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Re: My new Distraction
« on: January 11, 2011, 09:56:03 AM »
I have found OSX annoying and getting in my way once and only once: Finder.  When dragging a folder to copy to another location which already has a folder of the same name...  Rather than the sensible approach of combining the folders in the destination, it removes the contents on the destination then writes the source.

Who thought of that should be taken out and shot.

Other than that, the flexibility really reminds me of AmigaOS in some ways.  You can have your GUI, but you also can have your all powerful CLI ;) .  The amount of ways of customising the behaviour are astounding as well: the default write stuff is quite mindblowing...

(Use Win7 Ultimate for my HTPC, use Linux daily, and am responsible for microsoft related products at my place of work...)
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Re: My new Distraction
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2011, 11:24:00 AM »
Quote from: kolla;605596
I don't care much about other people not having problems with OSX, I really only care about myself when it comes to systems I use.


Completely agree with you on that.  We agree to differ in our tastes then :)

It'd be a boring world if everyone were the same :)
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Re: My new Distraction
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2011, 09:24:26 PM »
Quote from: persia;605691
AmigaOS is the Elvis of operating systems, it had the good sense to die about the time it started going to seed, so we can all morn what might have been unencumbered with the vision of an overweight 70 year old trying to swing those hips.


Superb, you have me laughing out loud at that.  But it's a damn good point well made :)
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