Re: new iMac

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: new iMac
Date	2015-09-06 18:54 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<d53gfoF884pU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	(7 earlier) <040920152350327168%nospam@nospam.invalid> <mshncp$nhp$1@news.albasani.net> <060920151234336138%nospam@nospam.invalid> <mshs61$1ll$1@news.albasani.net> <060920151434207333%nospam@nospam.invalid>

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On 2015-09-06, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <mshs61$1ll$1@news.albasani.net>, Ken Springer
><wordworks@greeleynet.com> wrote:
>
>> >>>>>> 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.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> That they do.  On the plus side, you can write your own customized notes
>> >>>> in the margins.
>> >>>
>> >>> you can do that with an ebook.
>> >>>
>> >>> ebooks also weigh nothing and take up no physical space, which means
>> >>> that you can put hundreds of them on an ipad or smartphone so you have
>> >>> the manual with you at all times.
>> >>
>> >> But, in the case of "beginners", it means you also need to have the
>> >> ereader and know how to use it.  <G>
>> >
>> > how hard is it to click a readme file?
>> 
>> Damned hard if you don't know what it is, or how to open it.
>
> how many people don't know how to click on a file?

Or a menu titled "Help"...

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