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Thanks Again.

But I still think it is silly that each little App has a whole top bar reserved for menu. For example, fire up Calculator, and some other small App, like video player. Let’s say they are in the middle of the screen. To change something in both of them you need to click them on the screen (to make them active) then go up to the menu, then go back down to activate another one, then go back up to it’s menu. In Windows you can do that while mentally staying in the little box where that application is. No need to move up< ->down numerous times.

However, you are wrong about most of the other stuff. It is imho unacceptabl. to have apps that do not even have a menu as is often the case with windows apps. Macs menu is more consistent, predictable and way batter conserning Fits law, as you can slam the cursor to the top of the screen and not aim painfuly.

Anyway, resistance is futile. :))

b) Yes that App could be nice. My point is that default OS is a bit … hm … noobish =)

For more about efficiency, read this:

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/9/2616204/the-condescending-ui

b) lion supports full screen or you can use this app: http://manytricks.com/moom/

c) Tastes are different, although I think it’s a matter of habit.

c/p “Mac is done to be beautiful, not efficient”
Oh how wrong are you.
One of the big reasons I love Macs is that they get out of the way, so to speak, so that I can get to work. Focusing on how using technology makes my life easier.

We will see. My prediction: trying to mix up everything into tablet, trying to be both laptop and tablet at the same time will result in failure.

W8 is a massive step forward in bringing proper PC power to the tablet environment. Just because it has a fan does not mean it is a failure. Quite the converse. A fan has nothing to do with it. I just hope W8 does not fall into the trap of replicating idevices.

I am not content with an underpowered, non-functional consumer content device. I want a tablet I can do real work on – not just check email, surf the net, etc. That is stuff I can do on my iphone or any other smartphone, every bit as efficiently as my ipad.

The true benefit is mobile computing that can go anywhere (more than a laptop) and is more focused on providing high end solutions.

My understanding (and hope) is that the W8 philosophy is a hybrid / two pronged approach. The W8 metro interface is great for simple “apps” as defined by Apple – content and consumer driven content. Behind this is the traditional windows environment with the full power of full scale applications etc.

Why people do not understand the benefit of full scale applications, I do not understand. Just because Steve Jobs said that you should’t need a stylus or external input, and freedom in developing applications doesn’t mean he is right. We have all been blinded by iMarketing.

The Asus 121 is annother great example – laptop power in a tablet (I can run anything I want!).

All the above aside, I love my iphone and ipad :)