Forget 99% of what you're used to in Windows - think of how you would do it logically, not how Windows does it.

OS X is much more logical than Windows IMO.

You won't really have any issues though, plenty of my friends (and me) have switched to Macs and haven't had any problems at all. Our household is now 100% PC free...

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Yea think logically and look for things in the most obvious places and you'll pick it up quickly. Also, have a good root through system preferences to try out all the handy features like exposé and make sure you've got them set up in the best way.

If you want to get a bit technical then some recommended apps are:
Tinkertool. This will let you set up various hidden options which you might find useful such as adding two scroll buttons to both ends of every scrollbar, activating extra features in certain utilities, and configuring certain aspects of how the system looks.
Menumeters. This will let you display useful info up in the menubar so you can see how much bandwidth or RAM you're using.
SMCFanControl. Puts a little icon in the menubar to let you view CPU temperature and alter fan speeds to cool things down if you think the comp is getting a little hot.
Perian. Will let you play files using a large number of different codecs in Quicktime Player.
VLC. Plays just about any video format you can throw at it.

All the above can be found on versiontracker.com and that's where you should look if you're ever after a piece of software. Macupdate.com is also worth checking out for the same kind of thing.

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thanks

really this is helpful

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The main thing that was weird to me when I switched (and it's such a little thing) was the minimize, maximize, and close buttons being on the left side rather than the right. It just took a while to feel natural.

Other than that, once you've figured out how stuff works in one application, you've pretty much got them all. It's all quite simple. Just take a couple hours to explore what everything does, and you'll be fine.

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yeah when i had to use a writing program on there it was confusing with those but it does seem it'll be good after i have practice

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Unless you edit/delete files in the Library or System folders on your HD, you can pretty much play around with anything without breaking the computer. So don't be afraid to screw with settings and whatnot.

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haha sounds good to me

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