Disappointment

The next stage in the migration process is to move all of my wife's data over to the MacBook Pro. File share was not an issue as I found out when I 1st started up the MacBook Pro. My wife has over 50GB of data to transfer, so I just set up the transfer and left it on all night.

The next day, I woke up and found that the transfer was aborted due to some permission issue. In Windows, the transfer would not abort and would continue after it asks for "Abort, Continue, Retry" or something to that effect. Disappointment no 1.

In any case, I then had to go back in and compare what is already in the Mac and what was not transferred over and copy them over manually, directory by directory, file by file. Major tedium!

During this process I found another issue, while looking at the file listings and selecting files, I realised that the MacBook Pro does NOT have the PGUP and PGDN keys. (I later found out after going to Borders to check out some OS X books that the same function can be provided by using FN+Up key and FN+Down key. For the amount of money I paid for the machine, I expected it to have those 2 darn keys!!! In any case, I had to select files by using the up and down keys. Disappointment no 2!

I had not thought to look at the keyboard a bit more carefully prior to this and realised that it also does not have the INS and DEL keys. There is a DELETE key where BACKSPACE is expected to be. I had noticed when I was browsing Apple's website that the 17" model does not have a numeric keypad unlike the 17" HP laptops. I just thought that Apple's keboard design department was el cheapo. I didn't realise how much they depart from "standard" "modern" keyboard design principles!!! I guess they have not heard of numeric keypads on laptops. The keyboard is definitely better than the ones I used to use on ANSI terminals in the 80s but is definitely behind the times!!!

Other disappointments. When I clicked on the clock at the top right of the desktop, it shows you a tiny weeny calendar which you can't even manipulate! I find the menu bar at the top very disorienting as well. But these are minor issues which I am sure I can get past at some point.