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ubertuber · 06-22-2006, 07:54 PM

Paul Stamatiou on "Why I'm more productive on a Mac."

Here's another vote for expose. I've got hot corners and mouse buttons for all-windows, desktop, and dashboard. I can have 35 windows open at once at find any particular item on the fly.

The ability to run windows virtually like splooge or directly through bootcamp merely seals the deal for me. It allows me unfettered access to my office's exchange server and the few programs that are windows only (like MS Access).

I also like the productivity cult that is growing around the Mac. Websites like www.43folders.com and the myriad little utilities (www.typeit4me.com, Quicksilver, etc) are making my life easier all the time. Spotlight's functional indexing and lightning fast searches change the way that I organize my hard drive - and within seconds I can put my eyes on any file or document that I need no matter how old it is or what I named it.

Now some of these things are probably availabe now for windows (or utilities like them), but I've found them and made them usable on my Mac, which is something I can't say for my various windows machines. I understand something like spotlight is coming to Vista, but by the time Vista ships I'll have been living in a world of easy retrieval for 18 months.

Lastly, and I recognize this is a matter of personal taste, I find my Mac to be much more intuitive to use. When I don't know how to do something, it is almost always done the way that I guess to try first. From simply plugging equipment in to changing settings to automating tasks, I have an easy time finding and doing what I want. Using my work computer feels like driving a car by manipulating the hydraulics and wires manually. Everybody's different, but I have felt that OSX exhibits much more care placed on the user's point of view and the user's experience than windows. Sometimes I feel that windows machines are designed around a developer or IT tech's experience rather than the average user.

I know I sound a bit like a zealot, but I do recognize that not everyone feels the way I do. Since much of my feelings center around the way that OSX lets me interact with my machine, it makes sense that others would find that windows or linux offers a better interface. If that's you, more power to ya.

06-22-2006, 07:54 PM	#19 (permalink)
ubertuber spudly Location: Ellay	Paul Stamatiou on "Why I'm more productive on a Mac." Here's another vote for expose. I've got hot corners and mouse buttons for all-windows, desktop, and dashboard. I can have 35 windows open at once at find any particular item on the fly. The ability to run windows virtually like splooge or directly through bootcamp merely seals the deal for me. It allows me unfettered access to my office's exchange server and the few programs that are windows only (like MS Access). I also like the productivity cult that is growing around the Mac. Websites like www.43folders.com and the myriad little utilities (www.typeit4me.com, Quicksilver, etc) are making my life easier all the time. Spotlight's functional indexing and lightning fast searches change the way that I organize my hard drive - and within seconds I can put my eyes on any file or document that I need no matter how old it is or what I named it. Now some of these things are probably availabe now for windows (or utilities like them), but I've found them and made them usable on my Mac, which is something I can't say for my various windows machines. I understand something like spotlight is coming to Vista, but by the time Vista ships I'll have been living in a world of easy retrieval for 18 months. Lastly, and I recognize this is a matter of personal taste, I find my Mac to be much more intuitive to use. When I don't know how to do something, it is almost always done the way that I guess to try first. From simply plugging equipment in to changing settings to automating tasks, I have an easy time finding and doing what I want. Using my work computer feels like driving a car by manipulating the hydraulics and wires manually. Everybody's different, but I have felt that OSX exhibits much more care placed on the user's point of view and the user's experience than windows. Sometimes I feel that windows machines are designed around a developer or IT tech's experience rather than the average user. I know I sound a bit like a zealot, but I do recognize that not everyone feels the way I do. Since much of my feelings center around the way that OSX lets me interact with my machine, it makes sense that others would find that windows or linux offers a better interface. If that's you, more power to ya. __________________ Cogito ergo spud -- I think, therefore I yam