There are a couple of things I don't like about the iMac. One is having to relearn keyboard shortcuts. The keyboard shortcuts do not directly translate to a PC, and I never realized how dependent on them I am. Trying to force my middle finger to use CMD-C to copy instead of my pinky requires re-training what my fingers have been doing for over a decade. The Home and End keys on the iMac don't function the same way either. CTRL-A doesn't select all but actually returns you to the beginning of the line, except when you're in a webpage form field, sometimes then it takes you to the previous webpage losing everything you were typing in the form field. Very frustrating!
The only other significant thing I don't like is the operating system has the same opinion about my intelligence as Bill Gates does, that is that the computer knows better where I want my files than I do. NOT TRUE!!! Steve Jobs, give me more credit than that!
For instance, I've been using iMovie to create a movie (more about that tomorrow). When you're finally finished, you don't "Save" your movie, in fact you can't even save your project, you have to go on faith that it's saving it for you (which also means don't work ahead expecting you can "save as" a different filename later - any change you make is made to this one and only version). When you're ready to use the final product, you "Share" it. You can share it in different formats, each choice determines where on the computer it goes, for instance you can share it with iDVD so you can write it to a DVD. But can I find that file anywhere? No, it's not to be found, not even through searching, although I don't know what the filename is which makes it difficult.
If I just want the file itself because I want the file off my iMac and not in one of their pre-determined uses such as an iPod or iDVD, I have to export it. According to Apple documentation, exporting does exactly the same thing and uses the same format as sharing, except exporting allows you to give it a filename and decide where to save it. Imagine that, a user wanting to know what the file is named and where it is.
