telerib | Mac attack

I have a new computer at work; it's a Mac Powerbook. I am not religious about my computing platforms, but man...

I have a two-button mouse. Unfortunately, it doesn't do me any good. I can highlight text and right click all day long and the sucker still won't give me the "copy" shortcut.

OK, so real computer users use text shortcuts (not when they're already involved in a mousing task, but whatever). So, Ctrl-C. Ctrl-V. Hey! Where's my text? Ctrl-C. Ctrl-V. CTRL-C, CTRL-V, DAMMIT!

Fine, fine, Menu Options... Edit... Oh. It's Stupid-Curly-Symbol-C, Stupid-Curly-Symbol-V. Because... just because. Macs are different.

And to force a quit (yes, on my very first day of Mac Ops here, I had a Mac factory Install program hang - or I imagined it, since Macs never ever have problems like that - I had to do a Google search for "mac control-alt-delete" since I did recall that Ctrl-Alt-Del doesn't work on Macs, but darned if I could remember what did. (Ctrl-Curly-Escape).

Let's not even get into Adventures in Third Party Program Installation.

On the other hand, I now have access to GarageBand, which is Just Cool.