Still catching up with things after looking after my father. One of those things was unpacking a new 13″ screen Apple MacBook.

First point of note is that the packaging is so beautiful that you regret opening it! The next reaction to the packaging was “were are the docs and CDs?” - neatly packed away under the computer itself in a box labelled “Designed in California by Apple”. Not that you need them, but I wanted to check if I should be charging the battery before use or anything like that.

Getting at the docs means lifting out the computer and you suddenly realise that it is heavy, or more precisely dense. Much denser than you’d expect. The case is very solid, and in fact the whole unit feels like it has no air spaces in it. Very different from my very light titanium case Vaio.

Setting up was pretty and easy, although I did feel I was asked rather too many questions of the “Sign up now and buy lots of stuff from Apple!” nature. I was connected to the home wifi network immediately and reliably.

Getting used to using OSX wasn’t quite as easy as I had expected as some of the graphical hints are a little, well, obscure. I also found that the huge bar across the bottom of the screen took up way too much vertical space on an already slightly small screen. I eventually worked out how to scale it and move it to the side, as well as removing all the stuff I’m never likely to want, even if I had time to use them.

Setting up Firefox was interesting as it was not at all obvious to me what I was supposed to do with the icon - I think you have to drag it from the installer to where you want the app. This wasn’t obvious, and frankly I didn’t know (or care) where to put it. Maybe when I’m more engaged with OSX it will seem more natural.

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