Re: I got my new iMac...

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<dd0190b4-e25e-46c0-8900-8c463d815ccb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Dave Fritzinger <dfritzin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sep 23, 10:25 am, Alan Baker <alangba...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <lloydparsons-A50C9D.14160423092...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
 Lloyd Parsons <lloydpars...@xxxxxxx> wrote:



Very nice, and at least for now, dead silent.  Thanks to those that
recommended it to me.

It wasn't even supposed to ship from my source until 10/5 (I ordered
Sunday) and here it is today.  Can't beat that.  Well, if'n I lived in a
bigger town with an Apple Store, I guess I could!! <G>

It came wth 10.5.2, so I've got it downloading all the software updates
that are needed.  That is going to take some time as I'm on basic DSL,
which isn't very fast.

This is the first time I've replaced an OSX box, my others either were
additions, or replacements that were going to be virgin, except for the
data.  I had always figured that getting the programs was better with a
new install.  But, most all the apps I use have had numerous updates via
internet, so maybe migration assistant could come to the rescue.

How good is it at getting the programs, unlock files and such?  Are
there some gotcha's in there?

It is *very* good. I can't think of a migration where I've ever had to
follow it up with a manual installation of anything.





I had thought about using it and getting around the download process,
but my G5 is flakey as hell, and the mini doesn't have many of the
programs that were on the G5.

Especially the Tiger ones.  Even though I don't use a lot of them
anymore, I will miss the Adobe ones that won't run with Leopard and
can't justify/rationalize upgrading them, as I don't do most of the
things they were for very often.  I'm retired, and the business apps
have mostly just sat there untouched for a couple of years now.

Data is never an issue as I'm backed up in many places, and I keep my
.mac synced up real good, so passwords and such are not an issue either.

Again, thanks to those that recommended the iMac.  I'm very pleased.

When I set up my aluminum iMac at work, there were a few pieces of
software I had to reinstall from the CD. I believe Canvas X was one,
and possibly MS Office (2004), but I'm not sure about the latter.
--
Dave Fritzinger
Honolulu, HI

My backup and migration went pretty smoothly. All apps, with the
exception of a couple that I haven't used in many years, moved over
quite nicely.

One quirk showed up. I had a user named 'Master' and it migrated, the
folder structure showed up in Finder with the other users, but it
wouldn't actually show a login. Preferences > accounts didn't show it
either. I fiddled a bit and decided to hell with it. Copied all the
data over to another user and just deleted it. There's really nothing
else in there I care about. I'm sure a permission will be a little
screwed on one file or another, but that is fixable when I run across it.

Damn this baby is quick. Much faster than my 1.8Ghz single G5 Powermac.
And that screen is beautiful.

One part that was a PITA was the damn wireless keyboard I moved over to
it. I had to fiddle a bit to get it to find and register it. Once that
was done, all is good.
.

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