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Sorry -- if I had seen this earlier I would have mentioned the System Preferences bit... I've no idea why they don't have right-clicking enabled as the default behavior.
Another handy trick is to enable full keyboard access by pressing ctrl-fn-f7. This will allow you to control everything with the keyboard and stay off of the mouse. I especially like it for the space bar choices for pop-up boxes.
A few other things:
1) Never, ever enable file vault.
2) Absolutely use time machine. Unlike willravel, I've had positive experience with my Time Capsule, but I only got it recently. At any rate, just get a drive and start using it. The most important feature of a backup system is that you use it.
3) USB is USB, but it is good to get a hub that plugs into the wall so you can use it to provide power for your iPods, etc.
4) Clean the mighty mouse trackball every once in a while with a gauze pad and rubbing alcohol. It's like any other trackball and loves to collect dirt.
5) Becoming handy with spotlight (app launcher as well as search engine) will pay huge dividends in getting around on the computer.
6) growl.info Growl is a great system notification utility.
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