Coming at you live from the new Mac Mini, complete with the tiny wireless keyboard the guy threw in for free! It’s not my ergo keyboard, and it’s a French layout, but it’s fun. Apple isn’t kidding when they say that Macs are fully functional right out of the box.
And it is SO QUIET. This was one of the major reasons for going Mac, because the constant noise of the fans and the drives in my PCs grated on me very quickly. I am Stealth Girl now.
I’m using the VGA adaptor and it’s making screen resolution a bit odd, but I’ll try to find a solution for it. I may need to upgrade the screen at some point, which isn’t the end of the world, as it’s about five years old. And the Touch is charging up as we speak. Tomorrow I’ll download Firefox and Thunderbird.
I’m very, very happy. Also, I’m happy. And did I mention happy?
Ahh, Macs!
Although Pasley has gone over to the Dark Side (she now uses a PC and swears it’s better than a Mac), I will always used and loved Macs. They are so easy that even I can use one, and as you say, they’re very quiet.
Plus, there is a certain snob appeal involved. Whenever you see a Mac being used in a movie, for example, you will find yourself saying “Yes!”, silently. It’s sort of like the feeling people used to have in the sixties when they saw a Volkswagen bug go by, since VWs were seen as a kind of anti-American, anti-Detroit statement (we even exchanged ‘V” signs with the drivers.) I guess Macs are also seen somehow as anti-establishment, statements of going against the popular tide. And users feel they belong to a wonderful, elite club.
I don’t have to say “Enjoy your Mac,” because I know you will. Welcome to the club.
Bev Preston
Thanks, Bev. I’ve had so many PCs up and die on me for various reasons that the Apple support for their products was a big part of why I chose the Mac, as well as the reliability, speed, and silence. That and how much I enjoyed working with the interface in the iBook that I borrowed last year. I am remarkably impressed at how intuitive everything is. I haven’t opened the manuals once.
Now I just need to train myself out of thinking the backspace button is a true delete button…
Your monitor should be fine, just need to figure out if it’s actually running in it’s native resolution or not. No way in hell that thing is driving that screen beyond what it can do.