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Eject button: Once it's press and hold, once just press. Why?
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On my desktop Macs I can press the eject key on the keyboard and a disk will be ejected.
On a PowerBook or iBook I have to press and hold the eject key for the disk to be ejected.
Why the difference? 
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Hmm, it's probably got something to do with the fact that power is constantly running to a desktop's optical drive, however, with a notebook power would only be sent to the drive door once the button was pressed to conserve energy, which would cause a delay. I wouldn't be bothered by it.
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or the fact that on a desktop the eject key is one isolated key but on the laptop it doubles as the F12 key
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Originally posted by AssassyN:
I wouldn't be bothered by it.
Ah, I'm not. I was just wondering what the exact reason is. I couldn't believe Apple would be inconsistent just for the sake of it... 
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Originally posted by AssassyN:
however, with a notebook power would only be sent to the drive door once the button was pressed to conserve energy, which would cause a delay.
Well to be precise, it's not a delay, but the requirement that you press and hold the button for like 2 seconds or so. As if the system would want to make sure you really meant to press the key and not just hit it by mistake...
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Originally posted by billybob128:
or the fact that on a desktop the eject key is one isolated key but on the laptop it doubles as the F12 key
But to get F12 you have to hit the Function key as well don't you?
I thought it might be some kind of safety against people hitting the eject button quickly by accident, but then, how many times does this happen? And why couldn't it happen to Pro Keyboard users as well?
I'm just not convinced.
(Not that it's really important, I'm just curious)
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I assumed it was because, with the compact keyboard on the laptops, it's far more likely that you might accidentally hit the F12 key when you're going for Delete. On the full-size desktop keyboards, that isn't an issue as the eject key is way over on the right, with the numeric keypad.
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