Starting Out New
Today is the first day I've had a chance to really sit down and do any writing on my new computer. Getting used to it has been kind of interesting. The keyboard, though set up in the U.S. QWERTY layout, is still a bit weird. Apple has a layout that is just slightly different than most computers/notebooks I've been using. This isn't a bad thing, it merely takes some getting used to.
On top of that, I transferred documents, television shows, and music over this morning and need to install additional software applications to the machine. The applications are for story, story creation, brainstorming, etc. At present, I am using a "Test Drive" version of Microsoft Office until I can get a real version. We (Erin and I) would've purchased a full-blown license of the software had they had any in-stock when we purchased this computer.
I just discovered something interesting about the installation of Write Brothers software, first off, it is a pain in the butt to uninstall. You have to have the installation CD's so the software can return the installation credit back to some database. And then, installing said software on a MAC is very different from installing it on a PC. In some cases, you literally copy material literally as it stands in to the Applications folder; in other instances, you have to run some kind of an application. The learning curve is proving to be pretty interesting.
I want to order/buy a book on using Mac OS X. Problem is, I only want the book for a short period of time. Truth told, I think I can find a lot of the information I need online, I just hate reading things online.
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