Need Info On Apples

I need a MAC for college due to my profs requirements. I know everything about Windows based systems but MACs are foreign. Can someone give me a breakdown with some possible links to places i can learn more about them. Otherwise, if you know some basic stuff, that would be helpful. I plan to research them and figure this is as good a place as any.

Thanks

 

Don't worry about using a Mac. They're pretty intuitive. I'm going the other way so that I can use some GPS software that isn't available on the Mac platform.

OSX is based on Unix. It's very stable. After two years of using it for my job as a graphic designer, I don't like using OS9 (Classic). I have barely scratched the surface of what the OS can do. You can run X11 windows to get more of a Linux feel. It also will run Windows via Virtual PC. But I would avoid that if possible.

Here are some places that have good info: Max OSX Hints (www.macosxhints.com), Mac Fixit (www.macfixit.com), Mac Fixit Forums (www.macfixitforums.com), and Version Tracker (www.versiontracker.com). The Apple Knowledge Base us chock full of great technical help. For deals on Mac stuff: Deal Mac (http://dealmac.com/), Deal RAM (http://dealram.com/), and Dealmac Forums (http://tinyurl.com/9kf0) are very
helpful. Two vendors that have good service and stand behind their products are Other World Computing (http://eshop.macsales.com/) and Small Dog Electronics (http://www.smalldog.com/). Everymac.com has spec's for just about every Mac ever made (http://everymac.com/). the Powerbook Guy sells used Powerbooks: (http://www.powerbookguy.com/). For news on Powerbooks go to the PowerBook Zone (http://www.pbzone.com/).

This list is just a start. There are literally thousands of sites on the web.

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