So, Ryan's computer caught a virus (or multiple viruses, which he blamed on me and my need to play computer games), and the fan in my old desktop fanned its last flame. "Hey!" we said to ourselves. "We've got money burning a hole in our pockets. Let's go blow some of it on a new computer!" (That's not exactly how the conversation went.)
Anyway, we headed to BestBuy, or as my father-in-law calls it, WorstBuy, and started to talking to the salesman about laptops. He said he is a PC guy, but for what we wanted a computer for (downloading songs, surfin' the 'Net -- basically nothing of signficance), he highly recommended a Mac. What sold us was the lack of viruses for a Mac. That and the fact that apparently Macs come with most of the software, where a PC requires purchasing additional software to even get it to run.
And so here I am. Posting my blog on a Mac. I must say, it's quite enjoyable. The screen is so clear -- love that. But, here are some of my issues:
- (Delete Key) - You know, the one that allows you to place the cursor in front of the letters or words you want to delete instead of backspacing? I miss that little key. Is there anything that compares to it on a Mac?
- (Right-clicking) - I keep right-clicking EVERYTHING to get details about it -- and it's not working. Blast. This could be harder to get used to than I thought.
- (Microsoft Word) - Microsoft has convinced me that there is no program comparable to Word. When I need to write something, I keep opening Finder and looking for Word. Where are you, Word? I miss you. Please return to me.
- (Built-in Camera) - Is it on now? Is it always on? Can you all see me right now? Worse, can you see the wretched picture I was forced to take of myself in the set-up process? Help!
- (iChat) - When is this program on? Again, can people see me? Can they hear me? Will my vocal stylings soon be infamous? Seriously, help.
- (Control + v,p,c,x, etc.) - Is the 'control + whatever' function no longer valid?
I'm sure all of these questions are answered in a manual somewhere, but I'm much more of a try-it-til-you-get-it-right kind of girl. The only thing that would make me pull out a manual or two would be know you all could see or hear me. Right now.
You can't, can you?
6 comments:
download skype so we can video chat!!! yay for mac!
I use apple + to make fonts bigger apple - to make fonts smaller.
and to get more tabs when on the internet apple t
those are the only tricks I really know on a mac.
have fun figuring it out!
I have the lap top and to right click I use two fingers to click instead of one. not sure if that will help you or not...
I'm a PC. So you'll get no help from me.
If you hold down the CTRL button on the bottom left part of the screen it'll give you something similar to the "right click."
I've used all of these tips! Thanks, guys. Beth, I'll call you if I have PC issues. :)
I was just invited to the BLOG!! and have been going back and reading (in my spare time) I am also a mac user (because we are an all MAC office) and I just purchased a lap top about 6 months ago. As for your control v,p, and all those you can use command (clover leaf)p,x, whatever and all those same things should (should) happen!! The one thing my boss explains to me about mac is now we are all a little smarter!! Coming from a person who call pc's being in tinkiwinki land!! Think about this why would you go to START to SHUT DOWN???? Start mean start not stop!! Well good luck!!
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