A great response by Bill Gate$ (finally) but too little too late…
After getting the word that they would not be able to bring my PC back to life for a reasonable cost (fried motherboard – mmm, tasty!), I went out today and took the plunge. I am now the proud (if slightly nervous) owner of a MacBook Pro.
Random thoughts and questions I'll be searching for answers to in the next day or two (answers greatly appreciated!)…
– did I need the Pro? I decided to go for it for the bigger monitor, the bigger HD (I know I could've special ordered a bigger HD in a regular MacBook but I've also been waiting for over two weeks for final word about my PC laptop so I just wanted to get the new machine and get rolling.)
– where are the “Home” and “End” keys?
– on a PC, you (should) use the “Safely Remove Hardware” button when removing USB drivers, cameras, etc. Is there something similar to be done on a Mac?
– I've downloaded Firefox and it mostly looks the same but for some reason, it's not showing me the full panel of controls for this blog so this post may be in Times instead of Arial. (I think I have to do a bunch of system updates to get everything up-to-date. I'll do that after I post this and see if it fixes things.)
– how do I get something off the dashboard?
– how do I see how much space I have on the hard drive? (And is there even a right-click on MacBooks?)
Oh, and completely unrelated to my MacBook purchase, my hosting package is due for renewal today and not letting me do it online for some reason. So this blog may be down tomorrow depending on what I can do tonight. (With the renewal looming and then, my other computing crashed, I gave some serious thought to whether I wanted to keep the blog going. I think I'll keep it going for the time being and maybe re-assess again next yar.)
Anyhow, so far, nothing insurmountable and man, I feel cooler and more creative already! 😉
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