Why do people think OSX is so great?

I just like to add that a Mac is really the only machine you can buy and be guaranteed to not get an absolute shocker of a wireless card / antenna design. I had to deal with some Vaio's earlier and their 'n' radios top out at 64mbit and the sensitivity is appalling. All to save a few pounds.
 
I've been thinking about switching back from Mavericks to Windows 8

The little things are starting to annoy me now, but perhaps it's just my lack of technical ability with os x

Let's say I have a folder containing 100 photos. If I double click one in windows, it opens up in photo viewer where I can click back and forward to view the other 99. If I perform the same task in os x, a single photo opens up in preview and that's it. If I highlight all 100 photos and click open, I get three instances of preview containing 1/3 photos in each?

If I want to see the total size of three folders. In windows I highlight the three folders and do a right-click properties. Under os x, I highlight the three folders and click get info. It tells me the size of each individual folder but not combined.

Viewing disk space is a pain....windows you simply go into my computer and you can see at a glance. Os x you have to click the apple, about this mac, more info, storage

is there some guide to 10.9.4 kinda like a dummies guide where you can learn how to use it properly? im sure there are quicker/easier ways (and not just keyboard shortcuts)
 
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glen8 said:
Let's say I have a folder containing 100 photos. If I double click one in windows, it opens up in photo viewer where I can click back and forward to view the other 99. If I perform the same task in os x, a single photo opens up in preview and that's it. If I highlight all 100 photos and click open, I get three instances of preview containing 1/3 photos in each?
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I agree that the Windows way is much better, but if you press Space when they are all highlighted, you get something similar to the Windows Image Viewer.
 
glen8 said:
Let's say I have a folder containing 100 photos. If I double click one in windows, it opens up in photo viewer where I can click back and forward to view the other 99. If I perform the same task in os x, a single photo opens up in preview and that's it. If I highlight all 100 photos and click open, I get three instances of preview containing 1/3 photos in each?
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Highlight all the photos and press spacebar.

If I want to see the total size of three folders. In windows I highlight the three folders and do a right-click properties. Under os x, I highlight the three folders and click get info. It tells me the size of each individual folder but not combined.
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In Finder/Show View options, tick calculate all sizes. Then use some maths (or put the three folders in another folder if you can't add).

Viewing disk space is a pain....windows you simply go into my computer and you can see at a glance. Os x you have to click the apple, about this mac, more info, storage
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Finder/View/Status Bar or apple + /

is there some guide to 10.9.4 kinda like a dummies guide where you can learn how to use it properly? im sure there are quicker/easier ways (and not just keyboard shortcuts)
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What do you mean use it properly? Give us some examples.
 
JonJ678 said:
I suspect OSX makes a bit more sense if you learn the keyboard shortcuts. For example, I don't know how to delete files without using the menu - I expect it to involve the backspace key, but backspace doesn't seem to do anything. I can't seem to get windows to snap to the edges, but that's such a ridiculous omission that there's probably a keyboard shortcut for it as well.

Regarding the user interface, Finder doesn't appear to find anything. Search terms like *.pdf seem reasonable to me but don't seem to achieve anything. Launchpad seems to promise much of the functionality that I expected from Finder, except only some programs show up there. The app store doesn't include programs that are readily available for OSX if you search for them in a browser. It's also convinced I'm based in the US and then refuses to install anything when it realises I'm in the UK.

Installing programs which aren't in the app store involves dragging icons around then wondering where the files have ended up since finder doesn't know. I believe there are third party repositories modelled on the *bsd or linux methods, but I haven't set up any. The included unix toolchain is badly outdated which makes cross-platform compilation irritating. Overall it's most reminiscent of searching cnet for potentially useful programs circa 98se.

Overall the learning curve is too steep for me to bother with. I just use terminal instead.
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The terminal is the saving grace of OSX, I just don't bother using anything else.
 
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