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You can use your Macintosh to join the fastest growing orga nization on Earth:
the online community. By conn ecting your computer to an online service or
the Intern et, you can exchange electronic mail (“e-mail”) messages, gather
information on topics of interest, par ticipate in discussion groups, download
software, and use many other services.
Your Macintosh computer includes software that you can use to connect to an
online service or the Internet. This chapter describes the software and
provides a brief introduction to the information and services that are available
online.
In addition to the included software, you n eed special equipment, such as a
modem, to get online. For more information about the equipment you need,
see Chapter 4, “Connecting Your Computer to a Telephone Line.”
Connection software
Your Macintosh comes with two different application programs that you can
use to get online: America Online and the Apple Internet Connection Kit.
Although both programs provide Internet access, they have different features;
you can use the one that best addresses your needs.
Read this chapter for information
about the Internet and online
services software that is included
with your computer.
6Using an Online Service or the Internet