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Forget about delving into the depths of the Windows C: drive. On a Mac, you can find all of your files by simply using the Finder. And if you're hard-core, drop into the Terminal app and get your Unix groove on.

Searching on a Mac couldn't get any easier, using Spotlight. Click on the blue icon in the top right of your screen and type in any phrase. You can search filenames, file contents, e-mail, contacts, even metadata.

File installation feels a bit strange at first since some apps, such as Firefox, mount as a drive when you double-click on the setup file. But then you simply drag the icon to your Applications folder, and it's installed.

In Windows, the right mouse button brings up what's called a context menu. To bring it up on a Mac, hold down the control key and click the mouse button. Or just attach a mouse with a right-click button. It will work the same way as in Windows.

You don't need no Start menu. On a Mac, you browse through your documents or navigate to your applications via a Finder window. And you can place frequently used apps in the system Dock, which you can place at the side or bottom of the screen. (Find preferences for the Dock in the Apple menu at the top left). You can set it to emerge when your cursor approaches it.

Yes, it's true. Even before the switch to the Intel processor you could run Windows applications on your Mac. You would have had to use an application called VirtualPC which allowed you to emulate a PC and install Windows on it. You could then install your Windows programs and run them. Unfortunately that was pretty slow. Now that Apple has moved to the Intel chip it's a lot faster and a lot better! You actually have 2 options on running Windows applications on a new Intel Mac. Option 1 is free and the faster of the 2 options. You can download the software called Boot Camp free from Apple's website (http://www.apple.com/bootcamp). You then install Boot Camp, burn a CD with drivers on it, partition your hard drive (set the amount of space Windows gets on your hard drive) and then you install Windows. This option means that each time you want to you a Windows application you need to reboot your Mac and load up Windows. It also means that Windows get 100% of the resources (RAM, video, processor) unlike option 2. Option 2 is much like VirtualPC except it runs a lot faster. You will need to purchase (they do have a free demo though) software called Parallels and install it. Once you install Parallels you can install Windows and Windows applications. Windows isn't the only operating system Parallels supports a wide variety of operating systems, like Linux, DOS and more. Since Parallels is a Mac application you will need to be booted into Mac OS X to use it. That means you will be sharing resources between OS X and Windows. Generally I tell people that Boot Camp is for you if: You play games in windows You do lots of graphic design (maybe you only have a copy of Photoshop for Windows) You use resource intensive applications Parallels is great for: Checking email Surfing the web Chatting on IM Using resource "lite" applications Testing web sites creation in Internet Explorer Hopefully that clears up how you can run Windows applications on your Intel Macintosh computer!

Your iPod is covered for one year by Apple’s Limited Warranty for iPod. Warranty service for eligible repairs is available at no charge for twelve months from the date of original retail purchase (”date of purchase”). If you have purchased an AppleCare Protection Plan for iPod, there will be no shipping and handling fee. A $29.95 shipping and handling fee will apply to all warranty repairs performed six months after date of purchase. All repairs must go thru Apples iPod support site ( http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/ ) Capitol Macintosh can faciliate this proccess for $35

Most iPods can play up to 20 hours, iPod nano can play up to 14 hours and iPod shuffle can play up to 12 hours on a full charge at original capacity. Apple runs a number of tests for battery life using songs encoded in various formats, including MP3, AAC and songs purchased from the iTunes Music Store. The songs are played continuously through a playlist without interruption, with backlight and equalizer off, using factory default settings.

Many spammers and viruses will automatically select random email addresses to send emails out to (to promote their product or to infect people's computers). They will also randomly select addresses in the same way to claim the email is being sent from that address.
This is done to make the claimed sender address appear (or actually be) more legitimate and look less suspicious. Unfortunately, the spammers use open relays (servers that don't require authentication) to send emails through, and viruses often use their own built-in SMTP servers to send the viruses out from. Thus, as the fraudulent emails originate from another source, you have no way to prevent this from happening.
This does not in any way indicate that your email has been compromised or that the spammer / virus is sending through or from your email account. But you should always use well chosen passwords for your accounts and emails that are not based on dictionary words or are easy to guess or otherwise are simple, which will prevent your email accounts from ever being compromised just for such reasons.