[aitrus]

Hi, I'm a college student here (ASU) and I just got my first apple computer, switching from a P4 x86. This is the rev. B 12" combodrive.

It's very nice; I still need to dump some extra ram in here and look for a good bluetooth mouse, and then I'll be all set. I like the elegance; Project Builder is nice; instant sleep is wonderful, and the speed in which it picks up wireless is very cool.

Anyways- What do you install and how do you use your Mac that sets it apart from how you'd use a windows machine?

[cszar2001]

The thing that sets it apart the most is that it just works as it`s supposed to!

[killer_735]

Features built in to the os, such as ical (sorta) and software update...and stickies, and iphoto, actually get used. MS's built in stuff is so prone to virus attacks, and has such a big brother feel to it, that I don't want to even look at it. Seems like Apple wants to let you use the os the way you want to use it, and MS wants to tell you how to use their stuff.

As for PB specific stuff, I used to use it for takign notes, but I found professors don't really like it, and they tend to whine like little girls when you don't pander to their egos. Decided it was better to stay off the radar. It's reeeeally nice to take the thing to school, use wi-fi wherever, and be able to play games, manage software, look at web pages, and listen to music without going home, not to mention using ical and openoffice for schoolwork.

[forcelite]

off topic but I know two freshmen at ASU, sister and freind of my fiance