Cat-waxing task of the day

[ksmith]

Giving the iMac's keyboard an alcohol scrub. I mean, I love my Macs, but the white keyboards are really, really an exercise in aesthetics over common sense.

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[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

Keyboard:
Adesso AKB 805MAC

I like it, although the key action is quite light (I prefer a keyboard where you have to make heavier strokes). It's very like my Microsoft ergo keyboard for the PC, only it has extra Mac keys that actually work!

Move2Mac - wow, I hadn't heard of this, and I haven't even started the transfer process. Cool! Do I have to buy it? download it? Where does one get it?

I do have Word for Mac, but I have a particular dislike of Word. Right now, I'm leaning toward Nisus Writer Express if I can't get WP to work well on Virtual PC. Nisus can import WP files - clumsily if in wpd format or reasonably well (only without page numbering and header, for some reason) if in rtf format.

But I'm still undecided.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Info about Move2Mac:

Review: http://www.macworld.com/2003/02/reviews/move2mac/

Buy it from the Apple site: http://www.apple.com/switch/howto/software.html

If you check out Amazon, you'll see a *lot* of negative reviews. I personally did not have a problem with it--I learned about it from Ray Feist, who swore by it. What was even better was the fact that I had an old PC with no USB port--I was very happy to find that Detto made a Win95 version of Move2Mac with a parallel/USB cable. I paid about $45 for the program.

The things I was most worried about moving were the books and notes--those moved with no issues. It also moved my images and pictures. I don;t think it moved emails, but I didn't care about those. I backed up my entire PC hardrive on zipdisk prior to the move, so everything is as accessible as it can be.

I know some folks have issues with Word. I've used it all my working life, so it's the devil I know.

Thanks for the info about the keyboard. I prefer a lighter action myself--I'll reread something I just typed and find I missed letters because I didn't hit the keys hard enough.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Wow, Adesso also has a Mac ergo keyboard with a touchpad.

I'm a touchpad person.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the Move2Mac info.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the Adesso info. I just bought the ergo keyboard with touchpad.

Good ol' Torcon refund.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

There's a veritable Mac orgy going on around here. I started trying to talk my sister into getting one - she was receptive.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Just curious--why did you make the switch?

I had been considering Macs for a year or so, mostly in order to get away from viruses, spyware, and such. Got the iBook in Feb 2004 because the old Gateway laptop was on its last legs. I was planning on holding off on a new desktop until the old Gateway collapsed into a smoking heap on my desk. Then I saw the new iMac G5s. Fell head over heels, and that was all she wrote.

Except for the occasional inability to play some film clips and view the odd webpage, I honestly don't see a lot of difference. Some of the keyboard differences required some adjustment, but I coped.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

I think mostly I just wanted a change.