me hate my computer

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Originally posted by 1969Mach1
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We have a whole bunch of Macs at my new school. I can't wait to sit down and play around with them, I can go anytime, just have no clue how to use them. lol

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The most common remark I hear from Windows users who sit down with a Mac for a few days is "That's how a computer should work." If you're a long time Windows user, it will seem strange. Everything is very common sense (the hard drive is called (ready for this?) the hard drive. No C drive, D drive, etc. You can, of course, rename everything so that it suits you, if you like. Everything has menus (with tons of options so that you can personalize it your way) on top of every window. They are always where you need them, including the desktop. Macs have never been case sensitive, or picky about extensions, but Windows finally caught on to the convenience that provides, so I'm sure you're used to it by now. There is a Systems Preferences window, which is similar to Control Panels, but every single app also has it's own preference panel under it's name when launched, so you never need to go looking for them. OS X also has a new feature called the Dock, which sits at the bottom (or either side, if you prefer) of your desktop, and holds app links to everything that's open, as well as anything you want to put there for easy access. In the desktop pic I attached in my second reply to this thread, you can see the dock at the bottom of the screen. An option in the Dock preferences that I like is to hide the Dock just below the screen, so that it's out of sight. Whenever you wish to access it, just move your pointer to the bottom of the screen, and it pops up for you. Every app also has a View menu (at the top of the screen) that gives you several more customizing options, including icon size, background color, etc. In that same pic I attached, you can see the graphic quality just in the icons, which I have intentionally set to 128 x 128 because I like the cool graphics big. You can even select your own images to be the background inside windows that you open, rather than being plain white. Best of all, you can't hurt a Mac. Anything you do can be undone, so don't be afraid to explore and try different things!

I find it refreshing when a lifetime Windows user sees the Mac as fun, rather than an enemy, based on negative propaganda they've heard from their die-hard Windows buddies, most of whom have never even turned a Mac on. You won't be disappointed.

Enjoy!

Take care,
~Chris