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Windows VS Mac

About 3 weeks ago, I bought a MacBook because I want to start writing some iPhone applications.  It's exciting and everything because all the commercial and advertisement on TV making Mac sounds so cool and wonderful.  For my entire life, I have been using Windows up until now.  With Mac there are a lot of getting used to and learn how to use a new OS. Things that I missed and not used to: Windows Explorer  - I still couldn't get used to the Mac Finder.  I'm so used to the tree view on the left navigation.  It's so easy for me to know where all the stuffs is.  Also, I can easily drag and drop files from one folder to another without opening another window. Cut and paste files  - you can only cut and paste text but not files.  So, when you want to move a file, you always need to Finder to be opened and drag the files to the new place. Software un-installation  - from what I research online, there is no consistent way of uninstalling software.  For most of the application