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Old 06-08-2010, 06:16 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by sclitheroe View Post
It sounds like she has mastered certain favorite apps by rote learning, and can’t handle any kind of paradigm shift. These same people struggle going from XP to Windows 7, or from Firefox to IE, Eudora to Outlook, etc. I’m not blaming her, its a condition I see every day in my job.
That was my thought at first, but then I realized she managed the switch from XP to Windows 7 without any issues. I am pretty sure in her case the cause is her assuming that everything will come for free because it is a Mac, that is without any learning curve. That's what got me thinking about how long it takes a normal Windows user to fully convert to Mac, hence this thread.

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One thing that's nice if you're used to Linux is using the terminal. For computer name and IP address like you used in you example just do exactly as you would on a Linux box -- open the shell and type hostname or ifconfig.
I agree. That is exactly how I did what I needed to do, because I asked her and she had no idea.
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