XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-25 05:56, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > 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 I could be out of date, I guess, having used macOS during Snow   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.   
      
   Who says so? I've yet to see a single problem on any site I've used.   
      
   > It also provides some very decent AI   
   > functionality that is completely absent from Safari.   
      
   You mean it forces you to use Copilot.   
      
   I thought Linux users were all about choice. :-)   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Exactly.   
      
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