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5 Replies Last post: Jun 30, 2008 9:21 PM by Demonic_Rush

Jimbo123

7 posts since
Mar 3, 2008

Jun 28, 2008 4:44 PM

Finally got my new Macbook Pro

YESSSSS!!! i finally got my macbook pro, my first mac ever. I was messing with it last night when i got home with it, and getting used to alot of the freatures that make mac great....but i know i only barely got a glimpse of the greatness of this machine. So i wanted to ask what are some of the cool things/features about this computer that i should explore and try out??? Thanks in advance.

dyaballikl

28 posts since
May 27, 2008

1. Jun 29, 2008 6:00 PM

in response to: Jimbo123

Re: Finally got my new Macbook Pro

that's an extremely open ended question. you should try being more specific. everything's awesome about macs.

polendo

71 posts since
Jul 30, 2003

2. Jun 29, 2008 8:26 PM

in response to: Jimbo123

Re: Finally got my new Macbook Pro

If I were you, I would buy a book about OSX Leopard to understand the power behind being simple. Also, try Apple's website for tutorials.. helps a great deal to get around OS X. In my experience (by using Windows too much), at first I tried too hard doing simple things in OSX that over complicated everything. Once you get the mentality on which OSX works, everything starts flowing much much better. Good luck! and congrats on your purchase!

estumpges

288 posts since
Apr 15, 2006

3. Jun 29, 2008 9:09 PM

in response to: Jimbo123

Re: Finally got my new Macbook Pro

Check out Expose and Spaces in system preferences. These are some of my favorite features Windows doesn't have.

Other than that, I also suggest looking at some of Apple's tutorials on their site. They are a great way to get started.

From there, just play around. In System Preferences, go through each pane and set up things the way you like. Open all the Apps and get a feel for their power. Apple offers a great Grapher application located in the Utilities folder. This folder can be found inside the application folder.

Let us know if you have any questions along the way.

Peace - Evan Stumpges - MacBook Pro 2.5GHz - Leopard

Jimbo123

7 posts since
Mar 3, 2008

4. Jun 30, 2008 9:01 PM

in response to: dyaballikl

Re: Finally got my new Macbook Pro

Thanks to the responses so far...and i started playing around with both expose and spaces and love them both.
(I sort of realized that was an extremely open ended questions, but i kind of meant for it to be because i wanted a lot of feedback regarding many different aspects of OS X.)

Demonic_Rush

96 posts since
Aug 27, 2007

5. Jun 30, 2008 9:21 PM

in response to: Jimbo123

Re: Finally got my new Macbook Pro

One of my personal favorite shortcuts is CMD (Flower button) + CTRL + D while hovering over some text. It will bring up a mini-dictionary that will define the word under the mouse, no highlighting required!

It doesn't work everywhere but it works most places, useful for when you need a quick definition.

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