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NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 17:53:11 -0500
Subject: Re: new iMac
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From: Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 18:53:11 -0400
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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.