Rbode Loc: Ft lauderdale, Fla

Ask any questions you may have here;

http://discussions.apple.com/welcome

drk64 Loc: Washington State

Thank you ill look at today

Basil Loc: New Mexico

I was a life-long PC user and switched to iMAC a couple of years ago. Will NEVER EVER go back to PCs! A good place to ask questions (there are many) but one I really like is:

http://www.macrumors.com They have a very active and helpful forums area.

jims203 Loc: Connecticut

Lydia.com will easily teach you anything you need to know for $25 a month.
A friend who knew nothing about macs learned pretty well using their over 3,000 videos. He says its like going to college for the course. They are very good.

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

Yup, I was going to suggest www.lynda.com The not only have plenty of MAC classes they also have a lot of photography stuff. Pay month to month and quit whenever you want. I bought my wife a MAC for Xmas, and decided I did not make such a great teacher, she has become very adapt on her new iMAC after only a few videos on Lynda, and she is still watching them. Looks like I'll be paying for another month.

wolfiebear Loc: 10,200 elev. in the Rockies

I have ushered a number of folks over from PC to MAC. All have a bit of frustration as they change gears, but all remain grateful. So take heart!

My personal preferred way to run Windows only applications on a MAC is to use something like "VMWare Fusion". Works well enough. (VmWare is a program that allows you to install Windows on your MAC) You can even run MAC and WINDOWS seamlessly this way. I personally keep them more separate, though.
There are other ways, and maybe even something new is out.. .but this is how I usually deal with those awkward moments. You will not be limited. It will run everything a standard PC will.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

I use Parallels

Jim216 Loc: South Carolina

:lol:

wolfiebear Loc: 10,200 elev. in the Rockies

Yes, do this, but also set another drive, internal or external (I do most of mine internal because the connections are less likely to get compromised) for BACK-ups using something like the free CARBON COPY CLONER or inexpensive SUPER DUPER. You won't be sorry for using both methods and will sleep well at night.

wmclark43 Loc: Fruitland, Utah

Thank you. The only solution that I have heard about is to purchase a Windows OS and install this on a Mac. Sort of a dual boot system.
BC

Capture48 Loc: Arizona

Parallels is really a VM running on your MAC. With it you can install most any OS from Windows, other MAC versions, UNix etc.

Dlovitt Loc: Texas Hill Country

Just play around with it. Online support is very good,also IMHO

Paul Buckhiester Loc: Columbus, GA USA

Absolutely second this suggestion. I bought the Kindle version so I'd have it on my phone. Great book.

Basil Loc: New Mexico

You can install Windows using the MAC OS program called "Bootcamp." (That's what I did). You then hold the Option Key when you turn on computer and it gives a choice to boot into the MAC OS, or Windows (The Bootcamp partition). I also then installed Parallels, the program which allows me to run BOTH OSs at the same time. You can just switch back and forth between OSs and even exchange files.

bw79st Loc: New York City

Don't worry, all your files will be read on your new MAC. Those that initially wont can be read in Open Office. I was a PC person from 1989 because everyone at work was, and frankly that meant sharing software. I had Photoshop free because our graphics director said I was authorized, so he handed me the company's disc. BUT, over the years I found that every four or five years I had a catastrophic crash and really needed a new computer. Honestly, the only time I lost files was when I ran a PC that got a little too old. So I retired eventually and decided after a catastrophic crash that I had had enough and ordered a MAC. I was apprehensive but it all worked out. Now I have a six year old iMac that is getting old but is working great. I need USB3 and Thunderwhatever to move on but everything is still working beautifully. I'll be ordering a new one but I feel I am ahead of the game compared to when I ran a PC with Windows. The curve is not very steep. It just seems so because you have a Windows mindset. Actually I believe at this point most of the things I found different on IOS have been adopted by Windows, but I don't really know since I haven't touched a PC since converting. Try it, you'll like it.