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I'm enjoying the new Macbook. The last time I used a Mac was programming in Motorola 68k assembly language on System 8.0 in college. This experience is a little more fun. Even so, every operating system/environment takes a little patience and tweaking. Here's a list of things I've noticed so far:

• Trackpad Settings - The default trackpad settings are just whack. I went to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse > Trackpad and turned on clicking & dragging, two finger scrolling, and two finger tapping for right-click. I also maxed out the trackpad speed. Most useful is the two-finger tapping for right-click–I need my context menus!
• Delete Key - The "delete" key on the Macbook keyboard acts like a Backspace key. It deletes characters to the left of the cursor. So, where's the real "delete" key? Fn+Delete will delete characters to the right of the cursor. For reference: Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
• Command+ - I'm trying to train myself. Command+c instead of Ctrl+c for copying, Command+v instead of Ctrl+v, Command+Tab instead of Alt+Tab for switching apps, and so on…
• Firefox - Safari's cool, but Firefox is my browser of choice
• Color Calibration - There are some colors in the light greens and yellows that appear darker on my Macbook than they do on my Linux and Windows machines. I've attempted to calibrate the LCD, but it's still the same. I'm tempted to think the other machines are wrong and the Macbook is right, but who knows? Suggestions?

It's here! I'm amazed at how fast it got here once it shipped out yesterday. I won't say much about the Mac experience thus far. I'm soaking it in–that and not much time has been spent with it yet.

The obligatory photo:

I have joined the Apple craze and bought a Macbook. It's currently en route from China.

Of course, this is strictly a business purchase. I need to be able to test the web app I'm building in Safari. (Ok, so not wanting to become an Apple fanboy, I still think it's going to be uber-cool!).

Any Mac tips?