And MOD GRANDPARENT -1, Troll. I don't know how the grandparent poster got modded as highly as he did. In BOTH of the mentioned cases, it was the Catholic Church doing the oppressing, not his anthropomorphized "Christianity". The parent poster is right- bad people use religion to do bad things. That doesn't mean it's the fault of the rest of us that may practice that religion the way it was meant to be practiced.
It seems evident from your comment that you haven't actually used Mac OS X.
For example, you say that you "don't have to rearrange my windows so things don't overlap." Because of the way that Apple has implemented the Apple+Tab "application switcher" interface, you don't HAVE to have your windows arranged in any particular fashion to be able to drag and drop from anything to anything else. Example: Exposé. If I have something in my frontmost window that I'd like to drop into the rearmost window of a completely different program, I click and drag whatever it is, press F9, and all of the open windows spread themselves out for me to see their contents. I move the mouse over to the correct window, press the spacebar (thus am still holding down the mouse button for the drag-and-drop), mouse over to wherever I need to drop the item, and release the mouse button. In 2 seconds, I have navigated through any number of windows and applications without having to think terribly hard about which program and which window within the program is the right one. This makes it a much more intuitive process (for example, you pick the window that looks right, rather than finding window X of program Y using alt+tab) and also reduces the need for one to remove one's hand from the mouse. Admittedly, if you're typing code, then you might be better served by leaving your hands on the keyboard, but a lot of us don't keep both hands on the keyboard at all times. The mouse helps in visual circumstances (image/audio/video editing) and multitasking in general.
You say you have loads of programs down in the quicklaunch bar. In Mac OS X we have the Dock, which stores any number of frequently used programs, documents, directories, etc. It's very customizable, but also very clean, organized, and uncluttered. Add to that the use of Spotlight in Tiger, and you can very quickly find any random file or program that you might want, which reduces the need for you to clutter up your "frequently launched programs" area with infrequently used programs. Why put everything I might ever use in the quicklaunch bar when I can have the computer find it for me in a few keystrokes?
As for having monolithic applications in fullscreen mode... I guess it all depends on what you're trying to do. For obvious reasons, having a non-fullscreen mode facilitates multitasking, so obviously if all you do is use one program at a time, you won't benefit from sharing the screen. I think there's an argument to be made, however, that the "professionals" that the parent posters reference are more likely to be jumping between multiple tools to accomplish whatever they're doing than your average computer novice, whose multitasking is likely to be limited to email/browser/instant messenger windows.
You should give Mac OS X a whirl. You will very likely be pleasantly surprised (if you can get past all of the anti-Mac spin and bias) at how easy it is to be very productive, and not at how easy it is to "use a Mac" (which it is, but that's not the point).
You have an excellent point, and I agree completely with the example you give about everybody jumping and screaming that Bush lied when he didn't. But at the same time, the example itself probably proves your point, because you're stuck with a rating of 2, probably because either people see that you aren't a Bush-basher and mod you down, or you don't get modded up in the first place. It's a shame.
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And MOD GRANDPARENT -1, Troll. I don't know how the grandparent poster got modded as highly as he did. In BOTH of the mentioned cases, it was the Catholic Church doing the oppressing, not his anthropomorphized "Christianity". The parent poster is right- bad people use religion to do bad things. That doesn't mean it's the fault of the rest of us that may practice that religion the way it was meant to be practiced.
It seems evident from your comment that you haven't actually used Mac OS X.
For example, you say that you "don't have to rearrange my windows so things don't overlap." Because of the way that Apple has implemented the Apple+Tab "application switcher" interface, you don't HAVE to have your windows arranged in any particular fashion to be able to drag and drop from anything to anything else. Example: Exposé. If I have something in my frontmost window that I'd like to drop into the rearmost window of a completely different program, I click and drag whatever it is, press F9, and all of the open windows spread themselves out for me to see their contents. I move the mouse over to the correct window, press the spacebar (thus am still holding down the mouse button for the drag-and-drop), mouse over to wherever I need to drop the item, and release the mouse button. In 2 seconds, I have navigated through any number of windows and applications without having to think terribly hard about which program and which window within the program is the right one. This makes it a much more intuitive process (for example, you pick the window that looks right, rather than finding window X of program Y using alt+tab) and also reduces the need for one to remove one's hand from the mouse. Admittedly, if you're typing code, then you might be better served by leaving your hands on the keyboard, but a lot of us don't keep both hands on the keyboard at all times. The mouse helps in visual circumstances (image/audio/video editing) and multitasking in general.
You say you have loads of programs down in the quicklaunch bar. In Mac OS X we have the Dock, which stores any number of frequently used programs, documents, directories, etc. It's very customizable, but also very clean, organized, and uncluttered. Add to that the use of Spotlight in Tiger, and you can very quickly find any random file or program that you might want, which reduces the need for you to clutter up your "frequently launched programs" area with infrequently used programs. Why put everything I might ever use in the quicklaunch bar when I can have the computer find it for me in a few keystrokes?
As for having monolithic applications in fullscreen mode... I guess it all depends on what you're trying to do. For obvious reasons, having a non-fullscreen mode facilitates multitasking, so obviously if all you do is use one program at a time, you won't benefit from sharing the screen. I think there's an argument to be made, however, that the "professionals" that the parent posters reference are more likely to be jumping between multiple tools to accomplish whatever they're doing than your average computer novice, whose multitasking is likely to be limited to email/browser/instant messenger windows.
You should give Mac OS X a whirl. You will very likely be pleasantly surprised (if you can get past all of the anti-Mac spin and bias) at how easy it is to be very productive, and not at how easy it is to "use a Mac" (which it is, but that's not the point).
I think what you meant was "Blaming guns for Columbine is like blaming spoons for making Rosie O'Donnell fat." A good quote, nonetheless!
This doesn't seem like the sort of product that's likely to have any significant appeal. But then, I really just wanted to get the first post. ^_^
You have an excellent point, and I agree completely with the example you give about everybody jumping and screaming that Bush lied when he didn't. But at the same time, the example itself probably proves your point, because you're stuck with a rating of 2, probably because either people see that you aren't a Bush-basher and mod you down, or you don't get modded up in the first place. It's a shame.