| From: | Gerald Mellor |
| Date: | 4 Sep 2000 at 13:34:21 |
| Subject: | Re: Oh No not linux |
Hi Don, on 04-Sep-00, you wrote:
> The Amiga isn't anywhere near as easy to use as we claim. Almost all
> Amiga users have been on the platform for years and know it by
> heart.
>
> A beginner with only Windows experience will find it quite
> difficult.
I'm inclined to believe that's the fault of Windows trying to
over-simplify things for the user, and implementing non-standard GUI
"features" such as 'My Computer' and the Start Bar.
I learned to use computers on BBC Micros, and learned to use WIMP
systems on Macs, and possibly because of this I found it fairly
intuitive to use Workbench, Windows, and Unix systems when I first
tried them.
On the other hand, a lot of people who learnt about computers through
Windows 95 have trouble understanding file system structures and other
basic computer concepts.
Perhaps this is a symptom of computers being brought to the masses in
recent years, so that more and more computer illiterate people are
using Windows systems. Or perhaps it's a more basic problem that has
been brought about by Windows.
Regards
Gerry
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