iTunes Officially Sucketh

[inkscribe]

I need to rant. I really do.

So yeah, I use my iPod for audiobooks, most particularly SGA audiobooks.

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[inkscribe]

I've been a power-user on the PC side and frankly wouldn't trade 10 of 'em for any of my Macs. In terms of OS GUI, the PC one is still pretty similar to Mac a decade ago, so perhaps if you get ahold of an old OS7 machine you'll enjoy it just fine. *evil grin*

The whole hidden folders/default folders thingie is definitely a new 'feature' of the OS since OSX, and I don't know if it is something considered 'necessary' by moving into using a Unix-kernel for the coding architecture or if it is some gee-whiz idea some programmer got to when they were dreaming up the "Switch" campaign, because honestly, it reeks of "hey, let's make this look a little more Windoz-ish so PC users won't feel intimidated!" *eyeroll*

I've worked on a number of platforms that have come and gone over the years, but for front-end jobs these days, it's mostly down to Windoz vs. Mac. The one PC-based lab I worked in a few years ago that was brilliant was all Linux -- sucky GUI but just as stable as any Mac shop I've worked in.

In practical terms, regardless of which GUI you like, etc., I've long stood by the belief that your tools should fit your needs, and if that's PC or Mac, fine -- so be it. For me, Mac has always met my needs and in terms of the amount of net-based work I do, it's fantastic. I haven't had 1 per cent of the number of hardware/software problems that my Windoz-based friends have, which is good, because just as I loathe pissing around with a bad software interface, losing hours and hours to pissing around to fix the actual computer is enough to give me an aneurysm.

I want my computer to work. And if I weren't forced into using iTunes for my iPod interface, I wouldn't even have that to rant about. ;-)