So, has Vista at least closed the gaping security holes that have made Windows such a delight for malware creators?
You bought into it, it’s not much of a surprise that MS makes most of their stuff overcomplicated.
ETA: and one can argue Macs are oversimplified.
What is overcomplicated about saving a fucking file?
Warning, not for the faint of heart…
In an ideal world, you shouldn’t have to learn your fucking rig. You should just use it. I’ve no idea what goes on under my car’s bonnet, don’t want to know, never will, but it doesn’t stop me driving my car. The user interface - steering wheel, accelerator, windscreen wipers etc - are a doddle to learn, and once learnt, don’t change. Computers will be really grown up toys when you don’t have learn how to be a geek to use them. (And this is from someone who loves his computer - but not unconditionally.)
My whole point is it shouldn’t be. I know what I’m doing, doesn’t mean I have to like the fact that I have to go through so many pointless steps to do it.
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My current mouse has four, plus a scroll bar, which equals five in my book.
Why can’t macs handle more than one button? Or maybe it’s a user issue… 
Mighty Mouse is multi button. link
Learn or die.
If you bought a car, that doesn’t have a steering wheel, woe unto you. Or, if you bought a car that uses a system of levers and pulleys to steer, woe unto you.
And no, computers are tools, not toys. Just because the computer can be used for entertainment, doesn’t make it a TV.
I don’t love my Mac unconditionally, but I’ve invested time learning how to get the most from it. And 98% of the time, I’m happy with it. What’s more, I earn my living using it.
Mine has eight - wheel vertical, wheel button, wheel left, wheel right, left, right, and two buttons on the side
You don’t rent many cars, do you? 
Whenever I rent a new model, there are always things “fucked up” about it (my pet peeve is when the gas is on the passengers side, instead of the drivers). While the basic function of the car doesn’t change, the “user interface” can vary widely - just ask my wife who rented a cargo van sight-unseen, only to find that it had a manual gear shift after they had run her card.
And while cars are complicated machines, they’re pretty basic in their function. An operating system is a completely different creature in terms of complexity and functionality and it demands a more intellectually involved user to properly run it. So you’d better to “learn your fucking rig”.
And, again, the OP’s issue isn’t even an O/S issue, but a user problem.
Look, why is things being easier to use (and making more sense) a bad thing? Do you want to have to click fifteen million times to do a basic task? You are seriousy not helping your argument. And plus you own a Mac so by default your argument is invalid.
That whole article is silly, misinformed, immature bullshit.
My stance is that Macs take the oversimplify philosophy, and PCs the overcomplicated. They each add up to a user experience that have their own, various pitfalls. Buy into the OS that fits you better. Then, learn it.
I see you’ve never used a Mac. At least I can say I’ve used both, but yes, I’m biased (who isn’t?).
But I don’t know of a car that doesn’t have a steering wheel, so I have no woes.
They are tools to some, and toys to others. I’m not a clairvoyant, but I guarantee that one of the major changes in computers in the future will be to address ease of use issues.
So have I invested time learning, but my wife and my elderly mother would love to use the benefits of a computer without having to be told ‘learn or die’ or spend hours reading a fairly incomprehensible help screen (no manuals today) just get an email.
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As someone has just said in another thread: preach it, brother!
Macs philosophy seems to be - “How can we break new grounds of sheer self-congratulatory elitist ponciness” whether that’s their intention or not, that is definitely how most sensible people perceive it. And Charlie Brooker is a sensible person.
What makes you think I’ve never used a Mac? I have, and I didn’t like it. I felt like sticking my fingers down my throat.
Another benefit of things being easier is that the inevitable email I have to send to my team explaining how to do something would be shorter, and there’d be a higher chance they could actually follow it.
Would you buy them a car before going to driver’s training? If so, would you buy them a stick or an automatic?