I'm thinking of switching fr PC to Apple, need help.

Hello All,
I have been a PC user since forever but since recently purchasing an iPhone I have come to really respect the Apple Way. <<G>> Soooo I am thinking about getting my feet wet so to speak and buying a Mac Mini when the product is refreshed rumored to be soon. I need some help and advise on what/how to do this. Do I just buy the MacMini and all my PC peripherals will work with it or what? I have a Dell 2407WFP monitor will that just plug into the mini and work as expected?
What about USB keyboard and wireless Logitech mouse? In other words how do I find out if my current hardware will work with the mini?
Please advise.
Thank you very much.
Looking forward (I hope) to the Apple World. <G>

We don't know when the refresh is happening. When people asked me back around the start of school time I was saying, "We never really know but I'd expect a refresh for the mini by the holidays for Christmas season." Well, that didn't happen and while the rumors are flying no one who knows is talking. So let me suggest that you look at the refurbs. You can get in on the ground floor without paying full retail and still get a full warranty.
Will all PC peripherals work? No, but most will and everything you mention will. Remember, the Apple way isn't the WinWay and frustrations will develop, especially if you try to use your Mac like a Windows computer. The times that I most wanted to pull my hair out were those times that I was thinking "This is so easy in Windows!" Well, it was with the Mac too, but different. If you haven't already found it, here on the support site there's a Switcher's 101 page which is really helpful.

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I'm really surprise with myself having the idea to swith to Lightroom.
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Thank you!
Max
p.s. sorry if my english is not perfect.
G5 Dual 1.8 | 2gb ram | Ati X800 XT 256mb | Cinema Display 23" + Dell 18" Mac OS X (10.4.6) MacBook Pro 15.4 2.0 ghz | 2gb ram

Like many here, I purchased Aperture almost when it came out, and followed all of the updates. I'd used Aperture for over a year when Lightroom 1.0 was released.
When Lightroom 1.0 was first released, I tried a 30 day trial. I shoot landscape photos, and had a Canon RAW file that was particularly difficult to process and extract because of the dynamic range of the image. When I opened that file in Lightroom, the RAW output from Lightroom was noticably better than Aperture. Without any adjustment, it was better than I could accomplish with Aperture under any condition.
In the end, I use Lightroom for one reason: the quality of RAW extracts. (Photography is about the image.) A bonus is that it's noticeably faster than Aperture on my equipment (Dual G5 and a MacBook Pro). I'm not so fond of Lightroom's modal interface. Aperture is much more convenient in that respect. But the image quality is the prime consideration, and Aperture's RAW processing isn't as good as Lightroom's, at least not yet.
I'm keeping Aperture up to date. I've also tried to organize my files and photo library so that switching between the two applications is possible. If Aperture pulls out in front I'll go back.
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<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/03/05/lightroom-vs-aperture.html>
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/03/05/aperture-vs-lightoom.html>
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My E72 and why I'm thinking of switching to Androi...

I'm a Nokia apologist. There's no denying it, I've been one of the people on these forums over the last few months who wades in amongst the rants and rages and says 'hey guys, it's not so bad, there'll probably be a firmware update one day' and waves a little Finnish flag in Nokia's honour.
And I have loved my E72. One of the main reasons I got it was so I could be the only guy in meetings at work who DIDN'T whip out an iPhone (*shudder*). Instead I get out my cool classy E Series Nokia, like a man who means BUSINESS. It felt great being the only guy who hadn't spent 700 Euros on an overrated touchscreen toy made by a bunch of control freaks for people who can't HANDLE a real phone. That's right.
I still love it. Sort of. I love that the battery lasts a good four days. FOUR DAYS. I enjoy waving it in the faces of my iPhone-owning colleagues and taunting them with its luxurious battery life. It looks beautiful, so shiny and professional, and feels so RIGHT on the rare occasions when I actually use it as a telephone.
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Or so I thought. Now I discover that any emails I send aren't synchronised with the Exchange server, so there is absolutely no record of them when I'm back at my PC. Once again, I'm probably the only person in the universe who wants to keep a record of all the emails I send. But this is not acceptable - I need to refer to old emails far too often for me to trust sending anything important on my phone now.
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And another email thing! My Gmail account works fine in the standard application, except the HTML never loads and I can never retrieve the full messages. I have the Gmail java app installed which I could use instead, but I refuse to resort to that on principle.
So I find myself in the peculiar situation of having bought a dedicated, hardcore MESSAGING phone, which doesn't have a nice big screen, or any other frills and bells and whistles, cause hey, it's a MESSAGING phone. But it turns out, and it has taken me months to realise this, is absolutely awful when it comes to messaging. Subfolders in Exchange!? Is that so much to ask for? And what about being able to multi-task a couple of apps without running out of RAM? Five years ago I had an HP 6515, a truly awful awful awful phone, but the email management on it was absolutely perfect. It did what I expected it to i,e. allowed me to manage my emails just like I do on my laptop. I actually still have it somewhere, maybe I should dig it out!
I hate flashy touchscreen phones. I really do. I hate the way their batteries run dry if you so much as breathe near them. But I'm now seriously thinking of switching to one of those **bleep** new Android phones that HTC is churning out. I have no idea if the email clients are any better on Android, but if nothing else, it would satisfy my insatiable Google fetish.
And at least I still wouldn't be another mindless drone with an iPhone.
In the unlikely event that anyone has made it this far, congratulations and thanks for listening. My therapist told me I had to get all of this off my chest.
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I see your point. I have also resisted fat touchscreen phones and waited a lot for the perfect one, the E72, only to find it it is not that perfect.
In a way, it matches all I wanted... native strong encryption, decent hardware, etc. But it has some problems.
The issues with email are a problem in such a business communicator, but to me they are not very relevant (I don't need to synch my work email).
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Are you taking a walk navigating with Maps but want to take a few photos of the scenery? I did that this weekend. Well maybe you'll be able to open the camera app while navigating... hmm "Out of Memory Error"... now, let's try again... There, I closed the Log, no more apps open... Ohh look, it opened the Camera, great... lets take some photos....-click- -click- ok... back to Maps to move on oh no... Ovi Maps closed itself.
Pity, pity... Could be a decent phone but the RAM issue is getting on my nerves. I'm starting to doubt it will ever be fixed by firmware flashing. The low amount of ram and its poor management is to me the single biggest flaw of the E72.
Unlike you, I feel Android is too immature and will only bring many limitations and other problems. Right now I'm out of ideas, except perhaps waiting to see what WiMo 7 is bringing... I do like the 9.3 FP2 but the overall experience is a bit annoying right now.... I'm always waiting to see which app will be closed due to low ram.
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Thanks everyone for your input.   I think for now I will just leave the system the way it is. Why mess up a good thing right?
Just wondering if there was any extra advantage.   My current set up works awesome. It is a dream to edit on but i was wondering if it could be possibly better.
I edit in AVCHD footage.   The footage edits great. Alll real time play back. Exporting to a H.264 is basicly in real time (10 minute clips exports in a little under 10 minutes)
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Since I built this machine so many more projects followed.
I guess it is like the old saying "build it and they will come"
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You can use Boot Camp to run Windows on your new Mac, so that you can still use all your old software when you need it.
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My screen is completely white, i've tried holding lock and home buttons as seen on you tube something called 'white screen of death' its goes black (think it switches off) then back to the white screen need help fast please!

my screen is completely white, i've tried holding lock and home buttons as seen on you tube something called 'white screen of death' its goes black (think it switches off) then back to the white screen need help fast please!

If you have not done a factory reset on the device, I recommend doing a complete factory reset.
Factory Reset - Warning this will reset device back to original factory settings.
This method will not erase any MDN/MIN information
Turn off the phone
Press Power + Volume Up/Down at the same time and hold until display will show a triage android screen
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Reboot system Now
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Wipe Cache Partition
Use VOL Down key to scroll down to "Wipe Data/Factory Reset", press home icon to select option and wipe device.
Display shows "All user data will be wiped out", press VOLUME Up to continue or VOLUME Down to exit.
Press Volume Up
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Copy and paste the link below into your browser's address bar for the store locator.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/storelocator/index.jsp

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I don't want to have to spend out on an engineer and setup costs if this just isn't possible. I'm also a radio ham operator and worried about interference from hubs and any of those horrid PLT devices.
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Hi
As Keith mentions about BT Infinity, if you do go up that route the infinity engineer will re-arrange what is your main socket although prob not install new ones.
You don't have to use the power line adaptors although they are only supplied with vision/you view.
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We were also suppose to receive 3 Rebate cards (2) for $100 (for upgrading to Droid2) and one for $50.00 for the regular cellphone upgrade. We received (2) Cards 1 for $100 and 1 for $50 and the Rebate Center held the other $100 rebate card which we finally received a couple of weeks ago.
I am a very disappointed customer and have spent MANY hard earn money with your company. I hate to even think of switching to another company but this loyal customer NOW can't even get anyone to help her to get the equipment working half the time. We still can not use the wireless internet card yet we are paying $60.00 per month the service.
If we could just have some type of customer assitance with this ASTRONOMICAL bill that we had not anticipated having due to signing a new plan, we would consider remaining Verizon Wireless customers.
Regards,
Sondrea
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Since this is not a customer service forum, but a peer to peer forum, you would do better getting a response from Verizon if you either called *611 from your cell or 800-922-0204 from your landline phone. You could also email them from THIS page.
Hope you get it worked out.

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