I call bullshit.
You are saying Windows installs never work, ever?
Gee, I wonder how all those Windows users are typing up emails and writing documents in Word if their installations all failed and nothing ever works?
No, I'm not saying that. What I wanted to say is that basic things like installing software are too complicated and Windows has a bad user interface, compared to Mac OS (X). But like you, I wonder how all those Windows users are are "typing up emails" and doing all that other stuff.
I'm glad you like your Mac and it makes you feel fucking special,
Of course I like my Mac, although it doesn't make me feel "fucking special". It makes me feel "special".
but to claim that Windows software never works is fucking ludicrous at face value. Further exploration of the statement only goes to show your zealotry for the Mac.
You're way too excited. Try yoga. Or switch too an easier operating system.
The whole point in using a Mac is that you actually get things done. (As opposed to Windows, where a bad operating system with a bad interface keeps annoying you.) On a Mac, if you plug something in, it usually just works, and if you drag something from a CD-ROM to your Applications-folder it's usually installed and you can start using it. (That's "usually" versus "never" for Windows.) Most people that are using computers didn't study computer science, they don't know why or how computers are working at all and they hardly understand the difference between an operating system and an application. As a matter of fact, many if not most people never really understood when to click and when to double-click! So a second and a third mouse button complicate things even more. The reason why every PC comes with a three-button mouse is not that those mice are "better". It's because three buttons sell better than just one button. 2+ GHz Intel processors sell better than 1+ GHz PowerPC processors. Not that anyone would need three buttons or 2+ GHz, but it sounds better. (By the way I'm not talking about people who know when to double-click and how to handle three buttons.) So if Macs are supposed to "just work" and to be easy to use, why complicate things and add another two buttons? If it is because applications have bad interfaces then why not fix the interfaces instead? More buttons aren't necessarily bad. They just make it harder for non-experts. Dreamweaver with a one-button mouse is a pain in the ass and others, like Maya, impossible to use. Perhaps Apple should deliver the one-button "Pro Mouse" with their consumer systems and a new "Expert Mouse" (or whatever) with the PowerMacs. But please don't say Apple should simply add another one or two buttons to their mouse, because they shouldn't.
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The whole point in using a Mac is that you actually get things done. (As opposed to Windows, where a bad operating system with a bad interface keeps annoying you.)
On a Mac, if you plug something in, it usually just works, and if you drag something from a CD-ROM to your Applications-folder it's usually installed and you can start using it. (That's "usually" versus "never" for Windows.)
Most people that are using computers didn't study computer science, they don't know why or how computers are working at all and they hardly understand the difference between an operating system and an application.
As a matter of fact, many if not most people never really understood when to click and when to double-click!
So a second and a third mouse button complicate things even more. The reason why every PC comes with a three-button mouse is not that those mice are "better". It's because three buttons sell better than just one button. 2+ GHz Intel processors sell better than 1+ GHz PowerPC processors. Not that anyone would need three buttons or 2+ GHz, but it sounds better.
(By the way I'm not talking about people who know when to double-click and how to handle three buttons.)
So if Macs are supposed to "just work" and to be easy to use, why complicate things and add another two buttons? If it is because applications have bad interfaces then why not fix the interfaces instead?
More buttons aren't necessarily bad. They just make it harder for non-experts. Dreamweaver with a one-button mouse is a pain in the ass and others, like Maya, impossible to use.
Perhaps Apple should deliver the one-button "Pro Mouse" with their consumer systems and a new "Expert Mouse" (or whatever) with the PowerMacs.
But please don't say Apple should simply add another one or two buttons to their mouse, because they shouldn't.