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I'm wondering if this will stay the same. Prior to 8, I've found that Windows has been easier to work with than Mac OS. The first example, (not the best examp

I'm wondering if this will stay the same. Prior to 8, I've found that Windows has been easier to work with than Mac OS. The first example, (not the best example, but illustrative) that comes to mind is I was asked the other day to set up an AirPort Time Capsule. It was unboxed, and so I looked at it, and at first I had no idea what it was. It had no identifying marks, no product name even on the underside. I had to go to the mac store online and browse through images until I could see what it was. I found the box, and there were no instructions or disks in it. I went online, and found that you had to use a program to configure it. The page to download the program only had a link to the iTunes store, so I had to set up an iTunes account on this computer to download it. Once all of the iTunes linkage was done, I found out that despite the fact the page said it was an iPad, iPhone or iOS app, it wouldn't run for iOS, or at least not in any trivial way that I could find. I then had to hunt around for an alternative download source through google, for the actual iOS application to configure it. Now the nice part of it is, once it was configured, it was trivial to set up the time machine portion. And that's always been sort of illustrative of my dealing with Mac. As long as you're doing exactly what is expected, the experience is simple. As soon as you want to do something a little bit differently, it's not simple to accommodate. Windows is able to accommodate, but sometimes the simplest things become more complicated as a result. (Contrasted to Linux, which can accommodate anything you want, as long as you don't mind writing it yourself, but has a more limited set of options for pre-compiled software.) I think 8's real failing is that it wanted to have the rigidity of a tablet while keeping the flexibility that a desktop has historically held. And whenever the question of which to use by default would come up, they erred on the side of the tablet interface, which is frustrating for anyone who would prefer the desktop.

dragonwriter 13y ago
> Prior to 8, I've found that Windows has been easier to work with than Mac OS. I agree, for much the same reason that you state: > And that's always been sort of illustrative of my dealing with Mac. As long as you're doing exactly what is expected, the experience is simple. Right. That's long been Apple's strength: simple as long as you're doing exactly what's expected, and having the strength of design to "expect" things that hit a pretty large segment of the market.

dragonwriter 13y ago

> Prior to 8, I've found that Windows has been easier to work with than Mac OS. I agree, for much the same reason that you state: > And that's always been sort of illustrative of my dealing with Mac. As long as you're doing exactly what is expected, the experience is simple. Right. That's long been Apple's strength: simple as long as you're doing exactly what's expected, and having the strength of design to "expect" things that hit a pretty large segment of the market.