Re: Least Favorite Aspect of Mac OS X

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:27:24 GMT
George <mrdelurk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I hesitated for a long time whether I should mention this one (the
top aggravator), because it's not really an OSX issue per se, but it
is definitely Mac experience related... ah well, here it comes.

The thing that makes me really shout things written in pictographs
is: as I run my two G5s (with one keyboard on the desk and the other
on my lap due to space constraints) about once every two days I
plunge for the wrong keyboard, and quit some program on the wrong G5
that should have NOT been touched under penalty of being drawn and
quartered. Aooogah!

(Yes, I have tried to use the Belkin KVM switch, already. I had two
of those. Both went south after about a week, stopping to respond to
button pushes. Perhaps button-switching 160 times a day wasn't their
cup of tea... how Windows accomplishes buttonless switching anyway?)


I keep reading that about KVM switches, otherwise I'd have one. Damn
nuisance juggling two (sometimes three) keyboards, but I don't have to
do it constantly. I almost never hit the wrong one though, mainly
because I'm hypervigilant about it. Neuroses have their advantages, LOL.


My least favorite aspect of OS X is the all the white everywhere -- ow,
my eyes! So I attempt to address it by invoking the reverse display
option but now *all* images (.jpgs, .movs, everything) are rendered in
reverse! Hey Apple, I've got very sensitive eyes not reversing eyes! So
of course I shell out the $20 for Shapeshifter, well that's nice but
come on -- I bought the box and the OS, my sense of value insists I
should get some reasonable accommodation for my tired li'l eyes...
Before OS X it was a 3rd party deal too, but it was a freebie.

OTOH as this is my biggest complaint I'd be remiss not to say OS X has
done an awful lot right.

Cheers,

b_of_e




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