Extreme Tech: Lion: Macs are no longer "Beginner Friendly"
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Now that OS X Lion has been out for a couple of days, complaints are mounting from users about how some of their favorite functions have changed or that adapting to “natural scrolling” is difficult due to years of muscle memory. One thing people aren’t talking about, however, is the effect that Lion’s changes will have on newusers — who nearly always switch fromWindows machines.
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When not-so-tech-savvy people have asked my opinion in the past about whether they (or their parents, sister, etc.) should get a Mac, what I’ve always said to them was this: One thing that makes Macs so great is that they’re simple enough for your grandma to learn how to use, but they’ve also got all the features and capabilities to make the most experienced power user feel right at home.
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