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This is why I prefer the "Just Works" philosophy of the Mac (and it's a philosophy, not a guarantee of problem-free operation) to what I call the "Just Have To"
by nsxwolf 14y ago
This is why I prefer the "Just Works" philosophy of the Mac (and it's a philosophy, not a guarantee of problem-free operation) to what I call the "Just Have To" philosophy of Windows.
Complain that you can't do something on Windows, and someone will come along, call you a name, and inform you that you can indeed do that... "You Just Have To" install this, configure that, tweak that. Eventually you've got a list of those things a mile long, and good luck to you if you ever switch to another machine.
- paulgb 14y agoFunny, I've resisted switching to Apple products for the same "Just Have To" philosophy in the other direction. "You want to maximize a window from the window manager chrome? No problem, you Just Have To install (some app). What do you mean you don't want to pay $10 to be able to maximize a window, it's only $10, don't you think programmers should get paid?" By comparison, Windows 7 "just works" for my needs, which is essentially providing a shell around Chrome and PuTTY.
- taude 14y agoSo true: I've paid for window managers, Finder replacements, and clipboard managers for OS X as everything is an upsell. I still like my Mac, though. This entire article could be said about any of the OSes and XYZ features.
- nsxwolf 14y agoTouche. I suppose it is use case dependent. My observations are of a developer desiring to work in a unix-y environment.
- berdon 14y agoIt isn't a "Just Works" thing, it's an "I'm experienced with this" thing. I've used Windows, OSX, Ubuntu, Red Hat (back when it was free), etc - I'm still most comfortable in a Window's environment and to this day still struggle with Mac's peculiarities. Why, oh why, can't I right click on something in finder and click copy/cut in the context menu?
- nsxwolf 14y agoI never noticed that until you pointed it out. Odd. I've always used Cmd-C/Cmd-X for that.