We finally did it: a few weeks ago we switched over from Windows to Mac. And, besides the good looks it did only “hurt” a little bit… However, I guess you can read a whole lot about what people like about the Mac out there. That’s why I decided I am going to tell you what I am missing the most and what I dislike at this stage. Keep in mind that I don’t have a dual boot setup or Parallels Desktop installed and am not planning on doing that anytime soon. Guess it can’t be that bad after all…
- You can’t launch an application on the dock with the keyboard (at least not in a fast & convenient way)
- You can’t cut and paste files in Finder to move them (ooh, how I miss that)
- And, when you navigate with the arrow keys to a certain folder and then hit the shortcut for a new folder, it is created on the root level (what the fruit is going on?)
- Haven’t figured out how to select some files in a directory listing with just the keyboard (extra evil!)
- iWeb creates the craziest URLs when publishing to an FTP folder
- No full-screen view in Safari
- No standard German postcard sizes in iPhoto – the postage for Apple cards is about 3times as high.
- No vaults for referenced files in Aperture
- Last but not least, there’s no application that comes even close to IrfanView (PC software) for the Mac community
I am sure I could think of other things but that’s it for now.
One reply on “Switched!”
Well done Captain!
Good to see an objective view on the nasties of switching over from PC to Mac for all of us who have been pondering the same dilemna for years.
See far too many New-Age Mac user reports that forgive everything of their new religion.