windows guy going to macs

[loki]

Originally Posted by macpappy

Congratulations.
Macs are easy to use and there are very few viruses or worms that have been written to attack Macs so that is a good thing. The bad news is that it does happen occasionally so you'll still need anti-virus software.

My first recommendation is to buy the Apple Care warranty. It will cost you a couple of hundred extra but it is worth the money as it covers just about anything that can go wrong with your computer. It also gives you good telephone tech support access and from my experience these people know what they are doing.

i was planing to get the applecare after the ne that comes with the computer runs out. what are some must have programs for a mac? im getting vmware what else do i need who makes a good skin for a macbook? thank god for internet on cell phones since the net at work is down

[macpappy]

Originally Posted by loki

i was planing to get the applecare after the ne that comes with the computer runs out. what are some must have programs for a mac? im getting vmware what else do i need who makes a good skin for a macbook? thank god for internet on cell phones since the net at work is down

Buy the Applecare when you buy the computer. There are things it will cover that the normal warranty does not. As for what else you need it depends on what you are going to use the Mac for. I use both my desktop and macbook pro for work 90 percent of the time so I mainly just have the apps I use for work. I hear iLife is good but I have no experience with it since I use Office for Mac and the Adobe Creative Suite (Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc).

As others have posted, the Apple website is a good place to start and most of the Macintosh specific forums will give you some good information.