On 10/1/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2006, at 3:02 AM, Ivan Shukster wrote: > > > ... c) whenever I do use a Mac I can never figure > > out how to turn them off. ... > > I will recommend to my friends at Apple that they provide a "Start" > button, prominently and persistently displayed on screen, so that > Windows users will understand intuitively how to turn their computers > off. Rather than the current very obtuse and difficult to understand > "Shut Down..." command on the Apple system menu which appears in > every application. >
Back in 1990 or so, I wandered into the school library with a floppy disk to make use a PC. All of the PCs were taken but no one was in the new Mac lab. So I sat down at one the shiny new toasters, put the disk into the drive and proceeded to edit a text file (I think it may have been for a basic programming course). Upon finishing and saving my work I reached for the eject button. ! Where the **** is the eject button? The trash can never occured to me. Why would I want to put my work in a trash can? I had to ask the librarian for help. By the time I left the lab I was ready to throw the Mac in the trash can. I remember spending the rest of my school day trying to understand the logic that would lead someone to build a computer without an eject button on the floppy drive. The next Mac I touched was running OSX. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
