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MacBook, welcome to my network

As an update to my previous post RE PC vs. Mac: buy what you like, I purchased a MacBook this weekend, along with a whole bunch of other items including upgrades for my network to be gigabit throughout, 2 TB of new storage and a new color printer.

I went with a MacBook vs. MacBook Pro because I didn’t need all the power that the MacBook Pro has to offer, since the main use is for Lora to do email, surf the web, edit photos and listen to music. I’d rather upgrade in a couple years instead of spending the money upfront.

I did my shopping not online, but at an actual store (Micro Center) because they had rebates on most of the stuff that I got, and it basically ended up being a wash on price.

I like Micro Center because they have saved me in a pinch when I needed something right away, such as a SATA cable. And, I was impatient, so being able to pick it up that same day was a nice touch. They are one of the few stores locally that actually has knowledgeable staff and I don’t mind paying a couple extra bucks to support that. Usually, the main difference in price is sales tax if you can catch items on sale.

I spent some time this weekend transferring files and configuring the MacBook. Email was pretty straightforward and I decided to go with Thunderbird instead of Apple mail because I already had Thunderbird installed on some other machines.

The only issue I have had so far was configuring my laser printer for Mac access. I ran into a bunch of problems with being able to connect to it through my Linksys print server. I posted the solution at macosxhints.com, so hopefully I can spare someone else the same trial and error that I went through.

I’ll keep you updated on the reintroduction of an Apple computer back into my network (besides my ipods).

Welcome back, Apple. Good to have you back in the lineup.

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