The official tablet (and other useless electronics) thread!

[Jake]

horray apple usability.
remember when to eject a CD,  you had to drag it into the trashcan?

I just installed an update for a random piece of software on my work Macbook. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't delete the install file. Apparently I had to "eject" it. So dumb. 

...and why do I have to use the command key to delete something? Is it because they're afraid apple users are incompetent and can't be trusted to not accidentally hit the delete key?

The "install file" was a disk image which must be ejected like any other form of media, you can do this by dragging to the trash or pressing Command-E. Files can be deleted by dragging to the trash or pressing Command-Delete. 

You don't use the "delete key" because that is akin to "backspace" on a Windows box and that key also does not delete a file. Windows lets you use the forward delete key, which doesn't exist on Apple laptops and didn't exist on various Mac desktop keyboards over the years. I think they went for a standard experience instead of a "oh if you have this key, use it."

All of you who grump about how hard and difficult Apple products are to use, but are in the technology world, really mystify me. If you're a professional, shouldn't you be adept at both OS's and be able to use either without complaint? I'm just as fast/keyboard-shortcut-y on a Mac as I am on a Windows box. Neither is hard to use at this point.