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Turning on your computer for the first time – Apple Macintosh LC 550 User Manual

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Turning on your computer for the first

time

In order to start up, your computer must have special sof

tware

(called system sof

tware) installed on the hard disk. Y

our computer

may have this sof

tware already installed.

To

see if your hard disk already has system sof

tware installed,

follow these

two

steps to tur

n on your computer

.

1.

Pr

ess the top of the main power switch at the back

of the computer

. The top of the switch is marked with

an “

i”.

This switch provides power to your computer

, but doesn

’t

tur

n it on.

2.

Pr

ess the P

ower key (marked with the

P

icon) on the

keyboar

d to tur

n on your computer

.

Now your computer is on.

Power key

Main power

switch

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