Me And My Macbook

OK, I’ve had enough. Working with a Macbook is nothing like working with a laptop with Windows XP. Nothing works the way that I got used to over the years.

Who said this was such an easy operating system to learn to use?

Like take for example the way that I can close a window. In Windows XP that button is located on the right hand side of the window. In OS X on the left hand side. Small detail, but just wait until you have to learn to do it differently.

Another thing: in Windows XP if I close a window, I also close the application. Not so in OS X. There it just closes the window while the application keeps on running. Now don’t tell me that makes more sense because it doesn’t to me.

A small arrow below the application is the indicator of the fact that it is still running. I need to close it by using its menu or using a right mouse click.
Those menus are also something that takes a lot of getting used to. In Windows XP a menu is located at the top of window. In OS X they are all located at the top of the screen.

And of course, the right mouse click. The most important key to use in Windows XP doesn’t work. (update: yes, I later found out how to enable it and how to use the Ctrl key, but just go ahead and try to find that info in the help file)
Other things that you just need to “know”. On Windows you use Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V voor copy and paste. Even though the Macbook has a Ctrl – key, the combination is different. It is Command + C and Command + V.

And I really miss the “show desktop” option that Windows XP has.

All in all, a really bad start of our relationship.

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