Any general advice for a newbie?

I'm expecting my Mac Pro to arrive Mon., Aug. 13th.
It's the dual 2.66 Mhz "basic" but I already have: 4 x 1 GB Apple Certified RAM to install, plus 1 x 400 GB SATA Hitachi / IBM Deskstar, plus 24-inch Samsung SynchMaster Flat Screen - all waiting for the Mac Pro.
So my question is if any of you experienced Mac Pro users have any general "get acquainted" suggestions. I'm upgrading from the eMac described below. So, at least I expect to have adjustments to 10.4.10 and will be upgrading PhotoShop to CS3 and quite a few other licensed apps. Just your general thoughts or "any" caveats you may have - will be appreciated.
(Even trivial stuff: how well do Mac Pro machines play DVD movies? How much faster does a Mac Pro encode movie files? - will be of interest to me. )
Message was edited by: macnoel

GRS,
Thanks for the encouraging report. I'm truly looking forward to just the kind of experiences you describe.
I do confess: I was "unready" to handle this kind of Mac. I've got over 8 years experience "with Mac" and can find my way around the System and Applications quite well. But it's the things like having to get a monitor "worthy of" the Mac Pro and several other "peripheral" things which is straining my budget and patience.
One example: On a separate thread <http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5116439&#5116439> I have posted about a problem with getting my eMac "Airport ready." This should have been a no-brainer, taking just a few minutes. But installation created a problem - my USB keyboard and mouse "lost contact" and I had to take out the Airport card and start over. Still working on that - and I have to be completely ready including having a desk moved to another room for the Mac Pro before I go to bed tonight.
Got to get moving - thanks again for the encouraging words.

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