HI. I agree with you about new operating systems. When I first got my mac. I didn’t think I’d ever be able to learn how to use it. Now I consider myself a fairly proficient user. I think it can sometimes take quite a few weeks if not months to get used to an operating system. I think in the end it comes down to personal preference.
Cheers Maria sent from mac mini email, & fb [email protected] skype bubbygirl1972 twitter same as skype without the numbers. On 18 Dec 2013, at 4:18 am, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Josh, > > that is a very valid point. All too often there are people who say > they hate a certain operating system such as Mac OS, Linux, or a new > version of Windows based only on a few hours of trying it at a friends > house or at a store and then declaring it junk. the problem is as you > stated is that they really do need a few weeks perhaps a few months to > get over their prior experiences and give the operating system a fair > assessment without biases to find out if they really like it or not. I > can use myself as an example here. > > Back when Windows 8 was available for beta testing I grabbed the > public beta, slapped NVDA on it, and my first inclination was that it > sucked. I hated the interface, was upset of having all the ribbons in > File Explorer, the removal of the Start Menu, whatever. I swore up and > down I would not buy it. > > However, a year later my opinion has changed. Given the choice between > Windows 8 and Windows 7 I'd take Windows 8 over Windows 7. There are a > variety of reasons why my opinion changed, but one has to do with I > have grown use to the changes, I have found workarounds I didn't know > about before for things I didn't like, and can look more objectively > at certain things like performance, accessibility, and so on which I > wasn't really looking at when beta testing. > > The point is that had I gone on my first impressions alone I would not > have gotten Windows 8 or 8.1. I'd probably be as steadfast about > Windows 7 as some users are about XP. However, now that I have had > time to assess the operating system there are things I don't like, but > there are also things I like too. I think my opinion is certainly more > valid than it was a year ago. > > However, there is another flaw in Dark's logic besides just using an > operating system for a day and declaring it good or bad, and that is > he is looking for some illusive improvement in word processing, > playing mp3s, etc. I am afraid if that is his only criteria than he > will be disappointed in computers in general since I think all > operating systems are about the same in that regard, and he will never > find a reason to upgrade because one can do those things just as well > on Windows 8.1 as on Windows XP with verylittle to no difference in > features. It seems to me Dark's argument is similar to the "if it > isn't broke don't fix it" argument. > > Cheers~!! > > > On 12/17/13, Draconis <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Tom, >> >> There is a flaw in Dark’s logic though, and in that of many other’s. I don’t >> believe when trying out a new system for the first time, bet hat Mac or >> Linux or Windows 7, that you can spend only a handful of hours with >> something radically different from what you’re used to and come away with a >> reasonably informed and valid opinion of it. Operating systems can vary >> tremendously in terms of how the user interfaces with them, and it takes >> quite some time for your previous experiences to stop interfering with your >> usage of the new system. >> >> Case in point…a friend and colleague of mine got a Mac, and for the first >> week or two hated it. He came very close to whipping the drive and >> installing Windows and forgetting OS X entirely. >> >> Then something happened at about the two week mark, when finally something >> clicked for him, and he started to overcome those barriers that are built >> through long use of an OS. Today, he’s an avid Mac user and would never go >> back to Windows, despite having been a Windows user for nearly fifteen >> years. >> >> I see this pattern again and again with people trying out different >> operating systems. >> >> So, no matter the OS, I take no one very seriously who claims their opinion >> is informed because it is based on a few hours with a brand-new OS. >> >> I spent several weeks with Linux a few years back, and while it isn’t for >> me, and I feel it has far more headaches than it is worth, I do understand >> its appeal and get why some people choose to use it. I won’t speak with any >> authority on Windows 8, because I haven’t spent any significant time with >> it. I read with interest experiences of those who have spent significant >> time with it, and dismiss those who used it for a day and declared it junk. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. 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