Re: Mac Mini hard as *** to use.

In article <1h3te63.1n25ld6e7tmiaN%not_in_use@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
not_in_use@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Hayes) wrote:

> > > You have to understand that the Mac has as steep of a learning curve as
> > > Windows, no matter what the resident zealots have to say.
> >
> > It's more like an "unlearning" curve, and as long as you try to do
> > things the Windows way, you'll find it confusing and unpredictable.
> >
> > Instead, try to do things in a way that make sense.
>
> I would disagree that the OS X way is the "way that make sense". It's
> more obscure than Windows as most Windows apps come packaged by
> InstallShield. All the user has to do is click "Next".
>
> When the OS X user discovers that all they have to do is drop the app
> into a location of their choice things become very easy, but it's by no
> means an intuitive process.

It's as intuitive as picking your new CD player out of its box and placing it
in the location where you want it.

The WIndows way is having a guy that comes along with the CD player and asks
about question you don't care about or don't know the answer to:

- "Are you sure you want me to unpack the CD player?"
- "Yes"
- "Do you agree to this license agreement?" (hands over 4 pages license
paper)
- "Eh, whatever, ok."
- "Do you want a basic or advance installation?"
- "What's the difference?"
- "No questions please. Basic or advance?"
- "Uh, advanced.. No, basic! Yeah, basic I suppose"
- "Where do you want it installed? Default is living room"
- "Yeah, that works for me"
Installer starts packing up the player on the living room floor
- "Wait, I want it here in the book shelf"
- "Tell me to cancel if you want to abort this installation and start from
the beginning"
- "Bah, I'll move it myself later"
- "Do you want me place remote control on side table?"
- "Yeah"
Installer places big box on the side table with the SONY logo on, and inside
that box, a smaller box with the model number on it. Inside that he places
remote control, manual, guarantee papers, trouble shooting documents and
service telephone number for de-ionstallement of the CD player by another guy
- "Hey, wait, I only need the remote control right on the table"
- "No talking during the setup please"
- "Sigh, whatever, I'll fix that later"

After the installer left, you find out that if you move the CD player from its
position on the table, it won't even work any more. When you get tired of this,
you call the uninstaller guy, which asks if you want to have chips removed that
you've never heard of and don't know if they are form inside the CD player or
not.



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