Kemistry Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 :) Firstly, I'd like to wish all you guys a Happy Xmas and New Year. I've just bought myself from the Apple Store (UK) a brand spanking new 17" iMac with SuperDrive, Airport card and MS Office:mac + Apple Care. Thanks to WK's recent cool thread on Computer Desktops, I've even shelled out a few hundred pounds on a whole new computer desk (to be built by a good friend over the Xmas period, in between mince pies and mulled wine!) My question, Do I have to use Apple branded DVD-R discs to use in my SuperDrive? or can I use cheap unbranded ones? ;) Also, many thanks to Cara, whose posts I've been reading with interest on her new experiences with her iMac. From a complete mac newbie point of view, I know some of the previous threads have discussed great apps for the Mac OS X, but can you please mention some great titles, which are either free or cheap! Cheers Kemistry Windows User since 1990 Mac User Starting Dec 2002 Free Thinker - Always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uiop Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 congrats, its the only way to go ... i left my PC a little less than a year ago, i will never go back ;) i believe you are fine with DVD's not made from apple, though i personally get mine from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingChris Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Nice, I just ordered a refurb 15" cdrw, was cheap at ?749.65 I'll upgrade later if I like and use the computer. I'm looking for some games, anyone know any decent ones for Mac and links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara Veteran Posted December 18, 2002 Veteran Share Posted December 18, 2002 :) Firstly, I'd like to wish all you guys a Happy Xmas and New Year. I've just bought myself from the Apple Store (UK) a brand spanking new 17" iMac with SuperDrive, Airport card and MS Office:mac + Apple Care. Thanks to WK's recent cool thread on Computer Desktops, I've even shelled out a few hundred pounds on a whole new computer desk (to be built by a good friend over the Xmas period, in between mince pies and mulled wine!) My question, Do I have to use Apple branded DVD-R discs to use in my SuperDrive? or can I use cheap unbranded ones? ;) Also, many thanks to Cara, whose posts I've been reading with interest on her new experiences with her iMac. From a complete mac newbie point of view, I know some of the previous threads have discussed great apps for the Mac OS X, but can you please mention some great titles, which are either free or cheap! Cheers Kemistry Windows User since 1990 Mac User Starting Dec 2002 Free Thinker - Always Merry Christmas to you as well! :) I'm always glad to be of service when and where I can be, as the Mac community here is finding out, my 'Battle Hardened' exterior is more for show than truth. ;) I mean, who would respect a 'nice' Mord-Sith? ;) Anyhow...congrats on your new purchase, I also came very close to purchasing that same machine until I decided to give the LCD iMac a chance so I look forward to reading your experiences with it. Depending on how my business grows in the new year, I'm half expecting of adding a few more Mac's to the front lines while retiring a couple more PC's. ;) Regarding the DVD's... I have successfully burned several Imation DVD-R style discs with no issues. :) Just make sure you get the -R and not the +R. The +R Discs, much more rare, appear bigger but they do NOT work in the Superdrive. :) A few of the titles I've run across in my limited time for Mac that I've learned I can't live without are some of the more common ones... OmniWeb 4.1 (Web - Commercial with Free Demo), X-Chat Aqua (IRC - Free), Entourage X (Mail/News - You have it in Office), Dreamweaver MX (Web/FTP - Commercial)... Those are the applications to date I am using every day (not including things like iTunes ;)) If I can ever help further, feel free to PM me here or post and I'll do what I can. :) Again, congrats on your purchase and I think you will find Mac users still have the 'Community' that has been dwindling for the PC for many years. (You don't see Versus's threads for Mac related things and you can finally get away from the Intel/AMD affair. ;)) I leave this post with one word of wisdom... Command Key = Control Function Control Key = Worthless ;) Cara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akuma1 Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I'm looking for some games, anyone know any decent ones for Mac and links? I've just finished Soldier of Fortune, and I've played medal of honor for a couple of hours. Both were well done, IMO. Check out http://www.apple.com/games/ and http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/ for a lot of game info, downloads and links to developers sites. Also: http://www.aspyr.com http://www.ambrosiaSW.com Ambrosia makes some really cool looking games. Have fun :) Cara: The control key on a mac is usually used to simulate a right click, which will bring up contextual menus. If you have a two button mouse, it usually ends up not being used that much though. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 From a complete mac newbie point of view, I know some of the previous threads have discussed great apps for the Mac OS X, but can you please mention some great titles, which are either free or cheap! Check put the Mac newbie thread: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...ST&f=60&t=39650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savestheday Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 bought my emac about two weeks ago....flawless setup. Ripped all my cd's on there and was up and running within half an hour......once you go mac you never go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxSxxx Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 I just bought and apple too!! I realize I am not alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamnotwhoisayiam Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 Wow.. in the last week or so loads of people have bought mac's :) I just got my iBook this week.. its so great :D --WeeJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted December 20, 2002 Share Posted December 20, 2002 i should be ordering my powerbook tomorrow! <gets giddy> hehe hopefully i'll have it by next week (don't know how long that developer thing takes to verify that i'm a student). hopefully i'll have it by next week! <gets giddy again> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 I an apple it was on sale for .23$ a pound. I ate it it was so delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted December 21, 2002 Share Posted December 21, 2002 might be funny if the topic was "new apple buyers and switchers" but since it's "new mac buyers and switchers" it isn't really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dragon Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 A couple of good Apps: Chimera, a browser built on the Fizilla engine. FAST, supports almost all web standards flawlesly, FAST, did I mention FAST? Versiontracker info here Duality theme changer. Does just what the title says. Aqua is a great UI, but some times you want to make your computer your own. Duality will allow you to change the theme of your OS X box to whatever you like. Versiontracker info here FIRE IM application. iChat is great for AIM, but what if you have AIM, ICQ, Jabber, etc? Check out FIRE, it's an awesome application. Best IM app I have seen on any platform! Versiontracker info here Those are the big ones. Enjoy your new Macintosh!!! -SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linux2 Posted December 22, 2002 Share Posted December 22, 2002 :) Firstly, I'd like to wish all you guys a Happy Xmas and New Year. I've just bought myself from the Apple Store (UK) a brand spanking new 17" iMac with SuperDrive, Airport card and MS Office:mac + Apple Care. Thanks to WK's recent cool thread on Computer Desktops, I've even shelled out a few hundred pounds on a whole new computer desk (to be built by a good friend over the Xmas period, in between mince pies and mulled wine!) My question, Do I have to use Apple branded DVD-R discs to use in my SuperDrive? or can I use cheap unbranded ones? ;) Also, many thanks to Cara, whose posts I've been reading with interest on her new experiences with her iMac. From a complete mac newbie point of view, I know some of the previous threads have discussed great apps for the Mac OS X, but can you please mention some great titles, which are either free or cheap! Cheers Kemistry Windows User since 1990 Mac User Starting Dec 2002 Free Thinker - Always Merry Christmas to you as well! :) I'm always glad to be of service when and where I can be, as the Mac community here is finding out, my 'Battle Hardened' exterior is more for show than truth. ;) I mean, who would respect a 'nice' Mord-Sith? ;) Anyhow...congrats on your new purchase, I also came very close to purchasing that same machine until I decided to give the LCD iMac a chance so I look forward to reading your experiences with it. Depending on how my business grows in the new year, I'm half expecting of adding a few more Mac's to the front lines while retiring a couple more PC's. ;) Regarding the DVD's... I have successfully burned several Imation DVD-R style discs with no issues. :) Just make sure you get the -R and not the +R. The +R Discs, much more rare, appear bigger but they do NOT work in the Superdrive. :) A few of the titles I've run across in my limited time for Mac that I've learned I can't live without are some of the more common ones... OmniWeb 4.1 (Web - Commercial with Free Demo), X-Chat Aqua (IRC - Free), Entourage X (Mail/News - You have it in Office), Dreamweaver MX (Web/FTP - Commercial)... Those are the applications to date I am using every day (not including things like iTunes ;)) If I can ever help further, feel free to PM me here or post and I'll do what I can. :) Again, congrats on your purchase and I think you will find Mac users still have the 'Community' that has been dwindling for the PC for many years. (You don't see Versus's threads for Mac related things and you can finally get away from the Intel/AMD affair. ;)) I leave this post with one word of wisdom... Command Key = Control Function Control Key = Worthless ;) Cara He did buy the TFT iMac. He bought the 17" version of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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