I just got a macbook pro Retina display , where is a good resourse on how to use it ?

Hi all ,
never owned a mac before and know nothing about it.
Where is a good resource on using it , like a really good
users manual ? Like how do I use the turbo boost on it ?
Im good on a pc but lord , please help me. Id sure appreciate it.
Either that or sell the thing . thanks for looking

You might want to check Amazon and search for a "Mavericks Missing Manual" - they are usually very good informative manuals, though not necessarily good for the actual hardware of your computer. Knowing the OS, though, is far better than any sort of hardware manual.
As to making a recovery disk, you can get a 8GB+ USB pen drive and, having downloaded "Install OS Mavericks.app" from the Mac App Store, create a USB recovery pen drive using DiskMaker X to create the USB drive. Pretty simple. I don't know that you can use a DVD any longer (you once could but I don't know any longer).
Clinton
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