Re: Questions from a (soon to be!) new user

In article <QUmEg.43$HO5.35@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Gary Read" <garyread@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am taking delivery of my Macbook tomorrow. I have bought the Black
version. I have a few questions:

1. It comes with 512MB of RAM and I intend to upgrade. Is the differential
between 1GB and 2GB worth doing?
2. I have bought it without any software (can't afford it until next
month!), what killer applications should I buy? (I do lots of digital
photography and writing).
3. Are there any (preferably freeware) applications t enable me to use my
PSP and PocketPC?

Thank you very much - in the weeks I have been waiting for the cash to
arrive I have bought magazines and a book, I'm now busting a gut to get my
hands on it!

Thanks,

Gary

For images, the MacBook comes with iPhoto, which is a very good image
catlaog with modest editing capability.

GraphicConverter is a must have shareware app (about $35 US) that does
lots. Very useful. See
http://www.lemkesoft.de/

TextEdit, AppleWorks, Pages are excellent for writing. TextEdit comes
with all OS X Macs.

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