XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-25 12:45, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-25 9:58 a.m., Alan wrote:   
   >> 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 I could be out of date, I guess, having used macOS during Snow   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.   
   >   
   > I've read developers complaining about it but I'm with you, I have yet   
   > to experience a problem. I don't have a Mac anymore, but I have no doubt   
   > that if I purchased one again, there would be no issue.   
   >   
   >>> It also provides some very decent AI functionality that is completely   
   >>> absent from Safari.   
   >>   
   >> You mean it forces you to use Copilot.   
   >   
   > No, it doesn't.   
   Interesting.   
      
   What "AI functionality" is there in Edge that isn't tied to using Copilot?   
      
   I'm genuinely asking.   
      
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