Peter, Peter, Peter! First, Windows has always had a jerky pointer. They have never fixed it. It sucked then and it sucks now. Frankly, I don't care what else they did right, if moving the pointer bothers me, how can I be expected to be productive with the rest of it. I have never worked on a computer that was as smooth as a Mac. I'm not even going to get into how counterintuitive Windows is: I mean, choosing "start" to shut down says it all right there. If you look at it, Windows was the exact opposite of the Mac, right down to the white w/black outlined pointer which is easily lost on a text document, no doubt initially to avoid lawsuits. Once again, with Windows, you had to learn all kinds of technical things in order to use it -- it was just a GUI version of DOS. I mean what the hell is a DLL? I've been using PCs right along with Macs since 1989 and I still don't know, but it seems necessary that I do in order to work the thing properly! I have always said if you never used a computer before, it really didn't matter which one you used since there was a learning curve on both and they both do essentially the same thing, but the interface was soooo much easier to use on a Mac, on an intuitive level and far more satisfying on implementation. Windows began life as a cheap knock-off of the Mac and it always will be until Bill Gates achieves his take over of Apple sometime in the near future after Apple moves to the Intel platform.
> From: Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm not talking about apps, I'm talking about the user interface, > PARTICULARLY under Windows 3.x. Microsoft provided an extremely > consistent and complete user interface that worked well from either the > mouse or the keyboard. The OS under the hood was crap, and a lot of > individual applications were incompatible, and Windows 9x kicked the > legs out from under, but I really found Windows 3.x and NT 3.51 to have > a really nice integration between the user interface, the mouse, and > the keyboard. > -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
