![]() ![]() ![]() While goldstein’s mention of a start button spurred everyone to immediately dismiss his criticisms, there are serious usability problems with OS X, including the dock. To suggest otherwise just reveals you either don’t know what you’re talking about or are simply lying (for what purpose, I don’t know). Everything about OS X is designed around the end user to create a fully functional and intuitive experience. There is nothing difficult to learn about the user interface or applications. I find it sad that you resort to misinformation about the OS X experience. On the other hand, I’ve dealt with a number of users in various industries… government, education, publishing/marketing, wholesale, even distribution, that use Apple hardware and OS X and couldn’t be happier. Of course, this goes for me as well, but I’m a savvy computer professional. She previously had a Sony VAIO workstation running Windows 2000 Professional that was always needing some sort of tweaking of drivers, recovery of corrupted files after crashes, etc. My wife, a complete idiot when it comes to computers (bless her heart), couldn’t be happier with her 12″ PowerBook. I’ve seen more “typical end-users” that work with OS X than technically-savvy users. ![]() It’s unfortunate you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. It is sort of like a Linux for techies that like shiny objects and a glacial pace of real change. Beyond it being obsolete hardware, the OS is just not evolving in any interesting manner. In many ways I wish I had sold mine before the Mactel announcement. I am disappointed in having a Mac these days. Apple has fallen 20 years behind in user interface design with the stuff they put out these days. Apple’s take on user interface is nice looking, but simply does not work for the non-techie user. The “dock” is a complete failure as far as “intuitive” UI goes.įor all the hype, Mac OS X is not easy to learn or to use. I watch older people try and use a Mac for the first time and I just cringe. As Apple’s market share has slid and slid and slid, most of the world has voted and agreed.īut more than that. It will probably never be ready for this market as it is not a geek market.Īnd in the same sentence, I would say Apple is not ready for the mainstream desktop market either. that Linux is not ready for the average end-user desktop. ![]()
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