I have another question.
With my current dell, I have a subscription to McAfee. Should I install it to my Mac? Will it work? Do I really need it? Am I asking dumb questions? Thanks!

well, the program that runs on the dell won't run on the Mac. Also, you'll find very few people run anti-virus stuff for Mac OS X.

A few things about virus protection on the Mac...

-don't turn on filesharing unless you need it and your behind a firewall (turned off by default)

There's a little bit of awareness needed for Microsoft documents opened in Microsoft applications. The macros built-in to these applications could cause some mischeif. Nothing too serious though.
- don't use a Microsoft email client
- don't open Microsoft documents emailed to you from people you don't know

-The software updater program is set up to look for new updates weekly. It will alert you if there are any. Be sure to download these regularly. (I usually wait a day or two after they have been released to make sure that all the kinks have been worked out before downloading. Any security updates will be distributed this way.

Just wanted to let y'all know that it came today. Oh so pretty. Going to go home and set up the wireless and download me some widgets!


One more question. Why does the internet window look fuzzy? Is there a way to fix this? Thanks!

Comment on obvious typo in above post deleted in the interest of keeping this thread G-rated. This ain't Omni, after all!

There seems to be an issue with the new PB15'' hi-res LCD display. Several people have reported visible "horizontal lines" which may be a defect or a feature, but they apparently are very distracting to the eye.
Just a caveat (or one more reason to put off your purchase until the Mactels come out)

Its not that macs are immune, as you may somtimes hear, but the unix-like architecture does help. The root kit is substantially more protected in OS X so a virus has to basically ask your permission to do its evil.

That being said, there just arn't as many mac users therefore less incentive to develop viri for the mac.

Personally- and I guess I'm asking for it- I don't run antivirus on any of my macs and I have it set to run nightly on all my PCs. I find Norton for the mac doesn't to much more than take up processor time.

I also have claimAV running on my firewall though so I feel somewhat more protected.

Considering how many Mac fans feel about their machines, it may not be a typo...

I like my PowerBook, I like it a lot, but brushed aluminum curves just don't do it for me...

Sorry about the typo-my bad.
So is there a way to make the internet browser text not look fuzzy?

If you have an LCD display and are running Windows XP, you can use the Clear Type Tuner at http://www.microsoft.com/typography/...ner/Step1.aspx

I am running MAC OS X Tiger

There are some variables here, and what looks fuzzy to you probably doesn't to me because I'm used to it.

A couple things to look at: in System Preferences, under Appearance, there should be a couple of settings regarding font smoothing. Tweaking those may help. (I'm assuming they're still there under Tiger. I'm using Panther.)

Have you changed the display resolution? With the LCD flat panel screens, if you have lowered the resolution, then we would in fact agree upon the resulting fuzziness. There's no way to make that look clear at present. To double check this, while you're in System Preferences, check the Displays preference and make sure you're running at the highest resolution, which will be the one native to the LCD panel. (It won't let you accidentally go higher on the iBook.)

Indeed. It "fakes" lower resolutions by spreading each virtual pixel over a small group of real ones. Because the lower resolution is in all likelihood not a simple fraction of the built-in one, you end up with a real pixel trying to be part of two or more virtual ones. The system sets it to a color that's a compromise between the colors of all the virtual pixels that overlap it. Hence the fuzziness.

The solution: use the highest resolution as suggested, and if that makes the text in your browser too small, set its default font to 14 points or larger. In apps like Word and Excel, set the zoom to 125 percent. Most apps, including the OS (go to Show View Options at the bottom of the Finder's View menu) give you some way to enlarge text and graphics like this. You get a much clearer screen that way than by reducing the resolution.

AppleInsider and ThinkSecret both say that Apple will be releasing an Intel-powered 15" PowerBook in January of 2006, so you might want to hold off a bit if you are preparing to buy a G4 model.