12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 2

[Jhalkias]

NO... I would suggest you go to the website where you sell extra season tickets. What are you thinking???? You have never sold anything on Ebay and you want to start with this????

Ooops! Busted John!

Is this some kind of sixth sense thing?

Why does she pick now to start reading and posting again?

Brandi says it is OK dear!

 

[Jhalkias]

Hi Friends!!!

I am back from Berlin and Savannah's skating competition (she did great!). I am going to CT on Sunday, but wanted to check in and see how everyone is. I see that John and Bella have corrupted Becka, Angie and Dennis are batteling gigantic spiders, Dennis is waxing nostalgic, Amy is checking up on John and Lisa is fighting the masters of siding. Not to mention Joy's all to close to my experience.

Have a great wed everyone!

Kim

Welcome home Kim. Post pictures whenever you can! How did Savannah do?

Who is "Nostalgic", and does Angie know that Dennis is waxing her?

 

[Jhalkias]

Remember Becka, any Mac questions, I am here for ya!

Glad to hear setup was easy. Navigation will come in time - tonight at my school board meeting, we had to look up something on the net, and we are an all Mac district. My colleague was lost on the keyboard, and I had to help her out. I go so often between the two that it is second nature. The mighty mouse is kind of funky, but once you are used to it too, you will love that little trackball.

How do you like that screen?

Now you need to buy Aaron a Macbook!

 

[becka]

Welcome Back Kim! Did I use the right smilie? I can't remember which one was hello and which one is goodbye anymore.

Mac questions for the experts:

1) What do I need for security? Do I need virus protection and a firewall?
2) Since there are certain sites that only work with IE if I put IE on this computer will it work without putting windows on? If I do put IE on does that open me up to more security issues?
3) Safari seems very weird to me. Does Firefox or something else work better?
4) Is there a way to keep your dashboard widgets (like clock, weather, WDW trip countdown) on the main desktop all the time? I would like to push them to the sides so I could still see them even when I am working on something else.
5) Is there a "right click" option on the Macs? I know I use right click for all kinds of functions on the PC (like copy, delete, paste, etc) but right clicking on the Mac mouse didn't seem to really do anything. Do I just need to use the menus and keyboard shortcuts?

General observations:

I feel so lost on the Mac. It is like learning a new language. Everything feels and looks foreign. The speed is impressive and so far I have been able to figure out a few things but I am mostly still clueless. I have been able to surf, set up my e-mail, download my photos to iPhoto and import some of my music to ITunes. Unfortunately we are going out of town this weekend so I won't have too much time to play with it over the next couple of days.

Aaron has a bit of computer envy. He can't believe we actually own a Mac and I don't think he was too thrilled with my decision at first but now that he is seeing it he is thinking that when he gets ready to replace his laptop in a few years he might have to look for a Macbook.

 

[Jhalkias]

Welcome Back Kim! Did I use the right smilie? I can't remember which one was hello and which one is goodbye anymore.

Mac questions for the experts:

1) What do I need for security? Do I need virus protection and a firewall?Well - not really. I hate to tell you that, but there just are not many viruses out in the wild for a Mac. The safe answer is to say buy virus protection anyway, and use it, but for me it just seems useless on my Mac
2) Since there are certain sites that only work with IE if I put IE on this computer will it work without putting windows on? If I do put IE on does that open me up to more security issues?No, but I would avoid IE since MS has stopped updating and supporting it - I would use firefox instead. Only use IE on the sites that Firefox or Safari will not open. IE is slow too.
3) Safari seems very weird to me. Does Firefox or something else work better?I use Firefox at the office and Safari at home. Funny, but I do not like the Windows version of Safari, and I don't like the Firefox version for Mac. Go Figure.
4) Is there a way to keep your dashboard widgets (like clock, weather, WDW trip countdown) on the main desktop all the time? I would like to push them to the sides so I could still see them even when I am working on something else.I don't think so, but will defer to PJ
5) Is there a "right click" option on the Macs? I know I use right click for all kinds of functions on the PC (like copy, delete, paste, etc) but right clicking on the Mac mouse didn't seem to really do anything. Do I just need to use the menus and keyboard shortcuts?I think you can configure your mighty mouse to do this, but most right clicks are accomplished with either a command click or an "apple" click (pressing those keys as you click, and the command key is the one that looks like a cloverleaf) PJ - anything further?

General observations:

I feel so lost on the Mac. It is like learning a new language. Everything feels and looks foreign. The speed is impressive and so far I have been able to figure out a few things but I am mostly still clueless. I have been able to surf, set up my e-mail, download my photos to iPhoto and import some of my music to ITunes. Unfortunately we are going out of town this weekend so I won't have too much time to play with it over the next couple of days.

Aaron has a bit of computer envy. He can't believe we actually own a Mac and I don't think he was too thrilled with my decision at first but now that he is seeing it he is thinking that when he gets ready to replace his laptop in a few years he might have to look for a Macbook.

Trust me Becka, you will get used to it in no time, and then the PC will seem foreign

 

[MrsMork]

Is this some kind of sixth sense thing?

Why does she pick now to start reading and posting again?

Brandi says it is OK dear!

Brandi is the Ebay Queen! I would trust her and ask her for guidance on selling.

 

[MrsMork]

Welcome home Kim. Post pictures whenever you can! How did Savannah do?

Who is "Nostalgic", and does Angie know that Dennis is waxing her?

I didn't know, but if I catch him, his is in DEEP!!

 

[MrsMork]

John1, question for you. I don't follow baseball or know much about it so this puzzled me. You are talking about selling World Series tickets to the TRIBE games, but on the radio news this morning they were talking about what teams were playing for what spot still. Is it set that your team will be going? I'm confused with this.

 

[Jhalkias]

John1, question for you. I don't follow baseball or know much about it so this puzzled me. You are talking about selling World Series tickets to the TRIBE games, but on the radio news this morning they were talking about what teams were playing for what spot still. Is it set that your team will be going? I'm confused with this.

Angie,

In your neck of the woods they are probably still discussing the National league, where the playoff spots are still undecided. It is coming right down to the wire. There are several teams with similar records that based on these final games could win their division or a wild card spot.

On the other hand, the American League is all settled. Cleveland, New York, Boston, and LA are in.

In each league there are three divisions: East, Central, and West. An additional playoff spot goes to a wild card - the remaining best record that is not a division winner. So four teams from each league play off to determine who will represent each league in the World Series. The World Series is always the American League Champ vs the National League Champ.

Does that clarify?

 

[MrsMork]

Angie,

In your neck of the woods they are probably still discussing the National league, where the playoff spots are still undecided. It is coming right down to the wire. There are several teams with similar records that based on these final games could win their division or a wild card spot.

On the other hand, the American League is all settled. Cleveland, New York, Boston, and LA are in.

In each league there are three divisions: East, Central, and West. An additional playoff spot goes to a wild card - the remaining best record that is not a division winner. So four teams from each league play off to determine who will represent each league in the World Series. The World Series is always the American League Champ vs the National League Champ.

Does that clarify?

So Cleveland still has to playoff with NY, Boston and LA, right? But you are confident that they are the best this year and will advance to the Series? I think I got it.

 

[pjpoohbear]

BECKA, 4) I love widgets and used them on my windows machine and loved that I could keep them up on the desktop even while using other programs. I had a Disney countdown, disney savings, and photo flipper. But on the Mac it does not do this, it is my one pet peeve, but what I do is have a corner hot synced (blue apple, system preferences, dashboard/expose) so when I drag the mouse to that corner my dashboard (widgets) show up very quickly.

One of my favourite MAC widgets is the Chica Pet, I have killed it many times, yet it cost nothing, lol.

 

[brack]

Taking the day off.

 

[brack]

Going to get blood drawn for some test.

 

[brack]

but Annette has promised me some ice crem afterwards.

 

[brack]

Some I am!

 

[brack]

Cool that you have your passports so quickly, John! We got them for the kids last year (Trey and I already had them)... now can anyone tell us where we put them for safekeeping after the cruise??????

I have a drawer here at my desk that I keep all of my vacation (say Disney) items.

 

[Bella2000]

Hi Friends!!!

I am back from Berlin and Savannah's skating competition (she did great!). I am going to CT on Sunday, but wanted to check in and see how everyone is. I see that John and Bella have corrupted Becka, Angie and Dennis are batteling gigantic spiders, Dennis is waxing nostalgic, Amy is checking up on John and Lisa is fighting the masters of siding. Not to mention Joy's all to close to my experience.

Have a great wed everyone!

Kim

Welcome home Kim! Did you see Tom Cruise in your travels?

 

[Bella2000]

I am surfing from my own brand new iMac!

So far I like it but I have a lot to learn. The keyboard and mouse are very strange and are going to take some time to get used to. I also just have to figure out how to move around on this thing. It is all very different from what I am used to. I have to admit that setup was painless.

I think the challenge with switching is not over thinking. Its odd to say it strange to transition to something that just works. What I tell everyone is when you get frustrated to take a step back and not think "troubleshooting, take it apart as you would a PC" but think If I were going to design this where would I put this thing? I have a friend who couldn't get her camera to work - she plugged it in and thought I know I am not supposed to need drivers but this thing isn't working. Well she took a step back and said hmmm. She had not turned the camera on.

 

[Bella2000]

Welcome Back Kim! Did I use the right smilie? I can't remember which one was hello and which one is goodbye anymore.

Mac questions for the experts:

1) What do I need for security? Do I need virus protection and a firewall?
2) Since there are certain sites that only work with IE if I put IE on this computer will it work without putting windows on? If I do put IE on does that open me up to more security issues?
3) Safari seems very weird to me. Does Firefox or something else work better?
4) Is there a way to keep your dashboard widgets (like clock, weather, WDW trip countdown) on the main desktop all the time? I would like to push them to the sides so I could still see them even when I am working on something else.
5) Is there a "right click" option on the Macs? I know I use right click for all kinds of functions on the PC (like copy, delete, paste, etc) but right clicking on the Mac mouse didn't seem to really do anything. Do I just need to use the menus and keyboard shortcuts?

Off the top of my head - and if I am off or someone has better info I am sure they will speak up. there is also a switcher section that I refer people to on the apple website. I'll find it and post later.

1. Speaking on the Mac side (I'm not taking partitioned using bootcamp or parallels) There is a firewall in system preferences ---> sharing as a setting. I don't use any othere virus protection on the Mac side but I also have firewall on and safari and email I do not open files automatically. I have never had an issue I am just cautious. Also I have software update turned on as daily preference. Apple is stellar with their updates.

I also do not use the windows bootcamp and now that I have iWork '08 Numbers I won't need it for excel. If you are going to use the windows boot capability PLEASE YES you will need virus protection because you would be running windows stuff and would have virus issues because you are no longer using OS X but Windows OS.

2. I do not use IE on windows because of the inherent security flaws and on the Mac its not that great a browser and its not been kept up. In the cases Safari has not worked (Paychex site and the like had issues for example) I use Firefox. There are alternate ones out there - I have not had any issues with Firefox over IE.

3. What is weird specifically to you re Safari - the tabs - display? I can answer the question better if I know. Perhaps its just different. Its been ages since I've used IE.

4. Widgets - I think pj spoke to widgets. I use the expose keys (and active page) so I don't keep them on the page - I just hit a key when I need one
Wait until we have Leopard and Spaces - that looks like it will ROCK

5.You can right click - I use function keys (apple key) more than mouse to be honest but its (ctrl) click the key (someone will correct me i I'm wrong) .You know you can also use your 2 button PC mouse that has that configuration.

 

[Bella2000]

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304720