Okay, now, for real. I DO have some annoyances with Mac that really get under my skin.
Networking lockups
Now, this might not pertain to most of you Mac users out there, but when I'm trying to connect to a remote server, I want a "CONNECTED" or a "CONNECTION FAILED" within 10 seconds!
With the Mac, it doesn't do either. If it can't find the server, it says, "I can't find it. Let me try something else. Ehhh, nah, no good. There! I've almost got it...nope. Aww. Wait! No. Yes! Hang on a second...dangit..."
Safari doesn't do full-screen
When you're using a laptop with a small screen, you want to take the most advantage of your space. So, if you're using Windows, you simply hit F11, and you instantly have a full-screen view! The toolbars tuck away neatly to the sides, and you have a completely unhindered portal to the Internet!
With a Mac, you hit the green "maximize" button, and the window stretches down to the dock, but not sideways. The toolbars stay visible and in the way, even the menubar stays up. For you to get anywhere NEAR full-screen, you have to manually stretch the window. But don't do it too close to the dock...you might not ever be able to grab that corner without the freakin' dock bouncing up like a jack russel.
Safari 4 beta CRASHES ALL THE FREAKIN' TIME!
Now, this is understandable, but still irritating. Safari 4 Beta crashes every time I try to
iPhoto keeps on getting fatter and fatter
Someone needs to tell Steve Jobs that he needs to stop feeding cute lil' iPhoto. With all the new features Jobs is cramming down iPhoto's throat, he's becoming a sluggish, bloated tub of goo. Sure, Pudge can do nearly anything, but my MacBook is about to suffer a cardiac arrest. Trim back out the extra fat, and you might once again have the efficient and sprightly photo management software you once had.
The Apple key is gone! (Now nobody knows what I mean when I say “Apple+random key”)
What the heck is this???? No Apple key on the new Macs? That's like taking the wheel off of the iPod! You can't DO that!!! Oh, wait. They DID take the wheel off the iPod.
Bollocks.
Too many useless alternate keys! FN, CTRL, ALT/OPTION, APPLE/CMD
I'm tired of trying to remember: "Is it CMD+SHIFT+TAB or is it CMD+ALT+TAB? Or was it CMD+OPTION+SHIFT+TAB?
Geesh. Windows users have it so great. All they need is CTRL+ALT+DEL.
You still have network lockups? I can say with certainty I haven't had any network lockups since I installed Leopard (that was at the top my list of Tiger complaints).
You still use full-screen mode on web browsers? I thought that feature went away with windows 95 or something, heh. To each his own I suppose.
Safari 4's got issues, I'll give you that one. Hopefully will be fixed when it comes out of beta.
Good stuff on iPhoto. It is getting bloated, but it does an ok job of organizing my photos. Maybe they will rewrite it like they did for iMovie last year and strip everything out of it, haha.
The lack of an apple key is a good complaint. I kinda liked it. I'm growing used to calling it the command key, though.
And finally... too many "useless" alternate keys, you say? I personally consider this a great enhancement over PC's. Cuz sometimes you just need that one extra modifier. You spend a lot of time in Photoshop right? The extra key is also a big deal in Final Cut and other pro apps. And that option key sometimes lets you discover fun things when you try it out.
Just my two cents. Or maybe more like a dollar. I'm up for arguing with anyone about this stuff though, haha.