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    Ordered my first Apple product ever :)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by passive101, Feb 23, 2007.

  1. passive101

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    I just got done ordering a new Macbook! :)

    2.0 Ghz Core 2 duo processor
    1 GB RAM
    80 GB HD

    I ordered this from the mac refurb store. After tax it came to $1,159.45

    It seemed like a pretty good deal to me :D
     
    passive101, Feb 23, 2007
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    congrats welcome to the club
     
    mtor, Feb 23, 2007
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  3. Lisaw

    Lisaw Notebook Consultant

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    Congrats and enjoy!! Have fun and don't look back :)
     
    Lisaw, Feb 23, 2007
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  4. passive101

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    Thank you to everyone here who helped me with my decision. I now apologize in advance for the onslaught of question after question of the stupid nature of how the thing works and isn't like windows.

    I'm pretty tech savy so I think I will catch on fairly quickly
     
    passive101, Feb 23, 2007
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  5. Lisaw

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    Just keep reading. Forums are great for information from other users.
     
    Lisaw, Feb 23, 2007
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    congratulations, i own exactly the same product and i am a first time apple buyer too, since last tuesday, when i received it :)!!

    Here are 3 tricks for you:

    backslash "\" is alt+shift+7
    delete to the right is fn+delete
    wanna use the function keys F1-F10, for example, for focussing the adressbar in firefox press fn+f6

    These were the most wanted answers i wanted to know :D
     
    relachs, Feb 23, 2007
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  7. grumpy3b

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    sure..that makes sense!! Only to a Mac user...us PC folks would just hit the actual baskslash key...hehehehe... :p I actually never have cared what platform I am working on...but I just could not pass that shot by... :D

    Just teasing...congrats to the OP for getting a nice shiny new thing!!
     
    grumpy3b, Feb 23, 2007
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  8. passive101

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    woh wtf lol Are you serious? wow ok that is good to know though.
     
    passive101, Feb 23, 2007
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    not exactly a good solution :)

    Also nice to know: In parallels you can get the backslash with control+alt+?, for german keyboards atleast
     
    relachs, Feb 23, 2007
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    Someone showed me the hotkeys for the apple logo but I forgot. I think it was on facebook or something.
     
    iwantamac, Feb 24, 2007
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    option-shift-k yields the apple symbol. Too bad you can only see it on a mac.
     
    iwantamac, Feb 24, 2007
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    Yeah, hotkeys are your friends on a mac. I should just note that, for Firefox, you can also focus the address bar with cmd+L (I find it a bit easier than Fn+6) and, similarly, you can focus the search bar with cmd+K.

    One thing that I wish I had known right away is that the funny symbol that looks like a sideways y needed for some shortcuts corresponds to the "alt/option" key on your keyboard.

    Oh, and finally, get quicksilver--it totally owns. I basically only use my touchpad for navigating web pages and scrolling now... :)

    Congrats on the new machine--I think you'll love it. I've had my first Mac for about 6 weeks now, and I'm already far, far more efficient using it than I ever was on the many windows machines that I've used.
     
    modal, Feb 24, 2007
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    System Preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse -> Keyboard Shortcuts.

    Congrats! This is my first apple product too.
     
    hollownail, Feb 24, 2007
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