Are you switching to a Mac, after years as a Windows power user? Or occasionally need to pilot a Mac? Lifehacker has published a guide for you. I’d say this article is geared towards sophisticated Windows users (e.g. the kind of people who know most of the Windows keyboard shortcuts). If that describes you, and you’re making the switch to Mac OS X, their guide should be helpful (and will allow you to quickly learn most of the Mac keyboard shortcuts).
On the other hand, if you use Windows but are routinely baffled or defeated by it, I suggest that you buy a Mac, try to forget everything you know about Windows, and start fresh learning the easier and more consistent Mac way. Still, it may be worth skimming Lifehacker’s guide for those Windows tricks that you do know, to learn the Mac equivalent. But keep in mind, the author is a recently reformed Windows guy, and a computer geek; his explanations could be a little more clear.
Saturday, 06 January 2007
