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To: Swordmaker

After 7 or 8 PCS, I Bought a MacBook Pro two weeks ago. Very clean, well thought out product, but no Delete key? and no right mouse button?

One very good feature is the magnetic external power connection, a big improvement over female socket connections soldered to a mother board, which are so prone to damage.


9 posted on 12/11/2010 11:51:04 PM PST by Dagnabitt ("Obama" - Swahili for "Fail")
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I just bought a MacBook Air and it has been frustrating.......going back to my desktop PC at work and having to wait for everything. My MacBook boots up faster than a lot of programs load on a PC, 14 seconds.


11 posted on 12/11/2010 11:59:47 PM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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I just looked at a picture of a MacBook Pro and there is a delete key on the upper right corner of the keyboard. I also think you can get right click functions by clicking with two fingers on the touchpad.


12 posted on 12/12/2010 12:05:19 AM PST by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Dagnabitt
and no right mouse button?

You didn't notice that there wasn't a left mouse button, either?

You can click with two fingers for a right click. Or hold down the control key and click, or use a USB or bluetooth mouse. In the system preferences (in the Apple menu), you can also designate the right-hand side of the trackpad as a right-click spot.

13 posted on 12/12/2010 12:14:35 AM PST by ReignOfError
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To: Dagnabitt
and no right mouse button?

You didn't notice that there wasn't a left mouse button, either?

You can click with two fingers for a right click. Or hold down the control key and click, or use a USB or bluetooth mouse. In the system preferences (in the Apple menu), you can also designate the right-hand side of the trackpad as a right-click spot.

14 posted on 12/12/2010 12:16:05 AM PST by ReignOfError
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To: Dagnabitt

A basic tutorial for Windows-to-Mac switchers: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/#switcher


15 posted on 12/12/2010 12:17:23 AM PST by ReignOfError
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To: Dagnabitt
After 7 or 8 PCS, I Bought a MacBook Pro two weeks ago. Very clean, well thought out product, but no Delete key? and no right mouse button?

it has both. Always has had them. You just have to know how to use them on a MacBook. Why not try reading how to use the features of your MacBook Pro before criticizing it about things you don't know about yet. In this instance the Delete key is the Fn-BackSpace combination. Right Click is tap your track pad with two fingers after you have turned on track pad gestures if you haven't already.

24 posted on 12/12/2010 3:25:19 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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To: Dagnabitt
After 7 or 8 PCS, I Bought a MacBook Pro two weeks ago. Very clean, well thought out product, but no Delete key?

Yes, it has a delete key, but it deletes backward like the backspace key on a PC. To delete forward, hold the function key (fn) and then at the same time hit the delete key. This is a legacy of UNIX, which existed long before Windows. It will take you about 2 weeks to get comfortable with this, and then it will seem very natural to you.

and no right mouse button?

There are lots of ways to get a right click on a MacBook Pro.

  1. Hold down the control key and click on the touchpad at the same time.
  2. Click on the touchpad with 2 fingers.
  3. Go to System Preferences --> Touchpad and you can set Secondary Click to Bottom Right Corner.
Again it will take you about 2 weeks to get comfortable with this, and then it will seem very natural. I prefer using a 2-finger click.
39 posted on 12/12/2010 11:10:54 AM PST by stripes1776
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