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Re: I kept accidently rebooting 15" MBP Retina due to its power button on the keyboard.

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>> I have been using a Lenovo Thinkpad for a couple months and having to
>> press ctrl+alt+del keys to login into its Windows 7 so many times as a
>> habit. Ever since I got a 15" MacBook Pro (Retina; early 2013), I
>> accidently rebooted it with its control+command+power keys on the
>> keyboard. Apple used to have its power button away from the keyboard. I
>> had to tape over this power key to remind myself not do the magic
>> three/3 keys on a Mac to login. Argh. Has anyone had that problem or
>> just me? Also, I didn't know you could do a force reboot like that on a
>> Mac too.
>
> Does the Lenovo have its Delete key in the top right corner of its
> keyboard? If so, I can understand muscle memory leading you into this
> error.

Yep! Hence why I kept doing it on my new work's MBP! I currently have a 
masking tape over MBP's power button with a big warning text. Ha. I 
almost repeated them three keys at Mac OS X's login screen. :O
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I kept accidently rebooting 15" MBP Retina due to its power button on the keyboard. ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-21 23:12 -0500
  Re: I kept accidently rebooting 15" MBP Retina due to its power button on the keyboard. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-22 04:23 +0000
    Re: I kept accidently rebooting 15" MBP Retina due to its power button on the keyboard. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-08-22 06:20 -0700
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      Re: I kept accidently rebooting 15" MBP Retina due to its power button on the keyboard. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-22 22:01 +0000
  Re: I kept accidently rebooting 15" MBP Retina due to its power button on the keyboard. dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-08-23 12:10 +1200
    Re: I kept accidently rebooting 15" MBP Retina due to its power button on the keyboard. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-08-23 16:04 -0700

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