Then there's me, who would actually like to try out a Mac but just hasn't
had the opportunity. Only problem is that whenI finally do I will, if I
decide I love it, start wanting one even knowing that it could be a long,
loooong time before I'm able to afford to buy one. I just know I've been
feeling pretty fed up with Microshaft Winblows lately. LOL.
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!
-----Original Message-----
From: Draconis
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 9:15 AM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question
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.
On Dec 17, 2013, at 8:51 AM, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Dark,
That is all a reasonable person can ask. If a person doesn't like the
software they don't like it. At least though you tried it to give
examples of why it does not work for you personally.
For example, I have been using Windows 8 on my Toshiba for a few
months, have grown accustom to the new user interface, and yet I have
seen my fair share of blind users who say they absolutely hate it and
have never tried it yet. I can understand someone's dislike if they
have it, have used it for a couple of months, and still don't like it,
but not if they base their opinions on what they have heard from
others. I think if a person is going to voice an opinion one way or
another they should at least use the software a bit and then give
voice siting their opinion with examples of why they do not like it
from their personal experience.
The same would hold true for Mac, Linux, or anything else. I think if
someone is to give a reasonable opinion they need to spend a bit of
quality time with the software in question before voicing an opinion
one way or the other.
Cheers!
On 12/16/13, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
I actually would like to play with a mac at some point, indeed my brother
is
getting one over christmas so I might ask for a list of common vo
commands
at just have a poke around the os for the experience, since if I don't
know
I don't know.
Btw, this is why I do say I difinatively dislike windows 7, since I spent
several hours playing with it then after our last discussion I went to a
local society for the blind and spent considderably more time with it,
and ---- no!
But at least my opinion is informed by some degree of experience with the
subject.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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