Auf The unofficial Apple Weblog berichtet ein Autor von seinem Dad, der auch auf den Mac umgestiegen ist.
My first reaction was to talk him out of it, actually. He’s been using Windows since Windows/286. I knew the transition would be difficult and frustrating, lighting a fuse I’m all too familiar with. Knowing I would be the one to handhold him through switching, I tried to convince him that installing Linux on an old PC would be less expensive than buying a new Mac. He knew it would be less expensive, yes, but more complicated.
-> Das kenne ich gut, viele Freunde sind erstmal heiß auf den Mac und dann versucht man sie erstmal zu warnen.
After a brief tour of the Mac folder structure and included applications, the first task he wanted me to do was install Firefox. So I started Safari, went to getfirefox.com, and began to download it.
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I had a fun little gotcha up my sleeve for installing Firefox. I made a big point of saying that he needed to pay careful attention when installing applications, because it’s a little complicated, and different from Windows. I opened the Firefox disk image and said. "Okay. You ready? The first thing we have to do is copy the application to the Applications folder."He studied the screen. "All right."
The file copied. "Okay! And we’re done." I turned and looked at him, smiling.
"That’s it?"
"That’s it."
He swore, laughing.
-> Als ich zum ersten Mal auf dem Mac Firefox installiert habe war der Effekt ähnlich 
PS: Liefertermin ist wohl Dienstag! Im Augenblick ist das MacBook noch in Shanghai Der Brick wird also nicht in Kalifornien geschnitzt.
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