My life has changed dramatically. Last Saturday my computer refused to wake up, motherboard gone. We spent all day finding a new one, which was a very frustrating business. Especially in the week before christmas. You want to spend a fortune, but the shop attendants aren't impressed in the least, they hardly have time to answer questions. And when they do, their answers are wrong. No, there is no keyboard in the box, or mouse. So we bought those extra. And took them back to the store after opening the box at home. And that was only the first problem. Every fucking thing is different, from squeezing the mouse, to screen dumping from WMP, and even the keys on the keyboard are different (I do like the little light on the caps lock key), and I searched for ever for the file-edit-etc bars on my windows, until Michiel pointed out they are always glued to the ceiling. We can't get a microphone to work, so I can't Skype, apparently it needs a pre-amp! The scanner doesn't work, and HP doesn't know yet whether they can sell us the driver software. I still have to do the scanning under Windows so I am restarting the thing a dozen times a day. And I really dislike the typography on my blog, I had never realized it looked this shitty on a Mac. But I do have a lovely desktop don't you think? It's our dear friend Zanny visiting Piffin in her attic loft.
Geef het wat tijd, Eliane... een paar maanden geleden ben ik overgegaan op Apple, en na een tijdje ben je niet alleen gewend, maar verslaafd. De dingen steken in negen van de tien gevallen nét wat doordachter in elkaar.
No matter how easier a mac is, it is still a transition and you need to get used to the Mac interface.
No keyboard in the box? That is not right... you purchased the topmodel of the Mac line and a keyboard should be in the box. Along with a mouse.
Screendumping on a mac is fun!
- Press down the apple-shift-3 keys for a print of the whole desktop
- Press down the apple-shift-4 keys and the cursor changes in a cross-hair. Now you can select an area on the screen
- Press down the apple-shift-3-space and the cursor changes in a camera. Now move the camera with your mouse over the windows and click the mous to have a print taken af one of the active windows. This one I always use.
If you dislike the mouse, use the one you used on the PC. Macs take almost all the USB mouses a PC uses.
WMP for Mac i no longer supported by Microsoft. Instead, use Flip4Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx
Please use the Universal Binary installer because you have an Intel Mac.
Webcams on a Mac is a problem. Apple did have their own (expensive but very good) iSight cam. Maybe this one is still available in Canada.
You can use almost all the USB headsets available. Ordinary microphones do need an extra connector for use on a Mac, and yes, that sucks!
Now, I can go on and on but for more support from professional artists who use a Mac I advise you to visit www.macminds.net . This is a new Mac community on the internet. I'm one of the founders and a moderator over there. If you have questions you can always post there and recieve constuctive feedback from a lot of experts in the field.
Die foto is heel apart, het lijkt een scene uit een film.
YOUR CHILD'S ROOM IS DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eliane,
I am also running Boot Camp on my MacBook. I'd be happy to help you with any vexing questions about Macs and OS X... you know where I live...
Dave