Where to find Birdie?

[AeroMan]

It's a well-known fact the Lam-intosh is made for losers.

One of Microsoft's next tv-advertising should be like this: a group of mentally-handicapped people going around to shop for a computer system. Eventually they'll find a computer that best suits them, a Macintosh. Then the slogan catch-phrase appears on screen, "Winners don't use the macintosh" ! That ad would surely be effective.

I like the way older Macs did this. Directly and simple. The Amiga way is also nice, you just need to go low level if you really need, and it is easy to deal with the startup-sequence and other text files that are used.
You can follow MS guys and use the registry, deal with junk left there by uninstalled programs, play "guess where my dll is?", "why my computer is sooo sloooow?", "let´s reinstall it this week"  and other nice games for winners

[AeroMan]

CLI's a way more potent than GUI's for a large range of everyday tasks.

I don´t like CLI´s. It is a thing to be kept on the past.
If you analyze everything that is done with CLI you will find that it is possible to implement a cleaner way to do it graphically. GUIs are always more intuitive.
It is quite hard to keep in mind all commands and options, even for advanced users
I do agree however with Kolla that it is easier to give support to CLI users. But today, it should be possible to find a way to remotelly conect to the computer and check the user´s screen to support him. (I´m just dreaming about it)
This is my personal opinion...

[AeroMan]

THat's not what troll means.
 
Aeroman: I think windows has been doing that for years, I think it's called shared desktop. Though VNC could be used the same way?

Mmm... yeah, that is a good example. Wouldn´t be nice to have support that way?

[AeroMan]

Man, this thread grows fast...
So, I will answer the main question:

If you want to find Birdie, look for a nest in the trees next to you
(Ok... too silly)