The Starting Trials and Tribulations of Windows 7 to OS X Lion...

Hmmm... I'll try not to make a habit of this before looking at manuals which I cannot access until I actually setup my MBP.
What do you call the gadget desktop off to the left of the main desktop? As far as that goes you probably don't refer to the desktop as a 'desktop' either--my bad--tell Bill Gates all about it.
1. Anyway, in that side gadget desktop is there any way to configure it to look like an extension of the main desktop? The dark gray mat pattern is so 'bland'.
2. Are there more 'colorful' 'functional' calendar, weather, calculator, clocks, and other gadgets that can be used from Apple and/or 3rd parties?
3. Can any of these gadgets be moved to the main desktop and this side desktop closed down if not needed or used?
I'll stop here because it is obvious to me even that I 'Don't Know Jack' about the MBP yet. But this is a perfect example of what I'm going to be getting into and a perfect example of what I maybe should stay away from. I don't want to see how far I can go necessarily or how much time I can spend trying to make my MBP look like and act like Windows 7. But surely there's something better I can easily do with that bland side panel with more functional and colorful gadgets?
Oh, this is going to be fun isn't it? At least I have learned how to deal with the lame Jive editor spell checker in these forums with some functionality--maybe.

As nobody has actually pointed some of these things out.
Desktop is the Desktop. Desktop is the metaphor for your entire workspace, although you have a Desktop folder which holds the things that sit on the Desktop. You can have multiple Desktops in Mission Control, but they each do not have their own separate folder.
The space you are referring to is called the Dashboard. It holds Widgets. At one time, there was quite a big push in the development of Widgets. I don't know if that is true anymore as I rarely use it, now. You can kind of roll your own from a Web Page. In Safari, there is an Open in Dashboard command that allows you to select an element of the page to send to the Dashboard. Depending on the element, it may work fine as a sort-of standalone widget. If you click on the + at the bottom of the Dashboard, you will see rows of all the Widgets stored on your Mac. You can add them to the Dashboard. There is also a button (More Widgets...) to take you to the Apple Widget download page. That is not all of them, but it is a pretty complete list.
Have a look at the Tutorials here, http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

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And trial of what program? Using what browser/ method? You have to be much more specific, including actualyl telling us what isn't working or what errors you get.
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Here is the latest version of the code , I have tried many. I am not familiar with code that is why I came from Dreamweaver to Muse. Laugh, it would make you cry.
Dreamweaver is advertised as wysiwyg which it certainly is not. Muse advertises that you can build a website without knowing code( as long as you do not want to put a simple run of the mill animation on your site)! Having had my usual grouse I still love Muse as it does everything, well nearly everything it says it will do, and makes building a reasonable site possible for someone who has very little knowledge. Once you have sorted the code out I probably will need to talk to you again when it comes to uploading to server as I can see from the forums that this seems to be a weekness of the system also. Thanks for your cheerful reply to my utterly unreasonable previous communication and I look forward to you solving all my problems. I think' IT' is the only business in the world where people pay good money for products that don't work and are then told to go and chat amongst themselves on forums to see if they can solve the problems collectively. Couldn't resist that one I'm afraid. Old and grumpy! I hope you can access the code. I have no idea where it is but I copied it here in the html frame. I even find it difficult to use this forum. User friendly!
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This is the story of my four day experience installing and running PE8. For some of you there are tips that may help fix your problems. For others you will simply relate to my experience. For those considering purchasing PE8 I highly recommend that you do your homework before jumping in.
I've been using PE4 for the last two years and was quite happy with the features and flexibility. I consider myself a prosumer/serious hobbyist and have extensive geek experience. My usual jobs consist of importing HDV video from DV tape that was recorded with a Canon HV20. I combine the video with still shots from a Canon 20D in JPG format, throw in some music, and make short (<5 min) videos. I render and export in Widescreen DVD format (both PC and disk) and to H.264 HD format (both PC and Blu-ray disk).
Last week I decided that I should finally upgrade to the newest version just to stay current. I didn't read any reviews or do any research since I've always had a high level of respect for Adobe quality. Unfortunately my experience with PE8 has not been good. I've spent the better part of four days trying to get it working properly. I've had successes and disapointments. Some of you may benefit from the fixes that I used and I hope they will get you going with a functional and stable platform.
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Pioneer BDR-203 BD RW (Blu-ray)
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After spending a couple days researching the issues I applied some system modifications that actually fixed most of the problems I was having. In fact the program only crashed once or twice following the changes - a tolerable frequency as long as I saved frequently. Prior to the changes it was crashing very frequently.
Here's the steps that got my PE8 running stable (insert reboots in the usual places):
1) Uninstalled existing QuickTime and Nvidia drivers (QT 7.65.17, Nvidia ?)
2) Installed QuickTime 7.3.1 and updated Nvidia GeForce drivers to v195.62
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Overall I was very happy that the mods fixed 90+% of my stability issues. I completed my 4 minute video without much trouble and then...I tried to render the final product. The standard DVD quality rendering works great - in both PC executable and disk products. The HD 720p works fine in PC executable format. But the one thing that I really need to produce is H.264 or MPEG2 at 1920x1080. In the final product everything seems to render okay and the video starts out okay but at exactly 30 seconds the audio cuts out. The interesting thing is that I can start from any point in the video and the sound lasts for 30 seconds and then dies.
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