laptop:
- closing the lid will put it to "sleep" (or hibernate)
- pushing the button that is like a "U" with a line thru it will shut it down.
desktop:
go to the little apple in the top left...
In the top left hand corner, click on the Apple logo, and scroll down to "Shut down..." and the computer will shut down. Alternatively, you can press the power button and it should prompt you with 4...
You press the giant button on your computer and hold it for 3-5 seconds. It will turn off. To turn it on you do the same thing. Do not press the monitor button that just turns the screen off.
Turning on the computer:1) For a usual computer, press the button on the DVD machine first, then press the other button underneath the screen. For a laptop, just search round the side or beside the...