Sat 3 Jan 2009
An apple a day keeps the doctor away…
Posted by Craig under General with the tags 2009 • Apple • excitement • MacBook Pro • New Year ResolutionsI’ve not fully decided on any New Year Resolutions as yet, but yesterday saw me make a good start to something which will likely feature as one of them - it appears most years after all!!
That is that I should try to eat more fruit and veg, and to be healthier all-round.
So yesterday I started 2009 with an apple. Or indeed an Apple - a MacBook Pro to be precise.
Muchly excited, having lusted after one for what seems like years!! This is the first post to be written on it and I must say the keyboard is simply gorgeous, as is the whole machine truth-be-told.
Must finish this now to go back to more exploring and tinkering, please carry on about your business and I’ll return shortly.
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Welcome.
January 3rd, 2009 at 11:26 pm
…to the Apple way.
I managed to delete 75% of a sentence and hit submit without noticing. Duh! But it allows me to be humorous for a moment…
Seriously, congratulations. May your computing days be free of blue screens, “Apply”, and “Are you sure? Like, really sure. Seriously, are you sure? Dude, you realise that this will change your desktop background. There is no going back (aside from changing it back). ARE YOU SURE?”
If you have any questions, hit the forums. The @ symbol is shift+number 2, the remote it came with is your friend and the trackpad is sensationally clever.
Congratulations.
January 4th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
@Ollie: Cheers Ollie
All these swipes with the trackpad are taking a bit of getting used to, as are all the other differences with various shortcuts that would normally apply in Windows but no longer seem to work!
As for the remote, I’m afraid the new ones no longer make an appearance as standard - a £15 extra I didn’t stump up for…
January 5th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
That isn’t good. I am not very happy at Apple about that. But, it does mean I will take better care of mine - I don’t want it failing on me.
I found this page indispensable when I converted: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343