Fairly straightforward question - I'm purchasing my first Mac in the coming days (either this weekend, or in the coming week). Is the machine ready to use out of the box or are there steps, installs, tweaks I need to perform to get things up and running?
Being a long time Windows user, I'm used to performing the following tasks to get things running.
1. Clean Reinstall
2. Removing the junkware included in the OEM install (not an issue with OSX, I gather)
3. Updating Drivers
4. Installing Anti Virus Software (not much of an issue with OSX, I gather)
I imagine there'll be some differences in getting my mac up and running. Tips and hints from Mac users on this forum are much appreciated.
FYI, I have been reading
www.myfirstmac.com on and off; and plan to have it open on my netbook while running the mac for the first time; along with the relevant pages from the Apple website.