Mac…one week later (Clues for Windows users switching to Mac.)
Dear Reader,
My new companion, my new life-long friend (her name is Squatty, inside joke, those who know it are already giggling) has survived her first week with me and has come through unscathed. She is in as good of condition as when I bought her. (I know that’s important to at least one of you.)
So here’s what I got working this week:
- Kensington Expert Mouse
Trackballs rock! I’ve used this particular brand of trackball on every computer I’ve had for the past 10 years. The one I had plugged into that OTHER computer plugged in and worked out of the box. A quick trip to www.kensington.com landed me the OS X drivers and now all the buttons and the scroll wheel work.
- Logitech Media Keyboards
Again, plugging it into the USB port of my baby and answering a couple of questions and I’m now free of the traditional (albeit pretty and functional) Mac laptop keyboard. Again, a trip to www.logitech.com scored me the OS X drivers and now all the media buttons control iTunes, etc. As with the trackball, this keyboard has been my companion through a couple of computers now and it makes switching to Mac much easier when I don’t have to lose my old friends.
- Logitech Premium USB Headset 350
This is the headset I used to use with Trillian to talk with my wife in TN. (Saves us a TON in long distance charges) As with the keyboard, it just worked. I didn’t even install drivers for this one. It worked out of the box.
- Logitech Quick Cam Pro 400
This little boy plugged in but was not a flawless install. You have to download a couple of different drivers and such. I’m still working to get this one installed. Once I get it working, I’ll let you know how well or how bad it is.
- LG 19″ Monitor Final piece of the hardware puzzle. I plugged in my LG 19″ flat panel display. Again, it recognized it without a problem and now I run a dual display system with the 19″ running as the primary when it’s plugged in and running at 1280×1024. (I think)
So now, my new friend feels like my old computer, at least to my hands and eyes. I am truly amazed at how easy it is to get things to work with the Mac. As someone who has made a good living over the years helping people get DOS and Windows working correctly on their hardware, it scares me to think what I’ll do if more people discover the Mac.
That’s all for today readers.
Until next time, have I mentioned the weather here is beautiful?
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