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Vox Pop: What's your "Mac Whine?"

We've started a new feature over on MacBreak Weekly that I really hope becomes a regular thing: "_Mac Whines_!"

Yeah, sure, I'm an unapologetic Apple fanboy (I, mean duh), but some stuff about my Mac experience makes me crazy. Have you got a beef with your Mac or OS X you want to shout from the shiny counter of the "Genius" Bar? Yeah, me too.

I'll open with:

  • inexplicable iCal "snooze" options (per MBW 30 -- which, incidentally, may also be my favorite MacBreak Weekly to date)
  • near-hangs whenever a mounted network volume is no longer available
  • no way to (temporarily) enable password-free user switching
  • The Finder. The goddamned Finder.

What's your Mac Whine?

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The edges of my 13"macbook,...

The edges of my 13"macbook, exactly where my wrists rest, feel like they are made out of razors. Hmmm, maybe an opportunity to market some riduculous fashion "cushion" item a la iPod socks!

I would also say the cost of Macs is my biggest whinge, I know that most of my friends and family would use them if they were cheaper - which means that poor Husbandunit wouldn't have to spend hours on the phone every week trying to talk them through how to fix their windows machines!

 
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