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Originally Posted by WillysJeepMan
Apple has clearly stated that they have taken elements from iOS and moved them to OSX, so I am confused as to why you are in disagreement with what I said. As just one example, Launchpad. Launchpad mimics the main interface for iOS devices... makes sense for a touchscreen, zero sense for a desktop.
Another example is "smart scrolling". Makes sense on a touchscreen device, not so much with a trackpad. (although that's the default behavior, it IS customizable)
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Apple has also said that touch paradigms don't make sense on a desktop. Even if you have a touch screen monitor.
So far their merging of the two has been fine with me, they've made all the features optional such as launchpad.
I installed windows 8 earlier this week, used it for a week, flailed around for a few days initially as it's far from intuitive to use. Once i'd googled for answers and got used to the way you were supposed to use it, i still didn't like it. It still felt wasteful in effort to do anything when using the mouse, unless you want to use keyboard shortcuts all the time. Sometimes i like to just use a mouse and windows makes that a pain with lots more movement to screen corners.
I've updated and got used to every mainline OS ms have released but for the first time i think i really will stick with win7 and hope a future windows release fixes all the issues i experienced with win8. If they don't i'll be a mac only user with osx until apple also screw that up :P
UI aside, the locked store only option for getting metro apps also puts me off. It's bad enough that tablets and phones are locked down, keep your app stores off my computer unless they're optional (which is the route apple have so far gone on osx)