In honor of my crossing over to the "Mac side," I'm going to list my top ten favorite things about my new Mac:
1. It's so pretty! I love the aluminum casing and of course the cool glowing apple and backlit keyboard :)
2. It's very light and compact...really just feels like I'm carrying a book rather than a computer.
3. It comes out of sleep SO quickly and restarts in just a minute or two, which is nothing short of a miracle when you compare it to my old computer that took about 20 minutes to fully restart.
4. It seems that, for the most part, "things just work." I was easily able to connect to our home printer, it automatically and quickly connects to available wireless networks, and I can just drag and drop things that I want to email, open, save, etc. to the proper place and BAM!
5. The screen produces a gorgeous, crisp picture.
6. The multi-touch trackpad works quite well and is really intuitive.
7. The battery lasts for 5 hours, easy. It's supposed to last up to 7 hours, but I've not really done any "testing."
8. I can transfer pictures from my camera quickly since my Macbook Pro has a built-in SD card slot.
9. A lot of the software included is a cinch to use and lots of fun (iPhoto, Photobooth, and iMovie, for example), and I was able to synch iCal to the google calendars I currently use with no real problems.
10. The interface is really great looking and pretty darn easy to use. The fact that Macs now have a right click no doubt made my transition easier!
3 comments:
Okay, so it seems that you are getting acquainted with the Mac life. PLEASE HELP ME! I've had my macbook for about 7 months and I only use it for web surfing. Are you a long time Mac'er?
Hey Rita! This is my first time owning and, for the most part, using a Mac. I think if you play with it a bit, there are some really fun/useful programs included. Have you tried using iPhoto, for example? If not, I think that might be a good place to start. You can just drop any picture files onto the iPhoto icon in the dock at the bottom of your desktop (looks like a camera with a photo behind it on my computer). After you click on a photo you want to tweak, click edit. Then, you can you can "enhance" (a good auto-adjust), "crop", and/or play with the "effects" (change it to black and white, for example).
Oh...I also went through a lot of the tutorials online that apple offers.
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/
Some of those may be helpful for you to target specific areas in which you're interested/need help.
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