whoever programmed the macintosh should be executed
 

and I mean Summarily....

I just spent the last half hour writing a thoughtful letter to someone and in the process, touched the "NUM LOCK ? CLEAR key......and guess what; everything I wrote is gone!


what human would have devised this machine?

? I've never heard of such nonsense. Save your docs every couple minutes and you won't have a problem.

I've thought about giving a Mac a try now that they run Unix. Then again, all of the software I use only runs on Windows...

yeah, I've never lost a document due to a windoze crash...

save early, save often. Backup critical documents.

Ummmmmm try the auto save feature.........

I have a COmpaq PC and I still do not know what key or combinations of keys I hot and the same thing happens. I elect the auto save and at least I only lose a line or two...

What application are you using? Nothing happens when I hit that key in MS Word on my MAC.

I have to admit that since XP, things have been pretty peaceful in windowville

There's no "clear" anywhere on the three Mac keyboards I have.

April Fool's.

I'm not Mac fan, but this sounds like a PIBCAC problem.

You mean the key above the "7" of the numeric keypad? On my Mac it simply says "clear", not "num lock" or anything else. Anyway, that key does nothing when I press it in Word or AppleWorks. Can you re-create what happened? If you can, post details.

PIBCAC?

Problem Is Between Computer And Chair

LOL I learned it as PEBKAC: Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair.

My Mac doesn't have a num lock key; the number pad is just that...a number pad. What other purpose does it serve? Always use "control Z" when you inadvertently delete or change anything..even works on those windows pieces o crap.

No system is foolproof.

Our in-house guru had something he said every time there was an update of Windows:

"It's just the old version with another roll of duct tape."