyed having on the PC and haven’t been able to find replacements. They’re not vital, but it was nice to have them. I would keep the PC around for things that won’t “translate.” You can also run Windows on Macs now, so that’s an option, but one I don’t know much about. The most disappointing thing was that my particular MacBook wouldn’t run Neverwinter Nights. My inner geek cried over that one. :(

Enjoy your MacBook Air! Congrats on getting it!