Hello, Sweet P and others...
New here as of tonight. Have many, many questions, but since I own 5 iPod Nanos(2nd and 5thGeneration) and 2 iPod Toches(4thGeneration), plus iPad 1 and iPad 2, along with a 20" 2006 2G Ram iMac, and now my pride and joy, a 2011 26" Quad 4 i7 Core 2.93MHz iMac, I hope to give as much as I get from all you fellow iPeople... (I think I'm funny...), but please don't read what I put in parentheses, OK?, since they are my own private thoughts, not meant for public viewing... You're on the honor system here... Promise? If it helps any of you, I started with a Power Mac 7500 in 1995, when AOL was the thing (You've Got Mail!... seems like soooo long ago). I have intermediate knowledge of OS 7,8,9, then OSX, then Tiger 10.4.11, Leopard, and lastly, Snow Leopard... No Lion in my near future since si so many Apple products seem to be losing their way. An example is, I've made hundreds of videos for family and friends consumption with iMoveHD 6 and iDVD. Along comes the new Quicktime X, which basically eliminated all the great features of Quicktime 7.6 Pro... Same for iMovie 11, doesn't even match up to the iMovie from 5 years earlier...please. I went with Mac all my life (except for work PC's, where I had no choice) for its graphics and movie abilitites. Oh, well, I am not here to bash Macs, kind of like my wife, I know her faults, and love her to death till do us part. Currently, I am mostly interested in documenting and archiving my three daughters 'and six grandkids' events and foibles. I also have a Canon T2i 18 Megapixel EOS. The only reason I listed these is so you would all know what my expertise is or isn't. I have found the learning curve to be much longer than the value or life of the hardware/software, and i'm an engineer no less; but at least I know what I bought each product for. My hope is to give as much back to you as I get. Thank you.