.Mac to MobileMe: what's the deal?

The short version is that your .Mac account email address will work just as it did before, but you'll have a choice of using either username@mac.com or username@me.com. If you have aliases setup at .Mac they will continue to work as well. All your .Mac websites will continue to work at both mac.com and me.com. Your email and contacts will magically be transferred to MobileMe, but you will no longer be able to check you accounts using Mac.com's website: it'll all happen over at Me.com.
Also, the increased storage limits will be applied to your account, but it might take up to 10 days after the migration from .Mac to MobileMe before you see the new limits reflected in your accounts.
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The above graphic is what greets you when you visit .Mac. Apple is not hiding the fact that MobileMe is the successor to .Mac (which...
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am waiting to buy a new macbook this fall. Just wondering if I HAVE to upgrade to OX 10.4.11 to be able to access my .mac email? I'm on 10.4.8 - didn't want the hassle of an upgrade - I was hoping to just buy new in a few months.
What's going to happen to subscribers on older systems? Do you think we'll have to scramble to upgrade when this launches?
i can't believe they're ditching the mac url - "me" is a little silly
Okay, I live mobile me so far, but a few concerns (which tie into the iphone update as well).
1) What about tasks & notes syncing? This would be really useful for me, anyone else agree or am I alone in this one.
2) .mac groups? Will there be improvement.
Apart from the push, I am not sure what extra this gives over .Mac
Meh, You can use an alias on .Mac, including your own domain name.
Hope you can still do that in the MobileMe world
@Me.com is awful. nothing more to say.
June 09 2008 at 11:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGlad I can continue to use xxx@mac.com, the whole ME thing reeks of: "My Computer", WindowsME, VB6's ".me" as opposed to C++/Java/C# ".this", etc. Wonder if they'll tap 2LiveCrew for a theme song: "Me So Horny, Love You Long Time!"
June 09 2008 at 9:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI would get this in a flash if I could use my own domain for emails.
June 09 2008 at 7:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI don't have a .Mac account, so I'm not familiar with how this process works, but here's what I'm curious about...
This whole e-mail syncing sounds great, but I don't want to write people using "me.com".
I have my own domain name.
Can I use other e-mail accounts with the MobileMe system too? If so, that would be great.
what's about dotmac groups?
June 09 2008 at 6:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyDoes anyone know the reason for what's at Me.Com now?
http://www.me.com/
I would have thought it would be blank or have a 'Coming Soon' tag.
A little while after the WWDC ended, it now redirects to http://www.apple.com/mobileme/
June 09 2008 at 7:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMy .mac trial has expired but now I'm interested in buying the family pack now in preparation for the ME transition. The problem is that .mac charges $179 for the family pack while MME charges $149. Any way around this?
June 09 2008 at 6:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJust go to ebay and buy i for about $100. Thats what I do each year.
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