I have my system now, and had the chance to have my first play with it for an hour or two last night. Im still going to reinstall the operating system etc, but just installed a few programs I had (Office/Photoshop) and had a play with the operating system to 'find my feet'.......still dont know where some stuff is, but I have the general idea around it now.....
I must admit though, even though Windows 7 gives you more flexibility etc, and as much as I like Windows 7 (and will be running it via BootCamp anyway) I do like the simplicity and 'lightness' of the MAC OS X so far. Ive yet to reinstall the system after I messed about with it etc, and set it up with my programs and settings, but it seems fine for my needs as a home user - which include just doing the basic emails/internet, the odd document, and odd bit of video/photo editing.......i couldnt ever use this at work though, as I would find it limiting in a network environment.
One question I will throw out though - Email...............I have MS Entourage and Apple iMail - which do other Mac users tend to use?
Entourage seems the better of the two, but it saves emails to a database, and when backing up via Time machine (incremental) it will backup the entire database over and over, thus wasting space, whereas iMail saves individual messages, so is less wasteful when backing up as only the new messages/changes are backed up..... I have both applications, but am tempted to use iMail due to the above, and due to the fact that I only need an email app for the basic sending/receiving of emails, nothing more......
Which Email program do you use, and which is recommended?
Also any other applications I should be installing?
So far I have Office 2008 and Photoshop CS4.
Do I need any security apps to protect me when on the net? I understand antivirus is not required?
Also, will 'SuperDuper' allow me to clone the entire drive once Ive set it up how I want it. so if anything happens I can stick the image back on?
I will get a Time Capsule to use with Time Machine at some point, but I would like an image of a freshly installed system as well for now......
Finally - Safarai - should I ditch it and go for Firefox?