New to the IOS, iPads, Mac Mini, Thunderbolt Monitors and a new member,

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Well let me introduce myself and then i got to do some posting and reading!
My name is Rick parker, I am retired now, also a disabled vet, old school marine. I retired from the DOD at CCAD military base here in town. Was an IT/IS/MIS Director for 22 years. Designed automation systems (SCADA) systems for short, supervisory control and data acquisition. Did the normal stuff to, website design for our company, designed various pieces of equipment, from osmosis systems to plating shop computerized lines. Guess I got into computers before there were computers, started out on commodore 64 , bbs's, you old timers remember the good old modems in those days..it was a blast. Learned industrial programming mostly, but being retired gave me the chance to get I to macs..started out with a Mac mini. Still using 1too, did some upgrading of course, ram, extra hard drive its an i7 2.6, dual core...works great on the 27 inch thunderbolt, but must admit I am interested in the new oct 2012 build. The 1 Terabit fusion drive, i7 quad core, 2.6 MHz I think that's the specs. Then got 3 iPads, Logitech revue, google TV, Apple TV , even got an android galaxy 2 tablet. I guess my best system is an asus x79, water cooled CPU , 3.6 MHz sandy bridge, hold 8 hard drives, has 2 hot swap drives, use. Them for running my windows 8 at the moment, win 7 on the main side, got 2 Terabit hard drives. Guess I got my whole house wired, even got cameras around the house, remote ac/heat over wifi. Running everything on 2 Cisco routers plus a couple Cisco extenders. Guess for the personal stuff...got M.S. will in the marine corps during Vietnam era. 180 percent disabled, still does not slow me down though...try to keep up on the tech and my toys these days. Well I guess that's enough introduction I think I need, anyone got questions, please ask them! Going to do some browsing now..great to be here guys..looking forward to earning more about macs iOS and so on......see ya on he forum!

Richard Parker
Retired USMC
Retired IT/IS/MIS Director

Hi there Rick and welcome.

That is a great introductory post, good to have you here.

There is lots of good advice and info on here plus plenty of members all too willing to help with any problems.

Remember, search is your friend. If you can't find the answer you need and you post a question then give as much info as you can to help members help you i.e. iPad 1 or 2, etc. and iOS version and name of app if the problem is with a specific app........and please don't forget to read the forum rules http://www.ipadforums.net/forum-rule...ease-read.html

These are the hacking section rules for all you jail breakers (and would be jail breakers) http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-hacki...ease-read.html

We also have an app for this forum. The link to download the app is: Discussion Forum for iPad Users for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

You can download the manual for your iPad here http://help.apple.com/ipad/6/ and here http://support.apple.com/manuals/ and in iBooks search for "iPad user guide for" and you will find free comprehensive manuals for iOS 4, 5, 6, etc.

If you have other Apple products or are interested in other Apple kit then why not join our sister forum too at http://www.appleforums.net/ and for iPhone users, come and join in the discussion over at http://www.iphoneforums.net

The Archangel

Welcome to the iPad Forums Rick.

I'm sure you'll enjoy discovering all you can about iPads and how to get the most out of them.

Hello and welcome to the forum Rick! It is great to have ya with us, welcome aboard and thank you for your service as a Marine!