Mac vs. PC costs

[Robert Krawitz]

   From: Richard Pieri <richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
   Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:17:12 -0400

   On Jun 20, 2009, at 5:05 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
   > Obviously the important question is whether any of these Mac-specific
   > features matter to you. If they do, then that says you need a Mac,
   > otherwise you go for the functionality that is relevant to your
   > practical needs.

   I did push OS X as the best desktop Unix out there.  There's a
   reason for that.

A matter of taste.  Personally, I can't stand the Mac interface for
the following reasons:

1) It's "click to raise and type" -- you have to take action more than
just moving the pointer over the window to activate it, and then it
brings it to the top.

2) I find the menu bar separate from the application window
disconcerting.

That just doesn't work for me.  I use focus strictly follows mouse
without autoraise -- exactly the opposite combination.  I constantly
jump back and forth between things, and sometimes I'll do things like
type blindly or semi-blindly into one window while watching what's
going on in another.

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