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Mac OS Panther TM All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies
By: Mark L. ChamberseBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: For Dummies
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An in-depth For Dummies guide to the latest Mac OS X version, code-named "Panther"–seven minibooks with more than 700 pages of fun and easy tips, tricks, and techniques Approximately five million users have already upgraded to Mac OS X, and that number is expected to double within a year Covers "Panther" basics, personalizing the desktop, getting on the Internet, using Apple Mail, setting up multiuser accounts, and going digital with iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and iDVD Also explores building a network, upgrading a system, discovering Unix, and more, including thorough coverage of all the "Panther" enhancements and new features Bestselling author Mark Chambers has written more than fifteen computer books
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| Release Date: 12-05-2003 | |
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Mac OS Panther TM All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies
Chapter One
Shaking Hands with Mac OS X
In This Chapter
Understanding the advantages of Mac OS X
Checking your system requirements
Upgrading from earlier versions of Mac OS
Installing Mac OS X
Running Mac OS X for the first time
It's human nature to require instant gratification from your software. I've seen it countless times: Someone runs a program, immediately feels comfortable with it, and then spends the rest of his days using that program religiously. Or another person plays with the same program for 120 seconds and dismisses it as too difficult or too confusing. It's rather like watching a fancy fashion show runway in Rome or Paris: There had better be eye appeal pretty quickly, or the bucks won't flow.
Ditto for modern computer operating systems. An operating system is the basic software that determines the look and feel of your entire computer and usually extends to the programs that you run as well. Microsoft recently felt the pinch of an old-fashioned operating system - Windows 98 and Windows Me were starting to appear rather plain-looking - and promptly released Windows XP, where menus fade in and out like fireflies on a summer night, little puppies help you find files, and animation abounds. To be honest, however, updating a PC by upgrading to Windows XP is a little like putting on a polyester sports coat over the same tired old T-shirt and jeans - most of what changes is on the outside.
Apple doesn't work that way. Sure, Mac OS X looks doggone good ... forget the minimum requirement of shirt and shoes - this operating system is weari
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