World Famous Comics: Switching to a Mac For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
Switching to a Mac For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
By: Arnold Reinhold Publisher: For Dummies Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: For Dummies Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 384 Publication Date: October 29, 2007
Product Description: Thinking of making the switch from your PC to a Mac? Congratulations! You’re in for a great, virus-free ride. And Switching to Mac For Dummies makes it smoother than you ever imagined. From buying the Mac that’s right for you to transferring your files to breaking your old Windows habits and learning to do things the (much easier) Mac way, it makes the whole process practically effortless.
Whether you’ve been using Windows XP, Vista, or even Linux, you’ll find simple, straightforward ways to make your transition go smoothly. That will leave you plenty of time to get familiar with Mac’s prodigious and dynamic OS X capabilities. You’ll also connect with iLife, Mac’s amazing integrated software suite that lets you turn your computer into a powerful media center—not just for listening and watching, but for creating music, video, and much more. Discover how to:
Decide whether the switch to Mac is right for you
Choose the Mac that will change your life
Keep and reuse elements of your old setup
Go online with your Mac
Connect to your home network—even that old PC
Go media crazy with iTunes, iPhoto and more
Take advantage of Mac’s business capabilities
Complete with handy cheat sheet of common Mac short cuts and commands as well as a glossary of Mac world lingo, Switching to Mac For Dummies ensures that your switch will be the smartest thing you ever do.
A very useful book. This is a very nice book. Practical and objective. You have in your hands a very useful guide to the mysteries of the Mac world. Its chapters are very clear about how to change to a new world in computers without pain. This is one of the most interesting series edited to this date. Highly recommended.
Mac for dummies book This book is very helpful. I wish that this book came in the box with the I-Mac computer. After useing a PC for most my life switching to a MAC can be intimidating. But the book has been very useful.
Great Book for New Mac Users
I was a Microsoft PC user for over 15 years and I recently decided to buy an IMAC. With the new ITouch and new IPhone out, I wanted to combine that with a Mac Machine so that everything can work together easily.
This book gave me a great start to understanding a Mac. Even though I'm good with computers and most of the information I already knew just from playing around with a Mac, the book did give me useful shortcuts and great inside information.
Like other "Dummies" books, this was very easy to understand!
Mac Rules I started on an Apple-IIc back in 1987, but had to switch to PC bc of work. Have had to hassle with MS through Windows 95, 97, Millennium, XP and then ugh, the hell with Vista. I LOVE MY MAC. Even Windows XP runs better on my Mac than it did on my Toshiba. Anyway . . . this book was great in helping me figure things out on the Mac. PS, if you want to use XP on your Mac I recommend downloading the trial version of Parallels from their website. The disk sent with my Mac was out of date for the Leopard, but the downloaded version of Parallels runs perfect. The best of both worlds. Awesome.
This Book is a Must! I switched from a desktop running Windows to a MacBook the day after Thanksgiving. Although I do have 3 software engineers in the family (2 at Google and 1 at Microsoft) they got my new toy all set up, transferred my files and promptly left me to return to their techie lives in Seattle. I could continually bombard them with questions via email and phone (they wouldn't mind.... really!) but I decided it would just be more practical to have a Dummies book on hand so I don't look quite so dimwitted when I need the answer to the same question a second or third or fourth time. Thus, I find myself reading "Switching To A Mac For Dummies". It really helps. The book is very clear and also quite entertaining. I've laughed out loud more than once. Oh yeah, and I'm learning stuff, too.
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