Macbook
I hate it. I abhor it. I absolutely detest it.
The 2.4GHz is the only Macbook that has a backlit keyboard. \
My frustration level has just about the hit the ceiling. Every fucking thing that I want to do requires a tutorial to try to figure out. The only, and I repeat, ONLY thing that is intuitive and useful is the two finger scroll.
I will struggle through it. Selling and buying something else isn't useful - it's just a matter of learning how to best use this thing, it's just taking too damned long.
Hour after hour of my life, of every precious evening is wasting away learning, learning learning. Pointlessly learning. Only to relearn new ways to do the same damn things. The supposed improvement in quality is so miniscule compared to the hours of learning and fighting and struggling. For 2 months I have been able to achieve almost nothing because nothing is intuitive AND easy. Precious sleep disappears because the Mac interface presumptuously insists that everything MUST be different from the Windows interface. Sometimes there is a point - although it will be lost on me for a long time to come - a lot of the times it seems to be pointless differences.
There are so so many times when I've really wanted to hurl this beautifully crafted machine against the wall. I may have been a Windows user for nearly 20 years, but there's no reason that an inanimate object should have the effect of making me feel like an idiot. I hate it for that. It's similar to an automobile making me feel like a freak by having no seat adjustment that allows me to sit, drive or see comfortably.
I crinkle my eyes at all Mac cult folks who claim that the Mac interface is just the best. I'm sorry assholes - it's not. I'm no fan of Bill Gates or MSoft, but I cannot even begin the comprehend the justification for your smugness about this.
Thank God Picasa has released its Mac version. At least the time I put into learning that will actually be rewarding.
The 2.4GHz is the only Macbook that has a backlit keyboard. \
My frustration level has just about the hit the ceiling. Every fucking thing that I want to do requires a tutorial to try to figure out. The only, and I repeat, ONLY thing that is intuitive and useful is the two finger scroll.
I will struggle through it. Selling and buying something else isn't useful - it's just a matter of learning how to best use this thing, it's just taking too damned long.
Hour after hour of my life, of every precious evening is wasting away learning, learning learning. Pointlessly learning. Only to relearn new ways to do the same damn things. The supposed improvement in quality is so miniscule compared to the hours of learning and fighting and struggling. For 2 months I have been able to achieve almost nothing because nothing is intuitive AND easy. Precious sleep disappears because the Mac interface presumptuously insists that everything MUST be different from the Windows interface. Sometimes there is a point - although it will be lost on me for a long time to come - a lot of the times it seems to be pointless differences.
There are so so many times when I've really wanted to hurl this beautifully crafted machine against the wall. I may have been a Windows user for nearly 20 years, but there's no reason that an inanimate object should have the effect of making me feel like an idiot. I hate it for that. It's similar to an automobile making me feel like a freak by having no seat adjustment that allows me to sit, drive or see comfortably.
I crinkle my eyes at all Mac cult folks who claim that the Mac interface is just the best. I'm sorry assholes - it's not. I'm no fan of Bill Gates or MSoft, but I cannot even begin the comprehend the justification for your smugness about this.
Thank God Picasa has released its Mac version. At least the time I put into learning that will actually be rewarding.