The most irritating thing for me (a relatively new switcher) is the long-term apple fans that defend stupid features (best but not only example: one button mice) that Apple keeps 'just because it's the way Apple has always done it'
I won't defend actual mice with 1 button, but on notebooks 1 button mice have my preference, and I'll explain why below:
Maybe if we only had one finger on our hands...
Problem is, we do have more than one finger. Palms are also there, just to mess you up. On a traditional PC with 2 buttons and a scroll bar, the chances of your other fingers or palm accidentally hitting something they were not meant to hit goes up. On my old HP, I can't count the number of times I accidentally brushed the scroll bar, only to have the thing go wild and take me to the bottom (or top) of the page. I love how on my mpb, I have to really want to scroll in order to do it. An accidental brush against one side of the trackpad is not going to cause a random scroll.
On the same note, accidentally pressing the right-click button is not going to accidentally bring up the contextual menu. If I want to right-click, I have to put two buttons down on my trackpad.
I've spent time with both types of trackpads, and I much prefer the way Apple does it. To me, there's no sense in having
more ways to accidentally enter input.
That is fantastic except I can't press the left and right buttons at the same time to get a middle click. And there is no three-finger middle click.
Who uses the "middle" click anyway? What does it even do in OS X? What does it do in Windows? Is this a niche desire that would perhaps best be served with a USB/BT mouse?
It is stupid to keep one mouse button.
I'll let you address my points above before letting you get away with such a blind assertion.
Why can't mac laptops just have two mouse buttons?
Because there are perfectly logical reasons why they shouldn't. I've given you one, so it's your turn to provide a logical basis/reason why we shouldn't have them.
It doesn't make them more exclusive or cool.
Actually, it does chance the design. Apple is known for clean and simple designs. Hence the reason why even the Mighty Mouse looks like it has only 1 button but actually has a few. Looks count for a lot when it comes to Apple products, and having a 2 button trackpad is certainly not going to help.
i prefer this way than having two buttons
I do too. I think a lot of people find it's much better once they get past that initial feeling of "what? what's going on?
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I believe many of the new switchers (since the Intel transition) would disagree.
So should Zagat change its formulae because more people like to eat at Burger King? Should BMW change its price range because most consumers need an inexpensive car? I could go on, but I think the point is clear. There's no sense in changing something simply because more people want it a certain way, especially if said people aren't willing to give it a try.
Now if you had a stronger reason for change, then there would be something to discuss (ie, Zagat should change its formulae because cooking technology has evolved, BMW should change its pricing structure because it is losing business to Lexus).
You're more than welcome.
There all small annoyances and changes that one must overcome while switching, and while someone smart enough to navigate and most on this forum can probably do that fairly easily, the average internet browsing emailing type doesn't need to deal with them. It's honestly easier just to stay with Windows at that point.
When I first switched, I found it easier to just let myself "discover" things. I pretended I knew nothing about computers (or rather, almost nothing) and just let it be learnt the old fashioned way. It's sort of why children who know nothing about a given subject can be taught easier than those who know a little about that same subject. Your old beliefs interfere with what you should be focusing on at the moment.
I have no real complaints. the only thing that has ever bugged me is that I have to
+Q out of everything to close it.
Technically,
+Q quits the application, not just closes the window.
I can't just click the little red button and be done.
Out of curiosity, why would you want that? When I'm done with a word document, but know that I'll have to come back to it later on in the day, I close the window and leave Word "running" so there's less lag time later. It saves time for me and makes life much easier. Having the app quit each time seems like it would be a bother.
The fact that photobooth closes on just a click of the red button proves it can be done, and I'd love to know how to make it a default.
Some apps will quit if there's no point in having the app running without a window (like Coconut Battery). Otherwise, most apps will continue to "run" because you can do things without having a window active (like how you can clear your history in Safari without having a Safari window open).
going to stay with my microsoft $20 mouse, which is serving me very well
Good for you. Microsoft makes great mice (very comfortable and have never given me trouble). I recommend them out of all the mice on the market.
I think expensive when I think most about Apple's RAM memories and Apple Displays.
I agree. The RAM Apple provides is way overpriced, and so are the ACDs. Frankly, Dell makes some really nice displays, and if I was in the market for one, I would just go for that. No sense in paying 2X the amount.
Can someone clear this up for me? What are all the different ways to get rid of a window in Os x? I'm getting slightly lost..
Depends what you mean by "get rid of."
X will close the window.
- will minimize the window to the Dock.
"hide" will hide all the app's windows,
and quitting the app will close all the apps windows.
here's where I get lost. What's the difference between red button close, minimize, and hide?
The red button means that the window is closed for good. It "disappears" in a sense.
Minimize will show the window in the Dock on the right-hand side near the trash.
Hide will not show you the window, but you can recall them.
In OSX, you know which applications are running, but hunting down windows is done visually via expose.
It used to be a real pain, but Spaces has really made this easier. I usually have 4 spaces, and it's really made a big difference.
