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I have very recently bought my first Mac..... a Mac Mini. However, without going into a long convoluted story it has had to be returned as a faulty unit and up to now I haven't replaced it but opted for a refund instead.
Now I am a long time Windows user, back as far as 3.1 (please no flame wars) and have suffered some pretty poor iterations over the years. That however has all changed with Windows 7 which most reasonable people acknowledge as a pretty good OS. Now I don't know just what I expected with OS X (save for trumpet fanfares and scantily clad women ) but I have to confess to some disappointment. I recognised a good deal of W7 in the mix but found the UI somewhat dated. The whole look of files and folders appeared to hark back to Windows 98. Now I'm not saying that this in any way affects how the OS performs but it did leave me feeling a bit underwhelmed. When I re-connected my W7 desktop for the first time last night I couldn't help but think - this UI looks a lot more polished.
Am I being unfair or are my observations a fair assessment.
Now I am a long time Windows user, back as far as 3.1 (please no flame wars) and have suffered some pretty poor iterations over the years. That however has all changed with Windows 7 which most reasonable people acknowledge as a pretty good OS. Now I don't know just what I expected with OS X (save for trumpet fanfares and scantily clad women ) but I have to confess to some disappointment. I recognised a good deal of W7 in the mix but found the UI somewhat dated. The whole look of files and folders appeared to hark back to Windows 98. Now I'm not saying that this in any way affects how the OS performs but it did leave me feeling a bit underwhelmed. When I re-connected my W7 desktop for the first time last night I couldn't help but think - this UI looks a lot more polished.
Am I being unfair or are my observations a fair assessment.