Band 5: Describe a piece of technology you used for the first time and found surprisingly difficult to operate. You should say: - What the technology was - When and where you used it - What made it difficult to use And explain how you eventually managed to use it successfully. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, being extremely honest, I am particularly fond of technological devices. So I haven't experienced many devices that I found surprisingly difficult to operate. However, as far as I can recall, once in my lifetime I managed to operate a technological device called MacBook. You know, I used to use Windows type laptops like Lenovo or HP. But on my 17th birthday back in 2023, I got a MacBook as a birthday gift from my sister, and I tried to. When I opened the MacBook for the first time and tried to create an Apple account, I struggled a lot since it was so complicated. It basically consists of every single piece of information of mine. So I called one of my friends who had already used a MacBook before me. So then after that, he helped me to open the Apple account. But still, you know, I still find it difficult to use MacBook instead of a Windows laptop. Like Windows laptops are way more convenient, while MacBooks are too complicated to use, though MacBook provides us lots of facilities and it's so smooth. It's like it is one of the greatest parts of invention in the world than ever before. Like you can access all the information by the one touch of a button on MacBook, even though you can use it like you can do voice control to MacBook. But still, I am not into MacBook since I find it difficult to use.

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Well, being extremely honest, I um, am particularly fond of technological device. So I haven’t experienced much devices that I found surprisingly difficult to operate. However, uh, as far as I can recall, once in my lifetime I survived to operate technological device called MacBook. You know, I used to use Windows type laptop like Lenovo or HP laptop. But on my 17th birthday back in 2023, I got in MacBook as a, as a birthday gift from my sister and I tried to. When I opened the MacBook first and I tried to create an Apple account, I struggled a lot since it was so complicated. It basically consists of every single information of um, mine. So I called one of my friend who already used MacBook before me. So then after then he helped me to open Apple account. But still, you know, I still find it difficult to use MacBook instead of Windows Laptop. Like Windows laptops are way more convenient while MacBooks are too complicated to use though MacBook provides us uh, lots of facilities and it’s so smooth. It’s like it is one of the greatest part parts of invention in the world than ever before. Like you can access all the information by add the one touch of a button of MacBook even though you can use it like you can do Voice control to MacBook. But still I am not into MacBook since I find it difficult to use.

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Describe a piece of technology you used for the first time and found surprisingly difficult to operate. You should say: – What the technology was – When and where you used it – What made it difficult to use And explain how you eventually managed to use it successfully.

Describe a piece of technology you used for the first time and found surprisingly difficult to operate. You should say: – What the technology was – When and where you used it – What made it difficult to use And explain how you eventually managed to use it successfully.

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