MacBook tips

[cheekybobcat]

Me and my PC-Loving friend are having a heated debate about what OS is better and pretty much are Macs or PCs better. I didn't think I would have much trouble finding people who love Macs here so if you want to help destroy a PC-loving persons debate, please, tell me some of the cool things Macs can do. Such as key combos and what not. Things like ctrl+optn+cmd+8 makes the screen negative. Any cool MacBook key combos or anything cool about Macs are welcome. Thanks

 

[72930]

Control+Scroll to zoom in and out.

Search in the Help menu

A lack of viruses

Startup speed

All-round-beauty of hardware and software

Less screen space taken up due to menubar constantly there

Exposé, Dashboard

Quick Look

 

[cheekybobcat]

Exposé, Dashboard

What is Exposé?

 

[mogzieee]

What is Exposé?

press a hot key (depends on your mac or keyboard, you can also set up a mighty mouse button to do so) and all the open windows will tile around the screen so you can see all the windows active

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ktTNcj0fAM4

 

[steveza]

The touchpad/trackpad is better than any notebook running Windows. It's one of the things that I thought was a bit overhyped before I got my MBP, now I struggle when using my Dell.

 

[wedge234]

I'm a fan of spaces.

I also like how the finder can be used as a calculator, a reference engine, and a calculator.

oh, and using the two-finger scrolling on macbook trackpads.

 

[dan7592]

-the ease of uninstalling programs
-an easy to navigate system prefrences
-finder
-Force quit does wonders
-easy to upgrade some hardware like ram and the harddrive
-the computer works as good as new even a year later

 

[Holmes89]

OS and Hardware developed by the same company so they work seamlessly

Some of the best hardware available at a very reasonable price, has anyone ever tried to build a PC that had the same specs? (you are actually getting quite a deal)

And tell your friend that PC Magazine voted the Macbook Pro as the best laptop to run Windows so even that must say something. (oh and PC Magazine also voted OS X Leopard as the best operating system so there are some creditable resources for you.