Apple PowerBook
| August 10, 2004 @ 1:40 pm | Filed under Hardware |
Yesterday I got a new Apple PowerBook G4 at work. Since 1998 I have used Windows or Linux after a lifetime of using a Mac. This is the first time I have really used Mac OS X and at first I was skeptical. After using it for the past two days I have been impressed with the new OS Apple has developed. I felt at home with the Unix command line which is where I started my excursion back into the Mac OS world.
Although I have been quite pleased so far, there are a couple of things that I am having a hard time adjusting to. First, the [apple] key, I keep wanting to use the [ctrl] key for keyboard shortcuts and it throws me off. Second, I can’t close an application by just clicking on the X in the upper left corner of the window. Instead I have to use the keyboard shortcut or the menu option to quit an application. Having to quit an application seems to be an unneeded function. Maybe there is a reason behind it that I don’t know about. Lastly, I miss my task bar. I like having the task bar at the bottom of the screen where I can choose which windows I want to bring up.
Of course I’m sure the above-mentioned “annoyances” will soon become second nature to me and then they won’t be much of a problem. I do think there is a nice replacement to the task bar for selecting windows. I discovered Exposé and turned it on. Now I can click my 5th mouse button and I can see all my open windows and choose which window I want to look at.
Like I said, I didn’t expect a Mac to be as good as I have found it to be. I am pleased with my new work computer and I think I just may be able to live with it!