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Rant Against Windows (And flame against OS X Lion)
In the past, I have had little to say about why I switched to a mac beyond the icon "it just works".
Today, after using windows for work regularly for the past 4 months, I come to you with renewed reasons.
Sure they may not seem extreme, but it makes a WORLD of difference for me.
First of all, I will note that I am stuck on Windows Vista.
Anyways, so here's my problem. In my current position I am creating mass amounts of quotes and invoices, every single one of them, I save to pdf form. I then need to be able to track what is going on with each event. Now, you'd think that you'd be best to just get software to track that. Well, the best option is a piece of software that has notable bugs that haven't been fixed since the days of Windows XP SP2 release.
Anyways, the reason that I rant about Windows over a mac on this? Automator and search tools.
If I were on a mac, I could a) search out all the generic items I am looking for inside multiple folders without waiting an eon. b) have pre-saved searches which use the titles of the documents to determine which events are when. c) Use automator to read titles of articles and create a document with all the details I need sorted in database fashion. d) all of the above without installing anything and barely blinking an eye
I can't stand the search functionality in Windows. It's not necessarily broken, it's just not... capable.
Next up, Windowing. Windows 7 fixed their biggest flaw with AeroSnap. But note that I'm still stuck on Vista. Most windows in Windows either stay full screen or the borders and headers waste so much space the windows remain large. Now, in opposition to OS X, Lion has done 3 things which ruined it's head's up advantage over Windows. 1) it took out Expose for all windows and left mission control which still hides windows I want to see, even if I have a billion open. 2) it made the four corners for resizing, (odd that I'm complaining about this?) I complain because the corner is no longer easily selectable to resize the window, you now have to sit the cursor around the edge until it finally finds the correct part of the edge (only milliseconds lost, but it adds up) 3) It added borders and enlarged the headers in each window, too much wasted pixel space for me.
Anyways. Battery life doesn't matter, I'm on a desktop. Multiple screens, Lion killed any prospect of advantage in that area. Multiple desktops, useful at home, not really at work. Application launching, Windows got that one down better then a mac. Gaming, I don't game. Cost, this is a company computer. Microsoft Outlook, I would be stuck on it anyways, but I do prefer it over Mac Mail for business stuff. Still not a nice program. CAPS LOCK, stupid thing but, if I have caps lock on in windows and hit shift, I get a small letter, caps lock in a mac, the lettering stay large with caps lock. I have a habit of hitting the shift key on names and such, so Mac wins on that.
Saving stuff! On a mac, you can customize what shows up on the quick-link sidebar, and it changes everywhere. On windows, I find that side only gives the basic, and can't change it.
So I guess what I'm saying is, I can't stand file management in windows.
If anyone has any solutions to what I'm complaining about I wELCOME them. Installs are less preferable as I don't have the admin password.
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Dave Blatch
4th year Software & Embedded Systems Engineering
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says thanks to kldv for this post.
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