Waaah, somebody criticized my golden idol. Waaaaaah! Stop complaining and drink the Kool-aid!
Where do you people come up with this stuff?
First of all, in most of my points, I didn't say to "DO IT LIKE WINDOWS". Certainly not just for the sake of being like Windows.
Well you certainly did a good job of allowing that accusation to be made.
And you know what, sometimes Windows gets something right (like right-dragging for a context menu).
Right dragging?
And sometimes, every other frigging operating system on the planet does something one way and Apple does it some other way that is shown to break down when applied to a logical argument (e.g. using an app on the 2nd display and having to go to the 1st display for the app's menu).
How does that break down? Instead of every window having it's own Menu Bar to waste lots of screen space, the Menu Bar is always contained in one area. An argument can always be made in favor of the current system. The only alternative to the way it works now is a complete fundamental change of a long established functions of the Mac OS. Many people consider it a positive. You're the one thats crying over it... not us.
When you break it down, the dock is a train wreck of user interface design that makes Windows' confused Start Menu look well thought out by comparison.
Please, by all means, break it down for us.
What I'm finding here is a small subset of people like you stuck in the Guy Kawasaki Windows-is-evil-incarnate era defending Apple's difference just for the sake of difference, and lots of claims of superiority without a logical argument to back it up.
There is plenty of logical reasons behind most of what you're complaining about. You're just ignoring them.
Remember all the "Mac is faster than peecee" arguments that dismissed SpecMark scores? (Oh I loved the irony when Apple quoted the very same SpecMark on the Intel switch vs G5). Just nebulous assertions that it's better because Apple does it that way. To me, that shows that the people making these arguments don't actually use other systems and thus have nothing upon which to base their comparisons and conclusions.
Or some of us have experience working on hundreds of examples of both PCs and Macs, and can rightfully insist that one system allows us to get work done faster than the other, even in the PowerPC and 68k era.
Does that mean I can't ask for Apple to fix some of the retarded quriks in OSX? You get highly offended at the notion that Windows gets something right, and you assume that anything wrong with OSX is in fact not wrong because Apple chose to do it that way and therefore it is beyond reproach; you also assume it's switchers who want OSX to become more like Windows. I certainly don't -- but I do want it to adopt a good idea from Windows when it's there; I want it to become better than it is.
Well, from what I can see here, you people pretty much want maximize instead of a fit to content, a Start menu instead of the Dock, and every window to have it's own Menu Bar instead of one standard location for all Menu Bars. Golly if I didn't know any better I'd think you all were describing Windows.
I mean, look at your signature.
Using Mac OS X is like making a new friend.
Using Windows is like losing your best friend.
Nope, no fanboyism there, right? Stop for just a moment and think just how silly that kind of statement is, how emotionally invested you are in your choice. That's the problem with people who use a Mac as a lifestyle statement. And frankly it's a component of Apple that belongs in the past and even Steve Jobs doesn't embrace it anymore.
Stop for a moment and think of how silly you're entire argument is. I don't want a Start Menu, I don't want a maximize button, and I sure as hell don't want a Menu Bar in every window. I'm not drinking Kool-Aid, I actually prefer these things the way they are,
not simply "because it's different" - you're right, that would be a silly reason to do anything.
Calling people a "fanboy" isn't exactly backing up the points you believe you have (which you really don't). Why not try arguing actual benefits of whatever change it is you are seeking, instead of just saying it's better, not explaining why, and dismissing everyone who thinks otherwise as a fanboy.
It's not an all-or-nothing propsition. I have three Macs in my home, but twice as many PCs. I work with XP, Linux, Vista, and OSX every day. My MBP is my primary machine. But I couldn't use it without Parallels. There is no "all or none" here. I bounce back and forth. I choose to spend most of my time in OSX + Parallels. I could easily go to any other OS; I could live with Linux if I had to. I'm flexible. But I'm certainly not going to say OSX is perfect and that there's nothing wrong with it. Nor will I say that for Windows, or Linux.
That's part of the problem here. You're obviously a geek, and so expect there to be 30 ways to do everything and every possible option to be available to you at all times. Most of us are not like that. You're attempting to apply your personal preferences to everybody as if you are some sort of standard. Rest assured, you aren't.
Pop quiz -- give me some criticisms of OSX. Let's see if you can objectively look at your Mac and find something wrong with it, or will you prove my point.
And finally, I know you're calling people "fanboys" because you think it is a tremendously offensive kick in the face, but it really isn't. I can't imagine anybody getting teary-eyed and depressed because some random jerk on the internet calls them that. All it does is highlight the fact that you can't make a sound case in your favor and must resort to name calling, and if anything, it reinforces their beliefs even more.
