31 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment
My second MacBook in a week. I hope this one’s a keeper.
I’ve used one of my Paris sunset photos as my wallpaper. This view from Pont Neuf always makes me happy. It calms me down when I’m fretting over not having a right-click on my mouse (arrggghhh!) and searching, fruitlessly, for any sort of delete key. FN + backspace — that’s it? Oh, come on! Is this a British thing or a Mac thing?
It’s really cool, however, to have a built-in webcam and microphone. It makes Skype calls super fun - no headset! On the downside, now that people can see me, I have to brush my hair.
Anglofille said @ 8:09 pm | blogging + technology |
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(Crosses fingers)
The keyboard is great too, though it takes a few days to get used to.
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SpliceGirl Says:
August 1st, 2008 at 4:38 pmThat must be a British thing! I see a delete key right here on my lovely Mac.
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jacq Says:
August 2nd, 2008 at 3:37 pmtry to delete by hitting the button directly under the CD eject button (upper right corner)
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The Mac’s delete is equivalent to the backspace key on any other system. There is no one key delete - but I promise you’ll get used to it in a few weeks and forget you ever missed it. Same with the mouse thing.
We switched over 5.5 years ago and I can remember a few weeks of frustrating transition where I’d have to close her down after a few hours - not because there was a problem with her but because the transition was taxing for my poor wee noggin.
But after the transition is bliss. No more crashes (well, not many.) No more antivirus (yet.)
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Anita Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 1:15 amI’m still irritated by the lack of proper delete key but I’ve gotten used to the lack of the right click. What concerns me, Syd, is your caveat about crashes. Not many?
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Silvana Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 4:26 pmOooh pretty! Enjoy;)
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Well, I run a 5.5 year old ibook. It’s crashed twice in the 5.5 years I’ve had it. So ‘no crashes’ wouldn’t be precisely true.
But I could never see the point of tuna and sweet corn...
