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Congrats! In my experience, Mac "switchers" take about 2 weeks to get used to the new OS. Some of the things to get used to:

• The buttons to close, expand & minimize are pretty much the same as Windows - just mirror reversed in the left corner rather than the right.

• The equivalent to Windows Control Panel is System Preferences, accessed via the Apple symbol in top left corner.

• Make sure right-clicking is enabled in System Preferences. (Yes, Apple mice have right-click buttons).

• Windows mouse tracking speed is faster by default than Mac OS - speed it up in System Prefs if you want to.

• Most commands in Windows accessed via the Control key (like Ctrl-C to copy, Ctrl V to paste etc) are exactly the same on the Mac, but with the Command (Apple) key instead. Cmnd-W closes a document. Cmnd-Q quits an application.

• The Alt-tab application switch in Windows is Command-Tab on the Mac.

• Use the blue face at the left of the Dock to open a Finder window (equivalent to a Windows Explorer window).

• Eject discs from the keyboard eject key, the eject symbol in the Finder window, or by dragging the disk to the Trash.

• Because Mac applications don't exist entirely within one window, they can still be open without any obvious visible signs. There's a little triangle below any application that's open in the Dock. You can right click on any Dock icon to get a bunch of options, including shutting it down.
 
Congrats! I love iMacs! I would agree with everything Andysayshi about preferences; I know those ideas helped me out a lot when I first purchased mine.
 
Hi guys, This is a timely Thread 'cause I'm about to make the switch. My PC is about to die on me again and there is a special on iMac's this week. :-)

One of my concerns is (and I'm sorry if this seems a silly question, I'm not the geek I'd like to be!), I run Media Center on my PC and have it connected for TV to come up on my Plasma TV. Does an iMac have the equivalent program to Media Center?
 
An iMac has FrontRow, and the iMac includes an iPod-style infrared remote control to run it. It's great - it gives you a really clean and practical interface on the TV to access music, movies, DVDs, photos, iTunes content like TV shows, movies, music, even movie trailers.

I have a little MacMini connected to my plasma TV and use Front Row as the control centre of my entertainment system. I have an Elgato EyeTV USB TV tuner plugged into the MiniMac, which integrates into Front Row so I can view live and time-shifted hi-def TV, and recorded shows, all from the same interface, using the iMac's remote.

From Apple's website:


The full-screen Front Row media experience — with its intuitive menus, large text, and brilliant graphics — lets you browse the music, photos, and videos on your Mac mini as easily as you browse music on your iPod. The included Apple Remote lets you enjoy your media from anywhere in the room, from your desk chair to favorite sofa. Front Row can even play music, photos, and videos saved on other computers in the house, thanks to Bonjour instant networking. So gather your friends and dazzle them with a slideshow of your vacation pics, a home movie, your latest playlist, or a DVD.
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Don't buy a mac right now, they are due to an update in about two weeks...
Montevina!

I got a MacMini running linux connected to my LCD
Using XboX Media Center :P
It's alot better then Front Row, it works on OS X to, googla XBMC.
 
Persian89 said:
Don't buy a mac right now, they are due to an update in about two weeks...
Montevina!
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Actually, MacRumors says that iMacs are not likely to be upgraded for at least a few months, and even then will likely just see "speed bumps", not major changes.

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

I say buy while the price is good. Especially considering how much the Australian dollar has fallen in the past two weeks - Australian mac prices may well rise if the dollar doesn't bounce back.
 
andysayshi said:
Congrats! In my experience, Mac "switchers" take about 2 weeks to get used to the new OS.
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that's true.

but you know what's wierd? it takes a linux user six months to get used to mac osx. (it's funny considering that linux users are generally more tech savvy that windows users).

- the entire filesystem isn't listed in finder without something like tinkertool installed; yet if you open a terminal, it's all listed there without any modification necessary. (i think it's so weird that macs hide stuff from their own users).

- you can't use finder change permission sets for a file that's owned by a different user even though you're an administrator on the computer; but you CAN do it using a terminal. (i think it's weird that you don't have full administrator access on your own computer using it's file manager).

- not all of the preference configurations are stored in the user account under /Users/username./Preferences. (it wierd that the configuration for a user's account is stored in several different places like the DSstores, user plists, system plists.. it just makes sense to have it all in one location)

and the worst part is, when going back and forth between linux and mac, you get use to one and you have to get used to the other all over again... but thankfully, it doesn't take as long. (thank god my mac dual boots so quickly between linux and mac).

i just though i'd share that. ;)
 
andysayshi said:
An iMac has FrontRow, and the iMac includes an iPod-style infrared remote control to run it. It's great - it gives you a really clean and practical interface on the TV to access music, movies, DVDs, photos, iTunes content like TV shows, movies, music, even movie trailers.

I have a little MacMini connected to my plasma TV and use Front Row as the control centre of my entertainment system. I have an Elgato EyeTV USB TV tuner plugged into the MiniMac, which integrates into Front Row so I can view live and time-shifted hi-def TV, and recorded shows, all from the same interface, using the iMac's remote.

From Apple's website:
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Mate, let me know your Frequent Flyer number; I'm shouting you a trip to Melbourne next weekend to do my setup!!! :D I have much to learn!
 
If you have an iphone you can use it as a remote control for your mac and it will show all your music etc. in coverflow or however you want and enable you to control frontrow with a fully graphical touch screen interface over your wireless network. You can also use another app to have screen sharing and complete control over your pc or mac, and another that lets you drag and drop files to your iphone over the network as if it were another drive. Nothing very clever or special but just kinda nice.
 
^Which app controls FrontRow? I've used Apple Remote, and am aware of the XBMC remote control app, but not a FrontRow app. Sounds cool, though! Can't find any Google info on it...
 
I made the switch to mac 4 years ago. It was the best computer decision I ever made. Have fun with your new mac.
 
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