Hoochi mama,
After waiting several weeks I finally got a hold of my new mac book pro. The first impression on firing up Mac OS X  was refreshing. The OS looks and feels fresh and sexy.

So after the first couple of days getting my feet wet and playing around it was time to start migrating my data and applications so I could get back down to business and start getting productive. 

I was hoping for a smooth migration from my kubuntu set up to OS X and indeed with a bit of googling I managed to get all the tools I needed.

This included:

• Firefox + Plugins (Old habits die hard, safari is supposed to be nice but i've been with firefox sind firebird times.)
• Thunderbird
• Eclipse (Nuff said, the ultimate dev tool for my Java, Coldfusion and Flex needs.)
• Neo Office (I only found this today – simply put it's open office for Mac OS X Tiger)
• Bluedragon Server (CFMX does not run yet on intel macs.)
• Fusion (Awesome VM-Ware for Macs, helps me run both Windows and Kubuntu)
• TSClient (When forced to work with Micro$oft Servers)
• Cyberduck (Apparently a good FTP client for Mac OS X)
• VLC  (Nice cross platform media player)

The Mac OS workflow seems quite different from the windows and linux environments, and I must admit being frustrated a lot of the time. Here is hoping that I “get” the mac way of doing things. Currntly I am missing my fully customized KDE set-up.

So here goes my current top hates:

• Why can't I just pin any window to the front. I installed a utility for this but it only works in a couple of apps.
• If I want to use an external monitor at native resolution I can not just press fn + f7 but have to close the lid wait for standby and the wake the laptop with an external keyboard. Thats just dumb.
• Connecting my logitech keyboard maps the command key to alt resulting in me having to contort my fingers for saving, cut and paste and undo. This SUCKS.
• The way the home and end keys work is stupid when you are used to Windows/Linux environments.
• Why does the command key have to replace control? I am getting used to this but anyways?
• The mac book pro dvd drive is locked to a region. 
• The bash shell for Mac OS X is retarted if you are used to the linux shell.
• Menus always are pinned to the top of the screen. ok when in laptop mode but anoyinng on a 27" Flatscreen.

On the up side:

• The hardware is awesome and stylish, besides soon Leopard will be released and if that does not fix the issues I know sooner or later Ubuntu will run on this beautiful machine.
• The networking stuff works flawless, even getting my mobile working as a modem worked out of th e box.
• Mac OS X is sexy sexy sexy.
• Theire is unix inside. :)
• Ipod, multimedia integration is excellent (suprise suprise).
• The mac remote is actually usefull, always thought it was a gimick until i started using it.
• Backlit keyboard has massiv style factor.

No doubt my next couple of post will be about my getting used to life on the Mac Side of life.

If any one can point me to some sites which explain the mac work flow please post it here. I am also thankful for any solutions to my anoyances listed above.