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My local Barnes & Noble didn't have Mac OsX in a Nutshell, but I did pick up a few other books and magazines (as noted in my other new post here in the Coat Room). But I'll keep an eye out for it when I go to the other bookstore.

I found a card making/stationary/etc program called Print Explosion. Looks kind of like what I previously used.

I've read a couple things about a Ten for X program.. has anyone used it's utilities?

What about Adobe InDesign?

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Nowhere have I seen it mentioned about uninstalling programs in a Mac. Is that (like everything else) pretty simple, too?

~Brandie

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Mostly. On many occasions all you really need to do is drag the app to the trash and, if you're bothered, remove it's preference file from ~/Library/Preferences or /Library/Preferences. Also, many installers include an uninstaller that simplifies the procedure.

Having said that, there are some applications that install various system wide components that can be a little more difficult to remove (mostly because it isn't always entirely clear what got installed where and permissions may be set in a way that means you simply can't just drag them to the trash).

On the whole though I haven't read of anyone being unable to install anything - it just takes a bit more effort occasionaly.

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Save your money, IMO. We purchased a copy to test at work ~6 months ago and to this date, I've used maybe 3 of the 10 utilites very sporadically. 3 of them are haxies that are one of the first things people tell you to get rid of/turn off when troubleshooting serious problems on your Mac.

i personallu would not use the virex that comes with the .Mac subscription. I use Sophos and it rocks. I use it for both Mac and PC. and i see news of a new OS X version of Sophos for OS X today: http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/07/14/sophos/.

as said before Norton is not worth it on OS X. DiskWarrior is worth its wight in pure gold. It has saved my bacon a number of times. Drive 10 is crap. Tech Tool Pro 4 (X) works well and does the same as norton.

good luck with the new mac! i am getting a new mac as well, my second in 2 yrs heh.

Out of curiosity, why not?

virex is slow and the virus definitions dont get updated a lot. i dont know if this is apple not updating them or what. i did the .Mac thing when it was a $49 crossover friom the free iTools. im not continuing my subscription for $99. to me, it is not worth it. i have web space, and all the things that can be done with .Mac can be done by me, albeit manually, for free.

my dad got sophos for the school district he is the net admin for, and it just works. it doesnt do the automatic sweep, the InterCheck in OS X yet, i believe this new version announced and shown at Macworld has InterCheck for OS X.

out of all the antivirus i have used sophos is the best. its virus defenitions are daily if need be, and it does not hog resources. i have it set to run daily, and on my PC it runs all the time.

I also have tried Norton Antivirus but long ago gave up on it (for mac and pc) because it just uses too many system resources, it is a hog.

Very true. The caveat is that virus defs don't really need to be updated more than monthly for the Mac since Mac viruses aren't really an issue. However, in a mixed OS environment, you really do need to have the defs updated more than monthly, so Virex fails in this roll. In the past, the onus of updating the defs falls on McAfee, they've always only offered new defs for Virex once a month. But that was always on the first of the month, now it's semi-random when the defs are released, so it could be on Apple's people.

yes it sure is nice that virus dont hit the mac scene hardly at all. i will say this virus software is one thing that is a down side of having a PC. you just always have to stay on top of the virus updates. but i sure as heck dont want to get one, so i use the best tool for the job, and that currently looks like it is sophos, they are really on top of things.

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Maybe off topic, a little...

I was watching one of my all time favorite girly movies the other night - Kate & Leopold - and was struck by something 'Kate' (Meg Ryan) said... 2 things, actually.
Okay, when Kate's trying to get the scoop on who 'Leopold' (Hugh Jackman) really is, she asks him about the "Apple PowerMac G5" that they're showing at the "MacExpo".
First question: This movie was released 2 years ago, & was probably filmed a year or so before it's release... how long does a team of developers usually spend designing a machine like the G5? Do you think the idea was still in it's conceptual stage when strategically introduced into the movie?
Secondly, I've read/heard it a couple of times, references to a 'MacExpo'. What it that? Where can I find tickets??
Thanks :)

~Brandie

interesting. i must admit i have had to sit through that girlie movie and i did not notice that line. then again it being a girlie movie i susualy dont pay attention to the movie :p

They have been talking about the G5 for many many years now. Macworld Magazine had an article about the G5 about the time the G4 shipped, and everyone at that time thought it would have been Motorola who would be bring the G5 to the table.

Id say the remark had nothing to do with an actual production schedule of the G5. Apple computers are used in movies and commercials because of brand recognition. You might only see a Mac on screen for a split second but everyone knows that it was made by Apple. A PC does not have that brand recognition, so they are not used as often. Apple also pays to get their products in the latest movie/commercial.

i just the other day spotted an iPod in an ethen allan commercial.

kate & leopold is a time travel movie. that should give you the answer.

ha ha! well then why not the G8? j/k

Kate was not only asking about her G5 powerbook, but about some configuration on OS 9.5. :eek:

That part of the movie was set in our current time . . . just some imaginative writer projecting something that seemed to sound intelligent, I think. I'm guessing the anti-X crowd got all excited, however, and has been swamping Meg Ryan with mail on where she got the bit about 9.5. :p

That explains why Hugh Jackman was later cast as an X-Man. :D

Ahh, that's right! :cool:

Sorry to continue spinning this topic off-topic, but has anyone else noticed that Macs tend to be used by the "good guys" on TV whereas PCs tend to be used by the "bad guys"? Good guys also use PCs, but bad guys rarely use Macs.

Two quick examples that come to mind: Willow's iBook on Buffy , and the slew of G5s and everything else Apple on 24.

Just a random thought... Back to the original topic now!

Glenn

So, WurdLuvrGrl, what news on your new Mac? Has it been a healthy transition? Have you been able to access and open many of your files?