Reinhold - Switching to a Mac For Dummies

by Arnold Reinhold

Switching to a Mac For Dummies

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About the Author

Arnold Reinhold has over three decades experience in the software industry. His first Apple product was a Mac 512. Arnold helped found Automatix, Inc., a pioneer in robotics and machine vision, and is coauthor of The Internet for Dummies Quick Reference, E-mail For Dummies and Mac mini Hacks & Mods For Dummies. He developed and maintains diceware.com, widely regarded as the gold standard in password security, and mathinthemovies.com.

Arnold studied mathematics at City College of New York and MIT, and management at Harvard Business School. You can check out his home page at hayom.com/reinhold.html.

Dedication

To Max and Grete who put me here, and Josh who keeps me going. BH.

Authors Acknowledgments

Thanks to Barbara Model, Carol Baroudi, Barbara Lapinskas, and Erica Rome for their help and suggestions. And thanks to the folks at Apple computer and their loyal customers who keep alive a dream that personal computers are not just utilitarian machines but can be tools that empower and inspire us.

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Introduction

M aybe you love your iPod or iPhone and are curious about other Apple products. Maybe youve had one virus scare too many and are fed up with Windows. Maybe the daunting prospect of upgrading to Vista has made you open to other possibilities. Maybe you are a Mac fan who wants to show some friend how easy and productive Macs can be. Wherever you are coming from, I hope you find this book meets your needs.

Apple Incorporated of Cupertino, California, is over 30 years old, and few brands in the history of business generate such fierce customer loyalty as Apple and its Macintosh line of personal computers. That loyalty runs both ways. Apple knows that the people who decide to buy its products, for the most part, are the ones who actually have to use them. Offering systems that satisfy and even delight its users is a matter of survival for Apple.