Comments on: Trying a Mac! http://www.coyer.com/blog/2003/05/27/trying-a-mac/ "Wireless Knowledge" Thu, 06 May 2010 22:03:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Kusters http://www.coyer.com/blog/2003/05/27/trying-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-213 John Kusters Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.coyer.com/blog/?p=88#comment-213 Hi, Jim, Found your website via GeoURL. Congrats on trying out a Mac. I've had an iBook for a few months and am quite happy with it. Most Apps are installed simply dragging the program to your Applications folder. Classic apps usually come with an installer, but if they do not, you can simply copy them to your Applications (Mac OS 9) folder. OpenOffice might be a way to go, but it runs on the X Windows window manager/windowing system, which means it will behave in un-mac-like ways. There is a Cocoa port underway but I think it's still a few months off. If you know anyone who works at Microsoft, they can generally get full Office X for $50. Failing that, AppleWorks can read and write Office files to a degree. It came pre-installed on my iBook, I'm surprised you didn't get it for shelling out for for the "aircraft carrier." Best of luck! JOhn. Hi, Jim,

Found your website via GeoURL. Congrats on trying out a Mac. I’ve had an iBook for a few months and am quite happy with it.

Most Apps are installed simply dragging the program to your Applications folder. Classic apps usually come with an installer, but if they do not, you can simply copy them to your Applications (Mac OS 9) folder.

OpenOffice might be a way to go, but it runs on the X Windows window manager/windowing system, which means it will behave in un-mac-like ways. There is a Cocoa port underway but I think it’s still a few months off. If you know anyone who works at Microsoft, they can generally get full Office X for $50. Failing that, AppleWorks can read and write Office files to a degree. It came pre-installed on my iBook, I’m surprised you didn’t get it for shelling out for for the “aircraft carrier.”

Best of luck!
JOhn.

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