The Plunge

[ksmith]

My G5 iMac will arrive in 3-4 weeks.

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[galeni.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I've been Mac since I had to (OS 6) for a new job. Now I swing both ways, as I must as a web designer, but most of my work is done on Macs. I have a recent eMac at home (my daughter uses my old Bondi Blue iMac) and I have a dual screamer here at work (and push it, too).

Go Macs!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

The biggest differences I've seen are in the Safari browser graphics, the layout of things, and some details of MacWord.

Safari and my ISP homepages do not get along. Something about my ISP's graphics hangup Safai something fierce. I have had to quit on occasion to get rid of the twirling rainbow. I'm guessing it's a Netscape thing, because there's no problem on IE for Mac.

Some of my discomfort with MacWord may go away as soon as I move to the larger display. My iBook is the smaller 12-incher, and it's not the best for typing page after page of text.

Haven't had a Panther crash yet, although going into/coming out of Sleep mode gets a little futzy at times. But I wanted something different, something safer when it came to infection, and something cooler-looking. And I got it.

[galeni.livejournal.com]

You might try downloading "Firefox", the new Mozilla browser. It's fast and built on the same engine as Safari. I use it to read the sff.net news because I have the graphics turned off for that browser. The graphics at the top aren't set for size, so as it loads it bounces down, so I only read that site with the graphics turned off. (I have umpteen different browsers for testing purposes.)

I have MS Office for word processing. That, and BBEditLite, which is one heck of a great text editor (and free). It's easier for me because I get educational discounts.

I like the thought of laptops, but I just fit a full size keyboard and laptops seem designed for small hands than my size 9s. (Yes, finding leather gloves that fit is quite challenging.)

The coolest thing about Mac crashes is that unplugging it seems to fix even the worst freezes. Way cool.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I think the G5 will come with IE for Mac, which doesn't have the security flaws that the PC version has. That will make two browsers, which should in theory be sufficient. I have Opera on the soon-to-be-retired desktop, and while I am slowly getting used to it, it's not a fave. When you're used to a particular set-up/style of graphics, it can be hard to get used to something new.

[amyirene-40.livejournal.com]

I'm another who has switched to Firefox. Opera left me cold, and I have never liked IE (I wish I could blow it off my machine at work, but I've no choice in the matter there). But when I loaded up Firefox three months ago, it felt comfortable.

[(Anonymous)]

I think the G5 should come with IE. It should also show up with Safari and Camino. I use Firefox at home on the G5 and at work on the PC.

If you get the .Mac service, you can, supposedly, keep your Safari bookmarks synced on all of your machines. I haven't tried it, though.

I'm pretty happy with my G5. Sometimes the screens don't go to sleep and I haven't looked into it too much. And I got my bluetooth keyboard and mouse working the other day, now I need to remove the wired m/k from the desk.

SZ

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

My iBook came with IE for Mac. I use it to visit sites that go all balky with Safari. The appearance lacks, imho, unless it's some sort of tribute to the New Minimalism or something.

I do have a .Mac account, with an unused email addy and everything. Bought it for the antiviral and the online storage.

I have noticed the occasional problem with going to Sleep as well. If I let the iBook sit with the lid closed, it shuts down eventually.