I couldn't disagree more...
I bought my first Mac (G4 533) less than a year ago and already I feel more comfortable and capable in OSX than I have ever felt with a Windows OS.
This year my dad (age 54) bought his first computer ever. It's a Mac running OSX. He tells me all the time that using a computer is so much easier than he had imagined.
He calls me for help from time to time, sure. But mostly he moves his TiBook from home and office networks seamlessly, sends e-mail, surfs the web, rips and plays music - as well as running his biz apps. All this in his first month of computing - with little to no assistance at all.
So I can't really sympathize with your friend's misfourtine. His paranoia, his lack of patience, his tendency to tinker I'm sure, have gotten his into troubles far more serious than this one. If a bad username is the worst of it, I'd advise him to cut his losses and move on...
On the other hand - if he simply reads the manual, pays attention, and follows instruction, he might have a well working OS (on either side of the field).
PS - Go ahead and tell him to boot from the OSX CD if he's ever interested in changing his Admin name.
I bought my first Mac (G4 533) less than a year ago and already I feel more comfortable and capable in OSX than I have ever felt with a Windows OS.
This year my dad (age 54) bought his first computer ever. It's a Mac running OSX. He tells me all the time that using a computer is so much easier than he had imagined.
He calls me for help from time to time, sure. But mostly he moves his TiBook from home and office networks seamlessly, sends e-mail, surfs the web, rips and plays music - as well as running his biz apps. All this in his first month of computing - with little to no assistance at all.
So I can't really sympathize with your friend's misfourtine. His paranoia, his lack of patience, his tendency to tinker I'm sure, have gotten his into troubles far more serious than this one. If a bad username is the worst of it, I'd advise him to cut his losses and move on...
On the other hand - if he simply reads the manual, pays attention, and follows instruction, he might have a well working OS (on either side of the field).
PS - Go ahead and tell him to boot from the OSX CD if he's ever interested in changing his Admin name.
