is Steve turning the mac into a PC

[RacerX]

This is more a matter of personal preference...

Perhaps... but I can do amazing things in OmniWeb that can't be done in any other browser.



Where as in Safari I can, well, browse.

 

[JMG]

i mean two button mouses, intel processors, i was happy being different, i don't like being the same as everyone else.

so even if it's better you don't want it because it's the same?

BTW Apple computers were always PCs.

 

[Macmadant]

so even if it's better you don't want it because it's the same?

BTW Apple computers were always PCs.

No this was ages ago, and I'm over the Intel switch now and can see it's for the better, heck when they announced they were switching i got quoted in a financial times article,, you say about the PC thing, if you walked into PC world and asked for a PC they wouldn't offer you a mac

 

[JAT]

Doesn't that make sense when Alt+F4 closes a program? Recently I switched, and I am really missing Strg+Arrows to move quickly in texts, etc.

Point is, it is hard to use, making it almost unused. I'll bet there are more Cmd-Q users than there are Alt-F4 users, and Win users outnumber Mac users 20 to 1.

 

[Chone]

Point is, it is hard to use, making it almost unused. I'll bet there are more Cmd-Q users than there are Alt-F4 users, and Win users outnumber Mac users 20 to 1.

Honest, command+q is more intuitive but learning alt+f4 is not that hard

 

[FadeToBlack]

Point is, it is hard to use, making it almost unused. I'll bet there are more Cmd-Q users than there are Alt-F4 users, and Win users outnumber Mac users 20 to 1.

I'd almost guarantee it. The keyboard shortcuts in Mac OS X are consistent across most, if not all applications, too, which makes them much easier to learn. I never used keyboard shortcuts in Windows, but put me on a Mac and I use the keyboard more than I do the mouse.

 

[decksnap]

Plus apple+tab, apple+`, apple+Q, apple+W and apple+S are all right in a nice little grouping next to each other, making them really easy to use in rapid succession, since they are the type of commands you would use one after the other after the other.

 

[Chone]

On topic: Hardware wise, from a technical standpoint, Apple computers have sucked (recently), the only thing that makes them good is artistic and ergonomics design, the more Apple hardware is more similar and similar to PC hardware, the better... Apple will give it its artistic and ergonomics touch and it will be even better, take Mighty Mouse for example, not my favorite mouse but an awesome take on 2 button mice, one button was the most retarded thing ever, made the computer harder to use than easier, now take for example Mac Pro, one of the best pre-built computers for the price OVERALL even as a PC and since it can run OS X, I can't think of another 2500-3000$ pre-built computer I would even consider buying besides a Mac Pro, Mac or PC, excluding laptops which are a different category all on its own.

And the "I want to be different" statement is the most stupid thing I've ever heard, as a consumer you should always strive for the best product your money can buy, not the most un-popular, honestly I don't buy Macs to be different, I buy them to run OSX and the more similar they are becoming to PCs the more I'm liking them.

If you want to be different why don't you abandon computers altogether.

 

[Catfish_Man]

If you want to be different why don't you abandon computers altogether.

Or run at least run AtheOS or OpenBSD or something relatively non-mainstream.