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To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
There are SO MANY problems with the operating system.

No there aren't, you're just not used to it.

You can't SEE anything. The print on the toolbars is microscopic.

Not sure what you're talking about here, which toolbars? Interestingly, one of the most common complaints when OS X came out was that text was too big.

No seeing the C drive and all of its contents. Virtually everything on the computer is hidden. Inaccessible.

Not at all. The Finder should show you all the contents of your drives. Mac OS X is a Unix system and everything is accessible if you know where to look. Run the Terminal application in Applications/Utilities and you'll have a Unix shell (like a DOS command shell but much more powerful).

If you make a mistake when you first sign on as a user, then try to delete it, forget it. Your deleted folder stays there forever.

The only way this should happen is if you create a folder while logged in as one user and try to delete it as another user. This is a feature, not a bug, and Windows most likely does the same thing.

The stupid "dock". It pops up when you least expect it.

Having the Dock pop up is annoying, that's why most users don't have it hidden.

You can't delete your cookies in a batch. You have to delete them manually one-by-one.

That's a complaint regarding IE, not OS X itself. And you can delete all your cookies in IE, just select them all by clicking on the one at the top of the list and shift-clicking on the one at the bottom.

You may also want to look into other browsers. Chimera and Safari are much faster and have better interfaces.

The mouse it comes with doesn't have a right side or a left side; it's all one piece. So you can't right-click anything. This means you can't save images, or copy text, or do anything.

Of course you can, in many ways. You can get a context menu by control-clicking, and you can copy using the Edit menu or Command-C. And you can plug any USB mouse into your Mac and it will work immediately, with full multiple button and scroll wheel support.

Oh, and I forgot to mention the LOUD GONG that starts the log-in.

You mean when you turn it on? The sound level should be controlled by the system volume, although it shouldn't be an issue since there's very rarely a need to do a full shutdown when you can just put it to sleep instead.

And, if you want to change fonts (the appearance of a page), it will take you a very long time because the box closes out after each test.

In what application? Again this doesn't sound like an OS issue.

Mac OS X isn't Windows, there wouldn't be any point if it were. It will take some getting used to, but most of your problems are either trivial to work around or not problems at all. You may end up deciding you like Windows better, which is fine, but you should learn more about OS X before dismissing it.

73 posted on 02/24/2003 1:43:48 PM PST by ThinkDifferent
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To: ThinkDifferent
LOL - you are a much more patient person than I.....
106 posted on 02/24/2003 5:37:31 PM PST by CheneyChick
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To: ThinkDifferent
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. I'll try to address each of your questions.

You can't SEE anything. The print on the toolbars is microscopic.

Not sure what you're talking about here, which toolbars?

The toolbar up at the top of the screen. The one that says Back Forward Stop Refresh Home AutoFill Print Mail. The size of the words are microscopically tiny. And no way (that I can see) of enlarging it.

Run theTerminal application in Applications/Utilities...

Sorry to sound so dumb, but "huh?"

Can't delete cookies in a batch, only one-by-one.

That's a complaint regarding Internet Explorer, not OS X itself.

That's a good point. I never thought about that. My last IE version (on my old PC) was IE4. I could delete a batch of cookies all at once. Or actually, one by one, but at a faster rate. The OS X way of doing it is much more tedious.

You can't save images...

Of course you can...

I have since learned how to save images. It's still not as fast as with Windows, though.

the LOUD GONG...

I solved the problem. I unplugged the speakers. :-D At least I think I solved it. I haven't yet rebooted to see if it works. But I think it will (unless it's some sort of internal sound).

Changing fonts...will take a very long time

It might be a Windows problem, but shouldn't each subsequent version of Windows be better (in some ways) than the previous one? I don't know what version of Windows I have. But my last one (in my old PC) was Windows 98. Changing fonts was a breeze.

I hope I've answered all of your questions. My main problem with my iMAC OS X is, as I said, the tiny fonts up at the toolbar. If it wasn't for that, I could probably be more forgiving of all the other quirks. (I'll call them quirks, instead of problems.)

Thanks, again.

110 posted on 02/24/2003 6:16:51 PM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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To: ThinkDifferent
And you can delete all your cookies in IE, just select them all by clicking on the one at the top of the list and shift-clicking on the one at the bottom.

That works! I don't know why apple doesn't have that in their help index, but they don't.

That makes my life so much easier, since I end up with so many cookies to delete at the end of the day.

Thank you!

144 posted on 02/27/2003 9:27:50 PM PST by my_pointy_head_is_sharp
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