XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-08-24 6:57 p.m., Alan wrote:   
   > 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 I could be out of date, I guess, having used macOS during Snow   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?   
      
   For one, Edge uses the Chromium engine which provides for better   
   compatibility with websites. It also provides some very decent AI   
   functionality that is completely absent from Safari. That said, I have   
   never had any serious troubles with Safari in the recent times I've used   
   it. I think that most people will see no problem whatsoever with Safari   
   in their daily use.   
      
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