05-14-2008, 02:32 PM
JackoliciousLegs Wrote:I wasn't trying to convince you, but there is a large paradigm shift happening in technology right now that's moving towards usability and Apple is leading the way.I dont disagree with usability being more important, but I dont think that apple is leading the way. They may suck less than the competition, but I think you are getting style confused with usability. Last time I used a mac there were cardinal usability sins all over the place. Buttons identified by color (im colorblind), buttons that you dont know what they do until you mouse over them, snazzy stuff that hogs a lot of real estate but doesnt do much, etc. The new imac keyboard makes my wrists hurt just looking at them and let us not forget the hockey puck mouse!
Until someone comes up with a major paradigm shift for usability (ie - from command line to windowed) and really push usability forward, all the little widgets and flashy UI things are more style than substance. And thats not just targeted at mac.
Quote:My dad's company just moved to all Macs in the office so they don't have to worry about paying a contracted sysadmin.fwiw, the last 2 companies I worked for stopped supporting macs because it was too expensive. And my sis' interior design company moved to pcs.
Quote: iPhones are about to surpass Blackberries as the corporate phone of choice.come on Jack, you know thats fanboi kool aid!
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iPhone doesnt have remote wipe, exchange integration, ms office, an enterprise server or even copy and paste!