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I know I will be in the minority and say that I hated Macs before OSX. Good riddance. Most importantly the lack of true multi-tasking as highlighted in the art

I know I will be in the minority and say that I hated Macs before OSX. Good riddance. Most importantly the lack of true multi-tasking as highlighted in the article. Even Windows 95 performed before. Doing software development was a chore. Never liked the Mac UI, even in OSX. The lack of focus-on-hover is still today a major pain for me. Even Windows has focus-on-hover. Hate the single menu bar on top. Yes, even after all these years using Macs, I still do not like it. However, I just love the hardware and the fact that you can get closer to Linux (important as a dev) than you can on Windows.

jaza 10y ago
Have to agree: I've used Macs sporadically for over 20 years (never by choice), and I've never liked the UI. I too hate the single menu bar, and I've also discovered that many recent converts to Mac actually don't understand its behaviour, that the single menu bar metamorphoses between system - app1 - app2 - system dropdowns, depending on the active window. That, and the fact that pushing the red 'x' button in the corner doesn't close an app (just hides it, only file - quit actually closes it), is exactly the same on OS9 and OSX, and it irks me the same.
rsync 10y ago
Agreed. OSX: I love the OS, I hate the UI.