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If you've spent the money on getting a new Mac, you should spend a bit of dedicated time up front to familiarise yourself with the new interface - it'll save you time in the long run.

Mac OS X is friendly but there's still quite a few things that you have to become familiar with, or to re-learn if you're making the move away from Windows.

If you're "switching" be reassured that there are very few things that your Windows machine could do that your Mac can't. It is simply a matter of finding out the way that the task can be done on the Mac.

Have a look at the type of topics that I can help you with.

The following links contain plenty of useful tips that'll help you fall in love with your Mac more quickly.
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1 Apple - Mac 101
This is Apple's own rundown of everything you might want to know. This is geared towards the complete beginner rather than a "switcher" from Windows.
2 Apple - Switch 101
This is Apple's page that leads a Windows user through the initial "getting to know your Mac" as well as the steps that might be required to bring your digital life over from your old Windows PC.
3 Macworld - Getting used to OS X
This page on the Macworld site has a short list of some things on the Mac interface that are similar to Windows but don't quite work the same way. It also has links to other Macworld articles for Windows "switchers".
4 Macworld - 100 things every Mac user should know
This iTunes e-book ($1) has a long list of useful tips for using a Mac. It's a useful read once you're over the initial hump of discovering your Mac and you're starting to think "I should be able to...."
5 Macworld - Snow Leopard Super Guide
This is a downloadable PDF which has to be purchased ($13), but it's a very extensive list of how to do things on your Mac. (Snow Leopard is the name of the 10.6 version of the Mac operating system.)
6 YouTube - Beginner Tutorial
This is a 4.5 minute video giving a quick explanation of the things on the "desktop" of your Mac when you first start using it.
7 MacFormat - Beginners Guide to OS X
MacFormat is part of the TechRadar site and this linked article has quite an extensive list of tips for when you're starting to use your new Mac. (If you open this link in Safari I suggest you click the "Reader" button on the right of your URL bar - this will open a clean view of all the pages in the article.)
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