First full day of use

Today I got to play with the Air in more detail.  While some things are still foreign to me, overall it has been fairly easy.  Yesterday, I was able to add my Gmail account to iMail.  In fact, because I used the email that is registered with Apple, the Air knew all my settings already to get configured.

I spent some time at the Apple store in Walnut Creek.  There are no case accessories available yet for the Air.  No one has a clue as to when there will be any either.  So I bought an In Case but I may end up returning it.  After getting to my mother in law's house, I busted out the Air to show some videos I transferred from a shared drive.  Sound was good as was the brightness of the picture.

Bringing the Air is a novel idea, especially if you are going to the in-laws.  It helps even more if you can connect to the internet.  The Air immediately told me there were wireless networks around.  I found the one that my brother in law configured and after getting the WEP key from him, I tried tirelessly to connect.  For some reason it kept timing out on me and would not connect.  I checked all the settings on his router and there were no limitations due to the fact I had a Mac.  Things just somehow seemed to work after I set up a Location with the right settings and it started working.

While there has been some frustration in acclimating myself to my new Mac, I am attributing it to a learning curve that I must traverse having never owned an Apple computer product.  Things are otherwise going well and I am really happy that I made this decision to acquire the Air.