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Title: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Zach on August 25, 2009, 10:49:13 AM
and it's confusing as fuck. The computer lab in the Fine Arts building is full of these things, and while they're loaded down with awesome software, I can't really figure out how anything works.
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: ME## on August 25, 2009, 11:01:59 AM
Right click on the Finder.  n_u
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Commander Fuckass on August 25, 2009, 11:17:58 AM
It took me like 15 minutes to figure out a mac n_u
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Feynman on August 25, 2009, 11:32:13 AM
It took me less than a minute. n__u
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Samus Aran on August 25, 2009, 11:36:28 AM
Uh, but everything's just as straightforward, if not moreso, than on a PC. I don't see how anyone would have any trouble.
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Socks on August 25, 2009, 12:36:56 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 25, 2009, 11:36:28 AM
Uh, but everything's just as straightforward, if not moreso, than on a PC. I don't see how anyone would have any trouble.


if you're used to a PC then it can be somewhat annoying
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Samus Aran on August 25, 2009, 01:22:14 PM
Quote from: Socks on August 25, 2009, 12:36:56 PM
if you're used to a PC then it can be somewhat annoying


I guess it can, but I made the transition pretty easily.
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: sans culottes on August 25, 2009, 01:46:54 PM
pc is better than mac baddood;
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Samus Aran on August 25, 2009, 03:48:49 PM
Quote from: coz on August 25, 2009, 01:46:54 PM
pc is better than mac baddood;


only the price is, really
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Feynman on August 25, 2009, 03:52:54 PM
Quote from: Kaz on August 25, 2009, 03:48:49 PM
only the price is, really

um not really

the prices are actually good for the technical specifications of the computers... just compare them to a PC with similar specs and you'll see
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Samus Aran on August 25, 2009, 03:54:30 PM
Quote from: Bassir on August 25, 2009, 03:52:54 PM
um not really

the prices are actually good for the technical specifications of the computers... just compare them to a PC with similar specs and you'll see


eh, despite me preferring macs, i still think your typical macbook is a bit overpriced, it could do with being $150 cheaper or so

the iMacs seem a bit more reasonable though but i'm not sure of those specs
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: rdl on August 25, 2009, 04:21:40 PM
oh at my middle school we had all of those cutesy multi-colored imacs and macbooks and while they were pretty slick the lack of a ctrl button always threw me off. and how you cant just double click on something to open it.
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Samus Aran on August 25, 2009, 04:24:38 PM
Quote from: RDX on August 25, 2009, 04:21:40 PM
oh at my middle school we had all of those cutesy multi-colored imacs and macbooks and while they were pretty slick the lack of a ctrl button always threw me off. and how you cant just double click on something to open it.


what were they running? i don't recall any version of OS X that didn't open a file/app upon double clicking
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: rdl on August 25, 2009, 04:29:33 PM
i have no idea. i think the teacher said that the computers were from the 90s or something. the bastards got new ones the year i graduated.
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Daddy on August 25, 2009, 04:46:05 PM
Quote from: RDX on August 25, 2009, 04:29:33 PM
i have no idea. i think the teacher said that the computers were from the 90s or something. the bastards got new ones the year i graduated.
I thought even System 7 worked with double clicking.

Maybe they disabled it.
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Hiro on August 25, 2009, 05:00:28 PM
I like macs, but they're too expensive
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Zach on August 25, 2009, 05:57:42 PM
I spent some more time using one earlier, and I'm getting better with it. Is Finder where you can access any of the programs not listed at the bottom?
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: l a c e y on August 25, 2009, 06:00:50 PM
Macs piss me off. They are complicated I think. Like we have some shitty ones at our school for like video editing and what not. I couldn't use it cause it pissed me off too much. I'd rather sick to my nice PC.
Title: Re: so i'm using a mac
Post by: Samus Aran on August 25, 2009, 06:04:33 PM
Quote from: Zach on August 25, 2009, 05:57:42 PM
I spent some more time using one earlier, and I'm getting better with it. Is Finder where you can access any of the programs not listed at the bottom?


Everything is in Finder.

Well, almost everything. But yeah, all apps and files can be found via Finder. It's essentially the same as Windows Explorer except more compact and less crash-prone.