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On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 09:11:38AM +0100, John Woodard wrote:
Does one not feel a little sense of superiority when talking to MS users because one knows that they are using an OS that is not that user friendly and take some skill to master out of the box.
Not really. I have a grudging admiration for those that really have Windows under control, as it's not that user friendly and takes some skill to mater out of the box. I feel that Windows is an even harder thing to master as so much of the inner workings are concealed from the user or admin. It turns a difficult task into a near-impossible one. Combined with the lack of decent documentation, an encounter with Windows becomes a full-scale battle for me.
With the Unix world, most skills learnt on one system transfer to another. Granted, I had to learn the basics for some work, which isn't a motive most have.
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The appeal to me is that it is different and not the same the majority, I'm sure most Mac users have similar thoughts.
Most Mac users give little consideration to that. They just like being able to connect stuff and have it work (in general). That's one (the only?) benefit of the tight hold Apple has over the hardware side.