marliwahoo Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 We get a lot of the same questions and topics from noobs. That is fine, we've all been there. How can I (we) help them ......... and clean up the redundant thread problem at the same time ? Do we have a noob guide ? Would a tutorial thread for them help ? What should be in it ? If we need one ...... I think it should be a short, general, not too specific, information thread about: 1. What they're getting into: Big pros and big cons. 2.How to use this board to find: The most important hardware. If their hardware is supported. (and drivers) What is the best hardware for osx. Which are the best install versions right now (no links) Dual boot solutions. How to update. Help please. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-werd Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 See the 'Tutorials (The Genius Bar)' forum, all of the stickies at the top of the forum are the answer to your question. I do think they should be linked in the polluted forums, though--in one way or another. Just not in a "Read this before posting" thread. We all know people ignore those, they have to be eye-catching. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-639411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhai Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Some forums have their own noobs or first time poster sections. And of course the search function should work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-639420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
socal swimmer Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 i think we definitely do. While we have all the answers to specific problems, we have nothing that answers the general stuff, like how to get started. this is why i wrote one. originally i posted it in installation or something, which was probably ta bad place to pu tit. so, if you think its worth it, i will post it again in tutorials. here is the link: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...t=0#entry562415 if you guys think its good, please comment/ tell me to post it in the tutorials section. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-639472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 I'm making a noob FAQ right now. It'll be up in the Tutorials section hopefully sometime today. IM DONE THE NOOB FAQ: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...view=getnewpost Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-639522 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marliwahoo Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 i think we definitely do. While we have all the answers to specific problems, we have nothing that answers the general stuff, like how to get started. this is why i wrote one. originally i posted it in installation or something, which was probably ta bad place to pu tit. so, if you think its worth it, i will post it again in tutorials. here is the link:http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...t=0#entry562415if you guys think its good, please comment/ tell me to post it in the tutorials section.:censored2:Yes put it in tutorials. This is excellent. Now I won't have to write one.I'm making a noob FAQ right now. It'll be up in the Tutorials section hopefully sometime today.IM DONE THE NOOB FAQ:http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...view=getnewpost Wow these are both far better than anything I would write. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-639904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyp Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 yep Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-639992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Good job people Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-640219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Poole Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I think we definetely need a noob section... I for one think so, speaking on behalf of noobs. Haha. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-1002913 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 It wouldn't help. People will still post the same questions time and time again no matter what we do. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-1007812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geiman Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 And I know it can be annoying to hear people request information that we all know they should just search for, but I know that sometimes it is hard to find things on this forum using its search function. It doesn't accept every search term, and it doesn't seem to get the obvious. Therefore, I think we need to tell those noobs to use google to search insanelymac.com, not just the world wide web, like such: <search topic here> site:www.insanelymac.com While this is old news to most of us, I know many people do not use this or just don't know about it. I personally use this over the forum search as it yields much better results, or sometimes it is the only way to get any kind of result. My 2 cents... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-1007824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModdTaco Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Searching doesn't always help. Take AppleHDA Patcher for example. It has instructions. "Drag and drop a linux codec dump into AppleHDA Patcher icon" What kind of instructions is that? It leaves the Hackintosh noobs like myself without a single clue on how to get it working right. I have of course posted my question and hope to have it solved but things like the AppleHDA Patcher need a little better instructions or you will end up with (what you view as) stupid questions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-1007859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
geiman Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 that is my point exactly, i have no problem with your questions. my only point was that we should merely give those people having a hard time finding information a better way to search for it. i have been here for a long time and have a hard time finding info i know is here. trust me, i am on your side. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-1007871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerkex'd Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 It already exists: http://######.com/osx86search/ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/89396-do-we-need-a-good-noob-guide/#findComment-1007934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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