XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-24 15:53, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 8/24/2025 6:27 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>> More specifically, if you're "not wired for Apple", because you   
   >>>>>> replaced it with Windows, what makes you more "wired" for that?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Windows is just WYSIWYG, Mac is quirky.  Linux requires   
   >>>>> comprehension, which I have, but I'm not disliking using Windows   
   >>>>> again, for now.  I haven't made my decision about replacing it with   
   >>>>> Linux on this mini PC.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Unresponsive.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In what way is Windows any more WYSIWYG than macOS?   
   >>>   
   >>> I could be out of date, I guess, having used macOS during Snow   
   >>> Leopard, but then again it hasn't really changed fundamentally, it's   
   >>> counterintuitive to me.  They are on a lower intellectual level than   
   >>> Microsoft, and definitely the GNU/Linux realm.  People who click with   
   >>> macOS are willing to pay for the privilege, but damn it's pricey, the   
   >>> hardware options not competitive with Windows devices.   
   >>   
   >> IN WHAT SPECIFIC WAYS?   
   >>   
   >> HOW was it supposedly "counterintuitive"?   
   >>   
   >> See: I can list some ways that Windows as it stands TODAY is downright   
   >> user hostile.   
   >>   
   >> 1. Windows 10 created a new application called "Settings"...   
   >>   
   >> ...but you still needed to use the Control Panel for some things.   
   >>   
   >> And that is still true (albeit to a lesser degree) of Windows 11.   
   >>   
   >> 2. How do you change the scrolling direction of the mouse wheel   
   >> (assuming your mouse has one).   
   >>   
   >> I could go on, but believe me there are others that astound me all the   
   >> time.   
   >>   
   >> And overall, the fluidity--the look and feel--of the interface is just   
   >> terrible! The pointer doesn't move as smoothly. The rendering   
   >> of... ...everything in the UI looks terrible.   
   >   
   >   
   > I hear you, with the way Windows settings have evolved, not being   
   > entirely coherent, but File Explorer is light years better than Finder   
   > as I experienced it under Snow Leopard.  Edge is better than Safari,   
   > AFAIK.  Apple is just the duller minds of the industry.   
   So, you're comparing which version of File Explorer to an OS that came   
   out 16 years ago; Windows 7?   
      
   HOW is "Edge better than Safari"? How can you possibly say "AFAIK" about it?   
      
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