The MacMini Guide

Thursday, Jan. 27 2005 | Author: jeremy

Ars Technica has just published a guide for would-be switchers, those who may decide to take the plunge and junk their PC in favor of the new MacMini.

This is a really good primer for those who may be new to the Mac platform or just need to brush up their skills. Probably the hardest thing for a PC user to grasp on a mac is the absence of the right mouse button. If you are truly embracing the spirit of BYODKM, then this also helps you make the switch using your existing PC equipment.

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4 Responses for "The MacMini Guide"

Scott

January 27th, 2005 at 3:45 pm
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Why isn’t the link a link?
Jeremy Flint

January 27th, 2005 at 3:54 pm
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Sorry, that was my first post to FG and forgot to make it a link.

you can also click the “visit site” link at the bottom of the post.
JC

January 27th, 2005 at 4:05 pm
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I’m confused. There’s no “absence of a right mouse button” in mac.. just on mac mice. MacOSX and earlier versions all have right click menus. Any two button mouse works fine. The mini is no different than any other mac computer in that respect.
Jeremy Flint

January 27th, 2005 at 4:12 pm
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Right. The right click has always been there.

Most Mac newbies probably don’t know that you can also CTRL + Click to bring up those menus.

Maybe not that easy to use on a desktop when you can just hookup a 2-button mouse, but not too bad when I am using my powerbook.

You can actually hook any type of mouse up to a mac. One of our interns had an iBook that he brought in and he had one of those Kingston trackballs with about 50 buttons on it.