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I thought these things were idiot-proof?

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Mcmac17

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Feb 25, 2009
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OK, it's my first mac, just out the box and setting it up nicely. Then I remember seeing a thread about screen brightness. I go into settings and try reducing the brightness a tad to see what effect it has. Because I'm still getting used to the trackpad, my finger slips. It turns the brightness to zero. ie black, very, very black. I cannot see anything to turn it back up :eek:

I don't know any mac shortcut keys! Panic sets in. I try escape and ctrl-z to no avail. Have I just bought a very expensive paperweight?

I'm too embarrassed to log in with my pc to ask for help.

Fortunately after several very long minutes of frantic squinting I eventually manage to make out enough on the screen (beyond my own glossy reflection natch) to find the cursor and locate the adjustment bar and after a few attempts I manage to turn the brightness back on. Phew.

I guess it's not as idiot-proof as I need :)

Apart from that, it's going well so far :D
 
I won't say anything:

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I should have said...First mac AND first laptop. Brightness keys on a keyboard, what panicking desktop owner would think to look for those :D
 
wow. did you pay attention at all to the keyboard?

macs aren't idiot proof. no computer is. the way to navigate around a mac is much simplified than it is on PC , however...reminds me of a fisher price toy with nice big buttons, only it costs a cr@pload more.
 
This reminds me of a coworker who put a mini-CD in the front loading slot... who then proceeded to shake it vigerously in an attempt to get the CD out. I think he banged it on a table before we could stop him. :rolleyes:

Just when you think something is idiot proof, they build a better idiot. *laughs*
 
sehnsucht77 said:
...reminds me of a fisher price toy with nice big buttons, only it costs a cr@pload more.
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Hey! Don't knock Fisher-Price! They build a damn nice computer! With bells and lights and everything! And the only virus protection you need is to disinfect it every once in a while! :D
 
Have you thought about looking at the manual? You know, that little booklet inside the box that says "Everything Mac" (if I remember correctly). It has quite a few useful things :rolleyes:
 
the friend that got me to convert to a mac had to look up on the internet how to shut a Vista machine down
 
Wow -- give the OP a break; its funny

it takes a whole h*ll of a lot of courage to make fun of yourself like that and the guy's clearly trying to make friends in the Apple community. Way to welcome him... and for those geniuses who refer to the OP as an idiot -- can you tell me what block size HFS+ uses?
 
percival504 said:
it takes a whole h*ll of a lot of courage to make fun of yourself like that and the guy's clearly trying to make friends in the Apple community. Way to welcome him... and for those geniuses who refer to the OP as an idiot -- can you tell me what block size HFS+ uses?
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If you pay little attention you will notice the OP started it.
 
When I got my first XPS laptop I was blown away by how fast Vista started and shutdown. Then after a few weeks I realized that the "brown power button" on the menu was actually the sleep button.

When I got my first Mac I couldn't believe that I needed a wireless connection to register my computer before starting the OS for the first time. After waiting a while because I didn't have a connection I found the "register later" option.

I think we've all been there at some time...some even in this thread.
 
Thanks for the support Percival.

At the risk of putting back gender relations by several decades, I do have to fess up to being a burd (and, yes, my hair is blonde-ish)

<sigh> I'm honestly not a stereotype :)
 
Your hand slipped from the trackpad up to the screen brightness button at the top of the keyboard, where it was left for 3 or 4 seconds until the brightness of the screen went down to zero?


Ok, Macs aren't THAT idiot-proof. :p
 
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