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--- tfreeman at intel.digichem.net wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Nathan J. Underwood wrote:
> 
> > Well, we had an issue come up that required a Mac
> to test, which 
> > prompted the purchase of an iBook from Micro
> Center (spur of the moment 
> > thing, but the experience was pleasant).  At any
> rate, it's ours now, 
> > and I've never used one before (well, that's
> untrue, but the last Apple 
> > that I tinkered with was an Apple ][, it's been a
> while).  After 
> > tinkering with it for most of the day, I've gotta
> say I really like it, 
> > I just don't know what to *do* with it.  I've got
> FireFox and 
> > Thunderbird installed (that was easy), and I have
> 2 user accounts setup 
> > on it.  My question is, what now?  Are there any
> 'standard apps' that 
> > you guys can suggest?  Anything I need to watch
> out for?
> 
> I seem to recall that AbiWord is available for word
> processing on the Mac 
> now. You can look at the download site at apple for
> other applications to 
> try/look at.
> 
> You can also look into dual booting OS X with
> perhaps Debian or YellowDog, 
> and get a whole new appreciation for the boot
> process.
> 
> As for what to look out for - my daughter has taken
> to carrying hers 
> litterally everywhere due to a breakin &
> burglery(sp?) at the apartment at 
> school. You have a nice machine, and some people
> would like to make it 
> theirs 8-/.
> 
> > 
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