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i am curently using an old 600mhz PC and i have been thinking about getting a new computer for sometime now. its kind of went in stages.. i went from almost getting a power hungery desktop replacement HP laptop.. to a Shuttle desktop, and now i have discovered the mini mac.
i have NEVER used a mac so i am kind of "worried" to go to mac, and i have read were a few of you actually went from a micro PC to a mini mac.
i guess what i want to know is, is the transition hard to go from a lifer at PC to a complete newbie with a mac? and is the mini mac a good entry level mac? is it possible to "out grow" it? or should i take the big leap and get a power mac? will there be future HD upgrades? (i have read that is its downfall) how does OS X compair to microsoft XP? i could go on for days... lol
anyhow thanks guys
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Get a Mac mini for now. The switch wont be hard and the mini is designed with switchers in mind anyway. Get either model and up the RAM to atleast 512MB, use the machine for awhile (Mac OS X is way better than Windows and you might be scared now, but when you use OS X you'll see how easy it is to use). After you use the machine for a good two months or so...ask yourself if your going to need more horsepower, and if so then ayou could go ahead and get a powermac to suit your need. The Mac mini is a perfect "feeler" computer.
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Originally posted by Sweetnlow:
i am curently using an old 600mhz PC and i have been thinking about getting a new computer for sometime now. its kind of went in stages.. i went from almost getting a power hungery desktop replacement HP laptop.. to a Shuttle desktop, and now i have discovered the mini mac.
i have NEVER used a mac so i am kind of "worried" to go to mac, and i have read were a few of you actually went from a micro PC to a mini mac.
i guess what i want to know is, is the transition hard to go from a lifer at PC to a complete newbie with a mac? and is the mini mac a good entry level mac? is it possible to "out grow" it? or should i take the big leap and get a power mac? will there be future HD upgrades? (i have read that is its downfall) how does OS X compair to microsoft XP? i could go on for days... lol
anyhow thanks guys
Don't be afraid to make the leap to the Apple Macintosh side. Most of us here are "switchers". Some of us like myself switched 10 years ago so most of us have had a PC and left and if you read a lot of the postings here we are Mac apologists. The only thing you need to focus on is having to buy new software as most of the software available on Macs and PC's are not cross platform but both of them run about the same software which will make it easy for you to find a lot of the apps you use on your PC available on Mac.
The Mac mini will be a large upgrade to your 600Mhz PC as far as speed but you will need to immediately upgrade the ram as XP needs more ram so does the OSX.
When you start using Mac OSX the one thing you will find yourself saying is "Oh, it's like Windows" but much easier so the transition will be easier than you think after a few weeks. You can save your cash on anti virus as Mac OSX is a very secure system and the Mac mini comes with a great software package so out of the box you can start using it for nearly everything.
One last thing, if you want to join the Mac community you need to know the rules of etiquette. Were not being picky so just go along with it and if you don't you will be picked on here for life.
You must always spell Mac as "Mac" not "mac" and not "MAC".
Apple puts the name mini as the last name of the product in question. Example,
iPod mini and Mac mini. Not mini ipod and not mini mac.
When you make your first Macintosh purchase everyone here will take good care of you with tech support.
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anouther concern that i have is i use a motorola MPX220 cell phone that uses windows mobile 2002 Os kind of like a Ipaq... anyhow how well do these sync up and transfer things like ringtones, wallpapers ect with the Mac?
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Originally posted by Sweetnlow:
anouther concern that i have is i use a motorola MPX220 cell phone that uses windows mobile 2002 Os kind of like a Ipaq... anyhow how well do these sync up and transfer things like ringtones, wallpapers ect with the Mac?
Honestly, you can spell mac (Mac, MAC, mAC, maC) any way you want  To most Mac users (except the english majors) it really doesn't make a difference.
Learning OSX will be easy, and made easier yet with any appropriate book written by David Pogue.
Welcome aBoArD!
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Originally posted by Starry Night:
Honestly, you can spell mac (Mac, MAC, mAC, maC) any way you want
You can, but people will correct you and use this  on you. It's Mac.
Plenty of people have switched and while there are differences in the platform OSes, working on a computer is working on a computer. PCs and Macs do play nice with each other so it shouldn't be a totally new learning situation.
Most importantly (well, most importantly after spelling Mac correctly) is to enjoy yourself and the new experience.
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Originally posted by Starry Night:
Honestly, you can spell mac (Mac, MAC, mAC, maC) any way you want To most Mac users (except the english majors) it really doesn't make a difference.
Learning OSX will be easy, and made easier yet with any appropriate book written by David Pogue.
Welcome aBoArD!
It's really not necessary to start an arguement about this but your sarcasm is rude and unnecessary. The poster is new to the Mac community and wanted some guidance on how to get started. You should know typical etiquette of Mac users as you have been on this forum for a quite a while.
Most Mac users are picky about how Mac is spelled because depending on how you spell it, it stands for other things such as trucks, makeup and other computer related things. You could learn to more educating instead of being rude calling people english majors in a sarcastic way. But on the other hand , maybe this is all you know how so take care!
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Originally posted by Sweetnlow:
anouther concern that i have is i use a motorola MPX220 cell phone that uses windows mobile 2002 Os kind of like a Ipaq... anyhow how well do these sync up and transfer things like ringtones, wallpapers ect with the Mac?
Not sure. Apple's page on their syncing software is here:
http://www.apple.com/isync/devices.html
I don't see the MPX220 listed there. You might want to check with Motorola, or ask in the Peripheral section of this forum.
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Originally posted by Starry Night:
Honestly, you can spell mac (Mac, MAC, mAC, maC) any way you want To most Mac users (except the english majors) it really doesn't make a difference.
Learning OSX will be easy, and made easier yet with any appropriate book written by David Pogue.
Welcome aBoArD!
MAC stands for Media Access Control
Mac is short for Macintosh.
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Regarding the MPx220, PocketMac Phone lets you sync the phone using iSync. It's not free, but it does appear to at least be a complete solution and has a free demo.
Just remember: OS X 10.4 (Tiger) is coming out soon, possibly as soon as next month, and you'll probably need a newer version of PocketMac Phone (or an alternative) as iSync will effectively be replaced by "sync services," basically a background sync process as opposed to a dedicated program.
Also, I hear that Markspace is going to have an updated version of Missing Sync that should handle the phone, but not for another month or two yet.
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I switched to Mac 6 months ago after also being a lifelong PC user (since 1986). I really doubt I'll ever buy a new Windows PC again. I find Mac OS X much more efficient and pleasant to use. It only took a couple weeks to get to where I felt perfectly comfortable with OS X, and now that it's been 6 months, I find myself wanting to do things "the Mac way" when I use Windows. So far I haven't found anything that I could do on my PC that I can't do on my Mac, and the only software I've paid for is Macromedia Studio and Microsoft Office. All of the rest of the programs I use either came with the Mac, or else were freeware that I found on the internet. You'll find that the Mac users on these and other forums are very helpful in answering any questions you may have.
I think the Mac mini is a great choice for a first Mac, so my suggestion is to go for it! 
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