Slowly Progressing on Mac

I have been using my Mac Book Pro sporadically over the last few weeks.The learning curve is a little greater than I expected but that’s okay.There are some things about Mac OS X that I really like:

• Expose - I really like the way you can tile and minimize windows. F9, F10, F11are quickly becoming my friends, though I think I would like to get a mouse with some extra buttons to map the minimize the windows with a mouse click. The other option is to use gestures which I am experimenting with as well.
• Installing Software - My biggest impression with Mac is just how easy it is to install software, just drag the .dmg file to the applications folder and software installs no problems so far.
• Wireless- Mac handles wireless so much better than Windows. I just click on the wireless icon on the task bar and choose a network. When I insert my EVDO card it just works no extra software needed. 

There are some things about Mac that I don’t like:

• No backspace - As a windows or Linux user you expect the backspace key to be there but on Mac you have a delete key. Still working on an alternative for that one.
• Installing X11 - I am unable to get the X11 update to install, I downloaded it from Apple but it says I have a newer version installed, though OpenOffice.org keeps telling me to install X11. 
• Email- Right now I am using Thunderbird for mail but I really want an Outlook-like alternative. If I get X11 installed I would be fine using Evolution for Mac. I have Entourage installed but I am not convinced that’s the route I am going to go either. It’s a little goofy on a Mac,then again Outlook is a little goofy on Windows. My other thought would be to use Outlook and wine with Codeweavers but that’s still in beta. Also it remains to be seen if I will be able to launch Codeweavers from mailto: links in web pages and if I will beable to sync my Treo.
• Palm Treo Sync - This is one of my most difficult tasks hopefully I will have more of this soon. 

Bill has been giving me a hard time about not making the move off Windows to Mac OS very quickly. However, the move isn’t that big of a deal it’s just preparing for the move. He moved to Mac and moved back to Windows in a couple months time. I don’t think I will have a hard time with it because until the beginning of this year I had been usinga Linux desktop for two or three years. So switching isn’t the issue,after hearing the reviews on Vista, it seems that Mac OS is the key it’s just a matter of time.  I just want to be prepared. 

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