I ordered some more RAM for the Macbook. It cam with 1 gig of RAM and my plan all along was to upgrade it to 2 gigs. These days 1 gig of RAM is acceptable 2 gigs is preferable. At least on a windows machine. It only cost me about $80 and since I am fairly comfortable working on computers I will install the RAM myself.
– Jeremy
I was the weekend so you’d think I would of spent a lot of time on the Mac however this weekend was fairly busy. I downloaded the trial version of Coda and I started learning how to use the software. I have 2 weeks to try the software and plan on making the the best use of that time to decide if in fact Coda is the application I want to use to do my coding.
I have been using the Macbook exclusively since I set it up so I am getting used to how everything works and while that sounds boring it is an extremely important process.
– Jeremy
So today was my first full day with the new Macbook. I’ve gotten a lot accomplished today:
I moved all my music and videos over.
I installed a bunch of software:
I think the switch is going fairly smooth. For me it’s just a matter of getting comfortable with how things work. I use Gmail so I have no need for an email client. Most of what I use a computer for is to get to the internet. Tomorrow I plan to make a list of tasks I need to do on the Mac and then make a list of software I need to do those tasks. If it’s stuff I have then great if not then I need to find something to fill those needs.
I might also try making a DVD of digital video from our video camera. We’ve had it since Christmas and it’s seen very little action since we never really figured out a good way to edit and burn the video.
– Jeremy
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Switching to a Mac: Day 0.5…
Friday, September 28th, 2007Ok I am calling this entry Day 0.5 since I have only had the computer a since 4pm and I only turned it on maybe an hour and a half ago, but so far so good. I definitely need to get a bluetooth mouse, but for now the Logitech Nano will do. With the mouse plugged in it’s very intuitive for someone coming from the windows environment.
So far I have gotten all the software updated along with the firmware. I also installed Firefox, which is my favorite browser. I have tweeked a few things like I made the dock smaller and I set it to hide. So I gain a bit more screen real estate.
I am tired so I am going to pack it in before I start to get frustrated, which is not a good thing when you’ve just dropped a lot of cash on a new computer.
– Jeremy
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