Not my parents, or in-laws. "Restart," maybe, but "boot," no way. I have their computers set to never update. I log in to their computers and update them myself. They understand "restart," but when I say re-boot, they say, "huh?"
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Not my parents, or in-laws. "Restart," maybe, but "boot," no way. I have their computers set to never update. I log in to their computers and update them myself. They understand "restart," but when I say re-boot, they say, "huh?"
I dunno then as i've always called it a re-boot even before i first got a Mac, i teach basic IT in windows world and all my students understand re-boot probably because i use it though
Wait! they aren't?
I'm pretty sure just about everyone knows what reboot/restart means no matter what decade they're from.
im pretty sure you mean millennium
they are the same thing, i was just verifying just incase lol
im pretty sure you mean millennium
ugg I am not looking forward to the old people jokes I'll hear in the 2050s about how I was born a millennium ago.
technically iPod touch runs OSX, but then again you don't really need instructions on how to get it there.
Exactly! You have students. I have old-fart family members. HUGE difference!
Are but i teach basic IT to the elderly and people with learning disabilities, so it must be words they pick up
They are but were trying to figure out why some people say re-boot other's re-start, more to point elderly people
I reckon it's because when you get an update & if it requires a re-boot once you have installed it says something like " your computer needs to re-start for this update to take affect, do you wish to re-start now"
but you said you do all the updates red so that blows that one out the window, god knows
how did you get that suggestions menu like in YouTube? doesnt show for me although it might be to do with my browser always directing to Google.com.au instead.
How the hell do people get the notion of Macs not being able to use the internet?
Is it some old PC commercial or something?
For petes sakes, if it's electronic it can probably connect to the internet, home computer or not...(ie. iPhone, some GPSes can, with widespread use in devices like these, how can they even think Macs can't use it!?)
As for ejecting Flash Drives, as long as you arn't accessing data as you're removing the drive, there shouldn't be any corruption...I never eject it (I use XP...I game a lot) And even XP users have an eject function.
Also, on that little tray at the bottom (whatever it's called...) you can right-click on the icon of the flash drive to eject it as well.
As for the no right-click on macs, I can see how people assume this, as they are use to seeing the buttons physically seperated on the mouses body. Heck if I didn't know better, I would assume the same thing.
There were a couple of other things I wanted to mention, but I'm blanking ATM, so I'll come back sometime
Is it some old PC commercial or something?
For petes sakes, if it's electronic it can probably connect to the internet, home computer or not...(ie. iPhone, some GPSes can, with widespread use in devices like these, how can they even think Macs can't use it!?)
As for ejecting Flash Drives, as long as you arn't accessing data as you're removing the drive, there shouldn't be any corruption...I never eject it (I use XP...I game a lot) And even XP users have an eject function.
Also, on that little tray at the bottom (whatever it's called...) you can right-click on the icon of the flash drive to eject it as well.
As for the no right-click on macs, I can see how people assume this, as they are use to seeing the buttons physically seperated on the mouses body. Heck if I didn't know better, I would assume the same thing.
There were a couple of other things I wanted to mention, but I'm blanking ATM, so I'll come back sometime
It should come up on all text boxes used before if you use Safari and that feature is on (which it is by default).
^ im using Safari and i use the feature a lot in YouTube but it doesnt work in Google. as i said it prob has something to do with Google.com redirecting me to Google.com.au every time.
I had that one highlighted, but did you see "install mac os x on windows"? 45,200,000 results.
As an IT professional who is also a recent switcher. The lack of right clickability on a mac is a minor inconvenience only when I'm using the built in kbd on my mbp.
If you are a switcher on an iMac, go spend $40 on a logitech mouse. The one thing Apple does TERRIBLY is mice. They are all garbage. Get a logitech mouse and make use of right click. You get context sensitive menus just like in windows.
If you are a switcher on an iMac, go spend $40 on a logitech mouse. The one thing Apple does TERRIBLY is mice. They are all garbage. Get a logitech mouse and make use of right click. You get context sensitive menus just like in windows.
When you are using the trackpad you can enable a two finger tap as a right click in System Prefs. I find that to be better than having a dedicated right click button, personally.
And on the new MacBook family, you can use the multitouch by placing two fingers on the trackpad and then pushing the click button for a contextual menu.
That's the same thing Aperture said, except that the tap acts as the click without also having to use the physical button. I actually find the 'two fingers on pad then click the button' method to be quite cumbersome, so I just use the two-finger tap.
I'm probably wrong, but from my personal experience, it may have something to do with the fact that when the original iMac was introduced, it was toted as easy to connect to the internet, when in reality, due to running OS 8, it was unbelievably hard and a major pain in the *** for the average user.
I can't wait to finish college for this exact reason..
"Why would you want a Mac? It doesn't play games and it's sooo expensive.."
I reply by telling them that I can run games just fine (I usually have to boot windoze to prove it, but I stopped now..), that there is a whole world out there and that it doesn't revolve around video games, that I use it for the reliability and for the pro apps a windoze user can only dream to use (not saying there aren't pro apps for windoze).. and that the uses/pros outweigh the cost...
They usually end up shutting up after I show them Aperture, Logic, CS3 and FCE running beautifully... then I ask them why they're using their Win system saying it can't run OS X and it looks like absolute ****! That's usually when they either give me the finger or just leave...
"Why would you want a Mac? It doesn't play games and it's sooo expensive.."
I reply by telling them that I can run games just fine (I usually have to boot windoze to prove it, but I stopped now..), that there is a whole world out there and that it doesn't revolve around video games, that I use it for the reliability and for the pro apps a windoze user can only dream to use (not saying there aren't pro apps for windoze).. and that the uses/pros outweigh the cost...
They usually end up shutting up after I show them Aperture, Logic, CS3 and FCE running beautifully... then I ask them why they're using their Win system saying it can't run OS X and it looks like absolute ****! That's usually when they either give me the finger or just leave...
-SimD
Oh, yes you can, because after graduation, stupid people only multiply, and get smellier.
Times have shifted and the steriotypes have changed, before people assumes macs where incompatible with everything so was no point, now everyone thinks windows pc's always get viruses........oh wait, but they do >_<
But anyways I find people don't like macs because usually (in the uk anyways) people that tend to use em are pretentious asswipes (not including me i am all good)
But anyways I find people don't like macs because usually (in the uk anyways) people that tend to use em are pretentious asswipes (not including me i am all good
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