Mac's Ease of Use

Dear Apple Guys,

You inherited a great deal from late Steve Jobs, rip. The reason why he was such a hero in computing world was that he made use of computers easier for many people by creating windows. Later on, he did the same with iphone's touchscreen.

I've been using computers for 30 years now. I began programming with Basic language on a Commodore 64 (For younger people, 64 here denotes 64 KBs!) Later on PCs came with Windows. Windows 95, 98 and the series went on.

Even though I graduated from a science major with exceptional degree, I am not a computer geek. I am a great engineer, an accomplished businessman with great interest in machinery, systems, everything analytical. So, please, I am not dumb, I can learn anything very quick.

However, I am sick and tired of learning to use every new trick and short cut every new operating system's designers implement. I have a life, don't want to spend my hours and hours while trying to use iphoto, trying to locate my files, sort them and dump the unnecessary ones. Now that the system warns me about need for disk space. Under normal conditions, I would open the file folders, locate the big files and delete, zip or move the redundant ones. However, now I have to go through iphoto's masters folder, check all my photos and find them in some sort of hidden places then go through them in such a messy method. Same headache goes with synchronizing my PC with my Macbook. There are programs which run only on Windows, I don't want to eliminate my PC from my life altogether. Even seeing my years of PC backups by connecting my external HD with Macbook is a disaster. Am I supposed to dump all my years of backup?

Why do you make life for people like me harder? There is a "way" for everything, there is a "shortcut" for everything. Go through the threads, support is full with comments like "Ah, it's very simple, do it like this, like that". Why do we need to learn such things? Make it simpler, follow the founder's footsteps.

There is a whole history of computing before your OS. I understand you are trying to rewrite the rules of operating systems and break the hold of Microsoft by establishing new standards. However, you can not expect us to enjoy this ride, which in my opinion, a totally USELESS, WASTE of time and effort because locating a short cut in there, in another place doesn't really add value to our lives.

Macbook's hardware designers did a great job. A very good machine, battery lasting long, light, durable etc. You use the whole Apple's image and other teams' contributions to this effort but sorry guys, such an OS is a total waste of everyone's effort. You squander a great deal of work that went into creating such a great piece of engineering.

To my opinion, it's just hubris to create such a system, to prove how smart the OS designer guys are, much different than the rest of mortal people with normal blood colors. I can stand up and ask "Why do I need to learn to go through such a maze, how does it add value to my life?" perhaps other people can't tell you this.

Dear marketing people, Nokia went out of cellular phone game because they overdid the marketing. I wanted a light, small, with camera, with voice recording and buzzing phone with long battery life but they offered 15 different phones, all with different capabilities, none which had all. They didn't care about what people really wanted, they thought people had to buy one anyway. Now, if you are thinking what OS designers doing is right, you are in the wrong track.

I am selling my Macbook and going for a Lenovo. You've been warned and you are welcome for my honest, frank, objective feedback. Perhaps the moderator will be democratic enough to let this post published and there is a real innovation at Apple's Mac department and we will all see how really good OS designers might be employed who serve the users, not their egos.