Anyone here prefer windows over osx?

[halik]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone like windows better than osx? Take the ciritical mass criteria aside (games availibility, hardware support, apple hw pricing etc. Just the two operating systems compared, anyone prefer windows?

 

Sure, I have no use for OSX.

 

[magomago]

I prefer Windows. I had to work on OSX for well over a year doing many various tasks in an Organic Chemistry Lab. Maybe it was the programs I was using (Oracle Calandar, Endnote, etc.) But I oculdn't cut and paste between them.

It was extremely frustrating when I was using Oracle Calander to enter addresses from a word document, but I couldn't copy the information with cut and paste. I had to enter something like 5,000 contacts (the professor I worked for is one of the top Ochemists in the world) manually. It took me well over a month to finish(constant grinding for 2.5 hours each day...and unlike others who waste time I FOCUS on my work). It wasted so much time when I could have been working on much cooler stuff.
On top of it, I couldn't tab between fields. So that slowed me down even MORE...to have to move my mouse from "first name" to "last name" rather than just place tab. Yeah its a two seconds or so , but when each contact has 10 fields....it adds up REALLY fast.
Rather than just copy from one program to another, I was forced to do it manually.

I had many similar problems with Endnote as well in copying and pasting.

I have never had to deal with something like that in Windows, or in Linux. That is why it is so hard for me to give OSX love. I will say it is pretty though, but I need functionality and usability

 

[Trader05]

Me....i have no use for OSX. Yeah it does look nice, in my own opinion its good for people who use it for a specific applications. My friend uses OSx for highend graphic work...such as photoshop and all his graphic art programs and he never has problems. Although he uses his PC for everything else.

 

[evilharp]

I used OSX in a computer lab when I was taking some courses. It looks nice, but the "Mac" part still bugs me.

Why do I have to "eject" a disk?
Why does OSX add a bunch of "system files" to a floppy, when I am simply trying to view a FAT (ie from Windows) directory?
Etc..

I am so used to windows, that I always ended up getting angry with OSX when I use it. When I stumbled upon a pool of Dell's, I used them instead of the Macs. I just felt more familiar.

My son has a Mac in his classroom (kindergarden), and he is frustrated with it. I intoduced him to the Cult of Windows very early... now he is a member for life [insert sinister laugh]!

 

[Malak]

I haven't used OSX enough to make that call. And because of all the other things, I have no reason to bother.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: evilharp
Why does OSX add a bunch of "system files" to a floppy, when I am simply trying to view a FAT (ie from Windows) directory?

Windows puts extraneous crap in certain places too. For instance, anytime anybody sends me a folder of pictures there's always Thumbs.db along with other crap that their photo software stores. I'm not sure which program is responsible, but with music, like mp3s, I've dealt with more extra 'hidden' files than the music itself. Like numerous different-sized album art jpgs and stuff. I don't think any platform is blameless when it comes to hidden files that are annoying when transferred to another.

Gui-wise, I'm not really excited about macs but they're nice. The dock is interesting but it's too much of a pain when you want a program that's not on it. A 'start menu' in this case is more efficient. Alt/comand-tab only goes between applications, not windows, so you have less to sort through but it's a little harder to get to a specific window. Expose and command-` for going through the windows of a single app help, but it's still not as direct as alt-tabbing between windows, especially when you only care about one windows from an app and want to keep the rest in the background.

Dashboard is indeed handy, but not that big of a deal. I like that the whole system feels a little smaller and more contained so it makes a good desktop when all I want to do is browse/email/music but I don't think I could deal with it being my only computer.

Running stuff under X is a pain though, since none of the regular shortcut keys work and copy-and-paste isn't so solid. Open source stuff like gimp and ethereal will always get a native windows interface, since it's such a big platform and that's the only option, but when there is a workable solution like X, nobody bothers to make a native osx port of the guis.

Finder, despite being visually simple, is quite underpowered compared to most other file managers I've used.

Underneath, it's better than windows in that you have access to all the standard tools like ssh by default and most of whatever else you need can be installed with fink. It's not as smooth as a real *nix with a built-in package system though. And silly things like /etc and /var actually being symbolic links are a pain when you try to do stuff like 'ls /etc'.