I must have large hands, that or difference in keyboard. I am using one of the newer aluminum keyboards, non wireless variant. Ive never thought of myself as having large hands, but ive been told that im a large person, so it would make sense lol.
On Dec 7, 2008, at 3:10 AM, Kris Tilford wrote: > >>>>>>> On Dec 6, 2008, at 7:28 PM, Jason Brown wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I just hold down command and option with my thumb and press >>>>>>> the p >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> my pointer and r with pinky and then use my right hand to turn >>>>>>> on >>>>>>> my >>>>>>> machine. > >>>>>> Kris Tilford replied: >>>>>> This works for full size keyboards that have Cmd & Opt on both >>>>>> the >>>>>> left & right side of the Space bar, but many Macs (all laptops) >>>>>> only >>>>>> have the Cmd & Opt together on the left side of the Space bar, >>>>>> requiring the use of the right hand to press the Cmd-Opt pair and >>>>>> the >>>>>> p with the pinky and r with the index finger. > >>>>> On Dec 6, 2008, at 10:28 PM, Clark Martin replied: >>>>> Many laptops, not all. This MacBook Pro has them on both sides. >>> >>>> On Dec 7, 2008, at 12:55 AM, Jason Brown replied: >>>> The Command and Option i was referring to anyway was on the left >>>> side >>>> of the space bar :P > >>> On Dec 7, 2008, at 1:12 AM, Kris Tilford replied: >>> In the original posting, you said "then use my right hand to turn on >>> my machine". This implies you're using your left hand to press the >>> keys Cmd-Opt-P-R. If you're using your left hand, and the thumb is >>> on >>> the Cmd-Opt keys, this only works if you're pressing Cmd-Opt on the >>> right side of the space bar. Now you're saying your Cmd-Opt are on >>> the >>> left side of the space bar, but this only works for me using the >>> right >>> hand. The left hand is then free to press the Power button on the >>> Mac. >>> I don't understand how you could use your left hand thumb to press >>> Cmd- >>> Opt on the left side of the space bar, and then press the P & R with >>> your left index (pointer) and pinky unless you have monster size >>> hands >>> or a tiny keyboard? > >> On Dec 7, 2008, at 3:00 AM, Jason Brown replied: >> Um, it works for me to use my left hand on left side of keyboard to >> press the command and option and use pointer finger to press the p >> and >> my pinky to press the r, i can do it with no problem actually. > > You must have large hands then? I can't do this at all. My clear Apple > Pro USB corded keyboard is symmetric and has Cmd-Opt on both left & > right of the space bar, so I can easily do it single handed with > either my left or right hand, but I can't do either hand in the method > you describe. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
