“Mac OS X Leopard is on the prowl. After months of hype and anticipation, Apple’s latest operating system is the company’s best launch ever, and it brings plenty of innovative (and just plain cool) features to potential switchers, such as Desktop Sharing, Spaces, and Time Machine. With Apple holding a solid 8.8 percent of the U.S. notebook market, according to research firm IDC, more people than ever are being introduced to Apple’s computing platform. For many, this will be the first foray into the world of Mac, and although the OS is fairly easy to use, there’s a definite learning curve for those accustomed to the Windows interface,” Jeffrey L. Wilson reports for Laptop Magazine.
MacDailyNews Take: We just love how the article is surrounded by Windows Vista banner ads, while the article features a large illustration (see left) of a user leaping off a crumbling Windows Vista box onto a solid new Mac OS X Leopard box.
Wilson reports, “Upon booting up, you’ll notice that the Mac’s desktop is laid out differently than the ones found on PCs; it’s remarkably clutter-free. This cleanliness is attributed to the Dock, the bar located at the bottom of the screen, which houses OS X’ applications. At the top of the desktop you’ll find the Menu Bar, a dynamically changing bar that displays the functions and commands available to the currently active program or window (this differs from Window’s individual menu bars for each application). The lone desktop icon is Mac’s hard drive icon, the Apple equivalent of My Computer.”
Wilson reports, “We’ve put together this Mac Switcher’s Guide to help you get used to these small but significant differences. We’ll walk you through the important shortcuts, features, and programs that you’ll need to familiarize yourself with in order to get the most out of your Mac. Here’s to your successful migration.”
Topics covered:
• Right-Clicking
• Opening and Closing Programs
• Installing Programs
• Ejecting Optical Discs and Peripherals
• Terminating Unresponsive Programs
• Taking a Screenshot
• Navigating Windows
• Finding Files
• Tweaking System Settings
• Organizing Photos
• Wireless Networking
• Opening Mail Attachments
• Essential Mac OS X Shortcuts
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Macaday” for the heads up.]
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But Tipping Point is an earthquake in Redmond…
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For switchers there is also some great new videos on how to work with your Mac. Maybe worth adding above MDN…
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/macosx/#basics-anatomy
Just curious. Has anyone ever seen a Mac to Windows switchers guide? Anyone…anyone at all?
Switching to a Mac gives you the feeling of finally being “clean”. Kinda like a porn star after a shower.
@HMCIV,
I found one here: http://www.squarebox.co.uk/users/rolf/SwitchToXP.html
@Macaday
Hey, thanks for the link. I’m adding that to my .Mac email signatures.
That would be a bloody silly UK site wouldn’t it!
It’s why the UK has the lowest Firefox penetration in Europe at 17% when the Scandinavians are almost up to 50%.
It’s called ignorance. (Or just blinded by Microsoft).
“Simply press Command+Click on the keyboard [to right click]. You can also tap the trackpad to enable right-clicking by entering System Preferences, selecting Keyboard & Mouse, and then clicking the Trackpad tab. Check the box labeled “Place two fingers on trackpad and click button for secondary click.” Now you can tap two fingers on the trackpad to right-click.”
Uhhh notice how they got this wrong its ctrl + click to get right click NOT command + click. Unless Apple changed this on me over night while I was asleep.
Horrible switcher’s guide. Their very first tip is wrong! Command-clicking does not emulate a right-click. Control-click does.
http://switchtoamac.com/
“The lone desktop icon is Mac’s hard drive icon, the Apple equivalent of My Computer.”
More precisely, ‘My Computer’ is the Windows equivalent of the Mac’s desktop HDD icon, since it existed long before Windows.
Actually the HD icon is the equivalent of the C: drive. The Computer is the equivalent of My Computer.