Ars Technica Article

http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/microsoft-learn-from-apple-II.ars

I find myself running both a Mac and a PC now and truth be told, I find both to be rather similar. (I'm probably going to catch flak from both sides now )

I've been looking up some articles recently in an attempt to educate myself and learn more about the differences.

Any responses to the article listed above? It appears most of the criticisms are based on the GUI which being a longtime Windows user, I've never really noticed.

Upon switching to Mac, the GUI doesn't appear significantly simpler or more well-organized.

Or maybe I'm just too ignorant to observe the difference.

[I'd post this in the Apple forums as well but I'm thinking I'd get a slap on the hand for cross-referencing/cross-posting]

 

I have an opinion of operating systems similiar to Linus, the guy who wrote Linux.

An operating system should be invisible. You shouldn't know it there. It runs so seamlessly, that you forgot where the application ends and the operating system begins. I could care less about themes, what color each pixel is. I could care less about GUIs in general. What I do want in fact are more automation. I want to be presented with alot of options, set them and have the program run them at at said event. Like when I write back emails, I have a hotkey that inserts recipient's name at a key stroke. I have often written response emails already written out so I can hit a keystroke and the program will insert response email with recipient's name at said places. (Texter is a good example. http://lifehacker.com/software/texter/lifehacker-code-texter-windows-238306.php)