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  1. Ronald Epstein

    Mac OS X & MacBook Pro: my (exhaustive) review

    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.
  2. Ronald Epstein

    Mac OS X & MacBook Pro: my (exhaustive) review

    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.
  3. Ronald Epstein

    Mac OS X & MacBook Pro: my (exhaustive) review

    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...
  4. Ronald Epstein

    Mac OS X & MacBook Pro: my (exhaustive) review

    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...
  5. Ronald Epstein

    Mac OS X & MacBook Pro: my (exhaustive) review

    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.
  6. Ronald Epstein

    Mac OS X & MacBook Pro: my (exhaustive) review

    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.
  7. Ronald Epstein

    Mac OS X & MacBook Pro: my (exhaustive) review

    Whoopee! That Tiger Launch is pretty damn nifty. Thanks, Walter! Dave, by all means, download it.
  8. Ronald Epstein

    Mac OS X & MacBook Pro: my (exhaustive) review

    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...
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