Dave, Another reason why I love my Mac. These are tools provided for FREE with a new purchase and yet they practically blow away a lot of Windows programs. Mac is the perfect system for creating.
Dave, When YOU tell me that Quicksilver is the "must-have" application, then I'll go download and install it. I'm still not convinced that it launches any of my programs faster or easier than using DOCK or even the TIGER LAUNCH app.
I was thinking about this today. iCal is a problem for me. I use it regularly to remind me of appointments. It works perfectly except for the fact that the pop-up alert needs to have a better alarm (instead of a simple beep) and needs more options such as "snooze" or "remind me again...
Christ, True, I have 4GB ram on my Mac Pro and 2GB on my Macbook Pro. The problem is that I have so many things running at startup as is including Yahoo widgets, a GEEK TOOL weather map, and DRAG THING. I am just very cautious about adding anything additional that needs to be...
Yuh know, I keep hearing about Quicksilver and been tempted to try, but I look at it as yet another program that is going to eat valuable RAM by being open all the time.
Walter, Let's put it this way.... Leopard is approximately a week short of 3 months away. The OS is pretty cheap at $129. I suppose it comes down to whether saving $129 is worth that wait.
Dave, A great read so early this morning. I admire the amount of depth you covered in talking about your transition to the Mac platform. Almost exactly like you, I was a windows user for most of my life and found the experience to be rather stale. Like you, I took the gamble and...