With all the MiniMacs being received, I think it’s a good idea to start a thread for users new to the mac world on what advanced features they’ll be finding on their Mac they didn’t have on their PC. 

If you have something to contribute, please post it below.

Myself personally, I have upgraded to 1GB of RAM in the system—this was pretty easy with decent instructions—heres what I used for reference:

http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/01/macminiinside/index.php

:D

they do the same **** in a differnt way. pc has more software options though….

spamma :x

i agree with emehrkay… they can each do everything the other can. It just depends on what you’re used to…

alot of people say macs are more intuative, but i would never know :?

u cant play many games on a mac… :(  :(  😢

Voice commands are always fun to play with. 😊  Turn it on in the System Preferences somewhere.  You can now have your computer tell a knock knock joke, browse the internet, or play chess with your voice. 😊

macs can really do that?

Yes, Mac OS 9 also had voice command passwords to login. 😊  In OS X you have to type them. :( However the speech commands are fun to play with. 😊

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/speech/
http://www.xvsxp.com/speech/

[quote author=“Bootes”]Yes, Mac OS 9 also had voice command passwords to login. 😊  In OS X you have to type them. :( However the speech commands are fun to play with. 😊

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/speech/
http://www.xvsxp.com/speech/

well, it can still be done in windows with the correct tweeks and programs 😊

MacOSX has Expose.  Best feature ever.

Expose > Alt-tab

spamma :x

i agree with emehrkay… they can each do everything the other can. It just depends on what you’re used to…

alot of people say macs are more intuative, but i would never know :?

I’m not a spamma lol Iv been thinking about a mac but really didnt know what the diff between a mac and a pc was. So when I saw this thread I whent :D

spamma :x

i agree with emehrkay… they can each do everything the other can. It just depends on what you’re used to…

alot of people say macs are more intuative, but i would never know :?

😉

spamma :x

i agree with emehrkay… they can each do everything the other can. It just depends on what you’re used to…

alot of people say macs are more intuative, but i would never know :?

😉

i was looking for the emoticon that said “spamma” in huge neon lights but i couldnt find it! someone post it please! 😛

spamma :x

i agree with emehrkay… they can each do everything the other can. It just depends on what you’re used to…

alot of people say macs are more intuative, but i would never know :?

😉

i was looking for the emoticon that said “spamma” in huge neon lights but i couldnt find it! someone post it please! 😛

close:

spamma :x

i agree with emehrkay… they can each do everything the other can. It just depends on what you’re used to…

alot of people say macs are more intuative, but i would never know :?

😉

i was looking for the emoticon that said “spamma” in huge neon lights but i couldnt find it! someone post it please! 😛

close:

THANK GOD, my life is now complete 👏  👏

lol OK back to the mac thing. I whent to a store and was looking at a G5 and its pretty tight. It seems so different from a PC though….Any free site have a G5? (just wondering)

I doubt it, G5s are expensive.

Yeah I did notice that but I thought they were…..Is a mac mini the same thing just not as good? Just not as much memory, hard drive space, all that stuf?

no..its not a g5. its a g4.  if they sold a g5 for 499, there would be droves of people buying it.

    - specs for the mini

    -specs for the power mac g5

there’s a significant difference.

Hmm….could the Mac Mini still work good with video editing stuff?

[quote author=“KingSting”]MacOSX has Expose.  Best feature ever.

Expose > Alt-tab

Agreed—I’m constantly using this feature.

What does that do?

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/expose/

[quote author=“munkyxtc”][quote author=“KingSting”]MacOSX has Expose.  Best feature ever.

Expose > Alt-tab

Agreed—I’m constantly using this feature.

A nice trick to show off to your friends, when you have a lot of windows open, press and hold down the Shift key, and they press any of the Expose keys, and everything will move in slow motion. Uber cool! :D

(I think it was the shift key..lol)