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posting from a macbook
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:04 pm
by AArdvark
Not too different, but having only one button feels limited. Hrd to spellcheck without right click. I'm sure there are ways to do that. Feels like an EEE machine.
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:12 pm
by Worm
More E-Machines.
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 5:28 pm
by Ice Cream Jonsey
HHHHHHRR
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:58 am
by jjsonick
The replacement for right-click is "two fingers on the trackpad, and click" - sounds stupid, but you get used to it quickly. To turn it on, go to System Preferences -> Trackpad and select the "For secondary clicks..." checkbox.
I did curse quite a bit at this Mac when I first got it before I learned you could do that.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:38 am
by AArdvark
back on my thinkpad. I was only on the apple for about a half hour. I would never seriously consider getting one. I guess the purchase of the macbook came with a years' worth of lessons on how to operate it. OS X can't be that hard, can it?
BTW: I am so used to tapping on the touch pad for click and double click that having to remember to tap the bar with my thumb was really slowing me down.
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Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:32 am
by jjsonick
Heh, that was really one of the few annoyances during my transition to Mac - overall it was smooth and now I get grumpy whenever I have to do serious work in Windows.
I held out for years because of a) the price and b) having to give up all my Windows games/apps, but a) my recent job allowed me an academic discount and b) the Intel Macs make it very easy to have a Windows partition via Boot Camp, so I didn't have to give up diddly. Been very happy with the switch. Of course, my Apple IIe is superior to any fancy-pants modern machine.