10 Month Report - It Just Works

Sunday, January 28th, 2007 | Mac Resources, Reviews

The small things I appreciate about Mac OS X.

Its been 10 months since I purchased my first Mac. Its still the only one I own. That’s a testament to two things. One, that I’m not very rich and can’t afford to buy another one, even though I’d really love to. Two, it means that the original one still works great and doesn’t need replacement.

In these ten months I’ve learned that the claim of Apple Inc. is true. Macs just work. During this time I haven’t had to worry about viruses, performance, maintenance or service. I pick up my PowerBook G4 and it just works. I’ve also began to notice the little things that make Mac a great machine to use.

One of these little things is the red dot in the top left corner of every window. When you’re working in TextEdit, Word, Pages, or OmniGraffle and you have unsaved changes the red dot has a smaller concave dot inside it (See image). It is a great visual indicator that the file is not saved in its current state. Windows XP doesn’t provide such visual feedback. Since my day job requires me to use Windows, I’ve noticed how much I miss this small but very useful aspect of the Mac OS X.

What aspects of the Mac do you appreciate and love?