I know it's the "Windows" key. But how much can that "Windows" key really do? Much less than the Command key on a Mac. I never used my Windows key on my Dell because I found it pretty much useless.
Good of you for finding that thread. Now go through it and read my posts in it. (The last one is particularly good.)
And I'm not saying one choice is necessarily better than the other. I'm saying I find Apple's choices more logical and ultimately much more functional. I may have to press one more key, but often I can do more things with those keys than I can in Windows, and those other things may be much simpler than in Windows.
I agree completely... apple made their command key MUCH more useful. IDK why people say OS X key commands are difficult. Whenever you use OS X key commands, all you gotta do is remember 1 thing and that thing is
"THE COMMAND KEY IS THE GOD OF KEY COMMANDS" it's simple, all i do is hold down the command key.
now while holding command key, lets see here I want to close an app
I press Q
I want to switch between apps
I press Tab
I want to copy
I press C
I cant to cut
I press X
I want to paste
I press V
I want application preferences
I press ,
I want a new window
I press N
I want to save
I press S
on and on, there is even more key commands then that, but i just covered the basics
have i made my point clear? ALL the basic key commands revolve around the command key, which makes it simple, because I just gotta remember, the other letters like, C, X, V, N, S, Q, Tab etc.
Maybe Windows has an easier, way but i dont care I find OS X is easy enough.
and another which i just used 5 times. the spell check in any thing you write
Oh yah i completely forgot about the spell check in OS X. I mean I use it all the time, but idk how I forgot to mention it. The spell check is VERY handy, and although it's not perfect it's still pretty good, plus whenever there's a word im unsure of, I just right-click that word, and as long as I was anywhere close to the right spelling, OS X will give me the right spelling. I cant believe I forgot to mention such a wonderful feature. Leopard also has grammar check, but that doesn't exactly work wonderfully, I mean sure it catches my really OBVIOUS mistakes, but it wont catch every grammar mistake.
One more thing, I just thought of. Does anyone else use the built-in dictionary alot? I dont mean I just read random big words. I mean, whenever Im on the internet (or well ANYWHERE) and lets say I run into a big word. Instead of me being a noob and asking the person "what does that word mean" I simple right-click it and choose look-up in dictionary. 5 seconds later I've got the definition to the word. I then press command-Q and the dictionary goes away, and I move on now knowing what that word means. VERY fast, and VERY handy.
