Just copy+pasting a reply I was making to this thread, but couldn't post it because the thread got locked before I was finished typing.

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At 10/25/08 07:08 AM, CyberCr33d wrote:
: At 10/25/08 07:06 AM, AlmostDead1 wrote:
: : At 10/25/08 04:47 AM, CyberCr33d wrote:
: : : look at the "F" buttons right next to "F12" is "Print Screen"
: : : click it, go to paint or whatever you got and then press "Ctrl" and "v"
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: : Thats not a fucking mac, thats for a pc you retard GTFO!
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: no u, and FYI I figured it out when he had a fucking LAPTOP, jeeze read EVERYTHING before posting, mainly if the topic is small as hell like this

Whether or not it's a laptop or a desktop is irrelevant - it's the software that controls the screenshots, not the hardware.

A couple of tips for you (the OP): You can set custom hotkeys for taking screenshots from the Keyboard Shortcuts part of the Keyboard and Mouse preference pane - I have mine set to take a full screenshot when I hit f11 and a designated screenshot when I hold down command and hit f11.

You can also take a screenshot of a specific object (ie a menu, a window, an icon on your desktop, etc.) by pressing the command for a designated screenshot, mousing over what you want to take a picture of, and clicking when the thing you're taking a picture of becomes highlighted. If you've told your system to save automatically to PNG files, this will produce a translucent picture as opposed to a picture of something translucent with all the gunk behind it when you took the picture.