Re: new iMac

Subject	Re: new iMac
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
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From	Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca>
Date	2015-09-05 09:39 -0400
Message-ID	<UrydnbB1qYUdbXfInZ2dnUU7-eWdnZ2d@giganews.com> (permalink)

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On 2015-09-04 19:16, Ken Springer 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

Back then I wasn't experienced.  Managed.

And it was much harder then, than now.

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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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