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In article <msd8ot$3ku$1@news.albasani.net>, Ken Springer
<wordworks@greeleynet.com> wrote:
> On 9/4/15 4:53 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
> > On 2015-09-04 18:45, Invid Fan wrote:
> >> In article <0PWdnQqxpe1gF3TInZ2dnUU7-VWdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
> >> <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> >>> On 2015-09-04 05:42, Frank wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> do new iMacs ship with user guide or manual?
> >>>
> >>> Waste of paper.
> >>>
> >>> There is a get going guide.  OTOH, turn it on, enter (or not) the info
> >>> it asks for and get whatever you need from the Apple site or many others.
> >>
> >> The only problem is if you're having trouble getting online. Having
> >> most of the Help info actually on the computer instead of online would
> >> be useful. There's no reason iBooks couldn't come with the correct
> >> manual pre-installed.
> >
> > Can't disagree with you.  OTOH, in a few decades of setting up new
> > computers I've never needed a guide in getting a computer online
> > (Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris) within minutes of installing the basic
> > OS.  That includes a very nasty period for Windows+Modems and ISP's that
> > had no notion that users might need some guidance.
> 
> The most negatively affected are the brand new user, not the experienced 
> user.  When online help first appeared in Windows, I think it was 
> Windows for Workgroups or somewhere in that era, a friend commented 
> "What good is online help if you can't get online?"
> 
> At least with a book, you can thumb through the pages and maybe see an 
> image, or catch a snippet of text, that may stop you and you may have 
> found your answer.

In these days of constant updating, printed books quickly become out of
date. 

Even including the latest manual as an ebook is difficult with the
ever-changing storage media options. A printer maker, for example,
would find it impossible include a digital manual on storage media for
every possible device user.


More annoying than having no manual is not having a proper restore disc
/ USB stick and having to restore the OS from the internet!   :-(

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new iMac Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-09-04 02:42 -0700
  Re: new iMac Me, myself and I <baiheli.pip.li@xs4all.nl> - 2015-09-04 11:43 +0200
    Re: new iMac Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-09-04 04:19 -0700
      Re: new iMac Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-09-04 04:21 -0700
        Re: new iMac dmoorman <dmoorman4@comcast.net> - 2015-09-04 23:29 -0500
          Re: new iMac Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-09-07 02:16 -0700
            Re: new iMac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-07 10:00 -0400
            Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-08 08:48 +1200
  Re: new iMac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-04 08:13 -0400
    Re: new iMac Invid Fan <invid@loclanet.com> - 2015-09-04 18:45 -0400
      Re: new iMac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-04 18:53 -0400
        Re: new iMac Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2015-09-04 17:16 -0600
          Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-05 12:19 +1200
            Re: new iMac Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2015-09-04 21:43 -0600
              Re: new iMac nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-04 23:50 -0400
                Re: new iMac Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2015-09-06 09:50 -0600
                Re: new iMac nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-06 12:34 -0400
                Re: new iMac Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2015-09-06 11:12 -0600
                Re: new iMac nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-06 14:34 -0400
                Re: new iMac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-06 18:54 +0000
                Re: new iMac Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-06 21:24 +0000
                Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-09-06 20:26 -0700
                Re: new iMac Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-09-06 21:22 +0000
                Re: new iMac Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-09-06 20:26 -0700
              Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-05 16:24 +1200
                Re: new iMac Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2015-09-06 09:46 -0600
                Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-07 09:09 +1200
          Re: new iMac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-05 09:39 -0400
            Re: new iMac Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2015-09-06 09:54 -0600
              Re: new iMac Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-09-06 12:10 -0400
                Re: new iMac Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2015-09-06 11:22 -0600
                Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-07 09:21 +1200
              Re: new iMac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-07 09:15 +1200
  Re: new iMac Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-04 15:00 +0000
    Re: new iMac Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2015-09-04 20:45 +0100
      Re: new iMac Frank <gno52@windstream.net> - 2015-09-06 03:57 -0700

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