Bought a macbook today and...

I should've dumped windows a loong time ago.

This little laptop runs a heck of a lot faster than my dell 17" with vista on it.

Downloads are faster, surfing the web is faster. Itunes runs 100 times better.

Love it.

Now to find great freeware software & games.....

 

Congrats. Try MacUpdate.

 

There are a lot of factors that could easily have accounted for your poor experience with that laptop as opposed to your new laptop.

EDIT: I'm not here to argue; I just want to pick on details.

 

Congrats. Although I heard Mac's fondle you while you're sleeping. (Hey there's so many other rumors about Macs, why not add another!?)

I'm currently looking at a MacBook to round out my collection. There's just something appealing about Mac's....

 

Congrats colonelclutz!

Be sure to check out Apple's guides!

www.apple.com/support/switch101
www.apple.com/support/mac101

 

will do. Keep the tips and software suggestions coming.

Nice not having my podcasts getting errors when downloading.

 

The Dell didn't have OSX, Bog. Some of us just like OSX, and are suckers for pretty faces . . . uh, notebooks (I like the white ones best). LOL

 

didn't do much. It just felt that it took too much memory and the vista look didnt really do much for me.

Main reason I bought a macbooks is that I can take it anywhere. I got tired lugging the 17 inch dell around so I bought a external screen (really helps if I have to work from home) and leave it at home now.

 

Congrats on the purchase!

I guess you've already installed iStat Pro?
http://www.islayer.com/

 

Congrats! Welcome to the world of macS.

 

yea but what about all the compatibilty issues ? you cant find it to be a totally seamless transistion.

 

Why not? It depends on what he does with the machine.

 

it was a bit of a pain transferring my itunes collection but I got it done.

Tried Neo Office but didn't like it. Thanfully Open Office has a mac version so i'm downloading it right now.

 

Sorry guy but your post is of total ignorance from a Windows user's perspective. You have no idea how much of the same software is available on both Windows and Mac OS X. A lot of the same software is written better on OS X and there are a lot of popular apps that are Mac only.

 

was that sarcasm? lol.

 

Congrats and enjoy!

 

Welcome to the "dark side"...it's also the better side

As was mentioned before, MacUpdate is good, as is Versiontracker.

This may be taboo, but macrumors is a very helpful forums site as well. They have some great switchers guides and things like that.

 

I'm not a member of MacRumors, but I definitely keep up with the news and the Mac Bytes. Great site!

 

quick question, is there a mac site similer to gnome-look.org or has a abundant wallpaper or customization for leopard?

 

www.leoparddocks.net to customize the appearance of your dock. (the default one makes it a bit difficult to see the lights, so I suggest a darker one.) As for wallpapers you can try here: http://www.ewallpapers.eu/

 

I just switched to MAC about 3 weeks ago. I love it. However the only thing that I hate about it is the fact that MS office 08 doesn't seem to work well on Leopard. Other than that, I am a Mac fan now.

 

try neo office its totally free.

 

I was concerned about just that before I switched. I've had my mbp since february and I can now safely say that there isn't one thing that I did on my windows PC that I can't do on my mbp without running windows. Transition was seamless for me.

 

I can honestly say I haven't ran into any major compatibility issue during my switch to Mac OS X. There are very good equivalents of all major software applications, most file formats are cross-platform compatible. Adobe software, Microsoft Office, JPEGs, different video files, different audio files...really.

 

Congrats on your new macbook! I've had mine for a little more than a year now and I love it.

For wallpapers, Interfacelift is a fantastic place to find some.

Also, be sure to check out Sam's Switcher Guide. (Sticked in the Mac forum)

 

That's a great wallpaper site that I use a lot. I've also found some nice wallpapers at http://www.natures-desktop.com/

How do you like the Mac version of Open Office? Would you recommend it over Neo Office?

 

na, I sticked with neo office for now since open office is still based on x11 (or whatever). I might pick up iwork. not sure yet.

 

Pfft... Word. Pfft.... NeoOffice. InDesign is where it's at.