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<blockquote data-quote="Oneironaut" data-source="post: 1430790" data-attributes="member: 88633"><p>The included iLife apps aren't really meant to be pro-level programs. Think about it; Windows Movie Maker is a handy little program, but you can't expect it to do the things that Avid or a workflow of several programs does. It's included as a basic tool and as a basic tool iMovie does what most people need it to do, even more so than WMM. And seeing as Macs are meant to appeal to the widest possible market, Apple doesn't want people mucking up system folders and bringing trouble on themselves. For most users, there's no need to ever access those folders, so better to have them safely hidden away.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure once you get more familiar with OSX you'll be able to get it to do exactly what you want, and it usually ends up being not as convoluted as it usually is on other systems. It doesn't sound like you've had much of chance to really play with it because there are endless third party apps that are a lot of fun to discover. I also like customizing my system icons and finding Terminal commands to make little tweaks. There really isn't anything I can't do that I used to do with Windows, except I do it with a lot less fuss.</p><p></p><p>Apple doesn't force a lifestyle on you any more than Google, with all its integrated, popular web apps, does. People are going to use such products anyway, so they're being provided. It's not like anyone's being bamboozled into it... the cloud is becoming ever more popular to use and everyone, Mac users or not, want to take advantage of the convenience of it. You certainly don't have to use it in order to use OSX. Or you can choose to use it for some things but not others.</p><p></p><p>But keep at it. I'm pretty sure you'll get used to it soon enough.</p><p></p><p>btw I think the new Retina MBP is really overpriced. I have not really recommended them to any new Mac switchers, for a few reasons. Unless money is no object and you just want the nicest, latest thing, I usually steer people more towards the regular MBP. It's a lot less expensive and still does everything you could possibly want it to do. You might consider exchanging it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oneironaut, post: 1430790, member: 88633"] The included iLife apps aren't really meant to be pro-level programs. Think about it; Windows Movie Maker is a handy little program, but you can't expect it to do the things that Avid or a workflow of several programs does. It's included as a basic tool and as a basic tool iMovie does what most people need it to do, even more so than WMM. And seeing as Macs are meant to appeal to the widest possible market, Apple doesn't want people mucking up system folders and bringing trouble on themselves. For most users, there's no need to ever access those folders, so better to have them safely hidden away. I'm sure once you get more familiar with OSX you'll be able to get it to do exactly what you want, and it usually ends up being not as convoluted as it usually is on other systems. It doesn't sound like you've had much of chance to really play with it because there are endless third party apps that are a lot of fun to discover. I also like customizing my system icons and finding Terminal commands to make little tweaks. There really isn't anything I can't do that I used to do with Windows, except I do it with a lot less fuss. Apple doesn't force a lifestyle on you any more than Google, with all its integrated, popular web apps, does. People are going to use such products anyway, so they're being provided. It's not like anyone's being bamboozled into it... the cloud is becoming ever more popular to use and everyone, Mac users or not, want to take advantage of the convenience of it. You certainly don't have to use it in order to use OSX. Or you can choose to use it for some things but not others. But keep at it. I'm pretty sure you'll get used to it soon enough. btw I think the new Retina MBP is really overpriced. I have not really recommended them to any new Mac switchers, for a few reasons. Unless money is no object and you just want the nicest, latest thing, I usually steer people more towards the regular MBP. It's a lot less expensive and still does everything you could possibly want it to do. You might consider exchanging it. [/QUOTE]
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