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Usings Macs at Drew |
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A page with information on how to use your Mac at Drew.
By John D. Muccigrosso, Dept. of Classics, jmuccigr@drew.edu
A Note on Macs at Drew
Now that we have moved to Microsoft Office, there really isn't very much difference between using a Mac and using a Windows box at Drew. (Well, apart from the usual benefits of using your preferred platform. :-) Put another way, there really isn't any reason not to use a Mac, and in fact that seems to be developing into policy for faculty computers. If you're a Mac user and are up for a new computer, check out those new Macs.
Drew-Related:
- How to set up NetWare on your Mac at Drew
- Doing e-mail with Drew's e-mail server
- Adding Drew's web certificates to your system
- Access to files via ftp (not just for Macs)
- Computing at our peer schools
- A hack to improve WordPerfect performance on OS 8 & 9. I haven't tested this, so keep a copy of the WP installer around, or back up your current set-up before installing thing. (Read-me; App) You may also have to apply this patch first, depending on which version of WP is actually installed on your machine. Try the hack first, then apply this if necessary.
Useful Mac sites:
- MacInTouch - the best daily news site, where many topics are covered in depth by user e-mail notes
- Mac OS X Hints - Just what it says. Lots of goodies
- VersionTracker - software repository, with a good search engine (not just Mac)
- MacCentral - lots of press releases, but readable
- Evil extensions - a short list of no-longer-needed extensions still found on many Macs
- Tech Bargains - daily news on sales, rebates, discounts, etc. Not just for Macs actually.
If you want to see other sites or other kinds of sites, please let me know.
