I feel like this is wrong because it means I’m training myself to use something different than the Mac OS X standard – I’d rather they change their standard keyboard shortcuts to be more like Windows O:-). So whenever I use a Mac, I will basically have to swap the Ctrl vs. Windows key. Even if I used an actual Mac keyboard, I would still do this (ie, switch control and option).

That said, I’m pretty used to it by now, and I’m now reasonably comfortable using Mac OS X, albeit with my minor shortcut remapping, albeit with a bit of distaste for thinking different for no point other than to be annoying.

Yes I agree that at least so far I am using the mouse more often than on Windows, which is bad. However, it’s not entirely extreme, and I think a huge part of it is just that it’s still new and different to me. But, for example, with web browsing I can do ctrl+tab (to alt-tab into it), then ctrl+K to do a google search, then alt+tab to switch between browser tabs, and ~+tab to switch between browser windows within Firefox). This mac os x ~+tab I especially like, though in Windows 7 you can do win+num (for taskbar docked items) then win+tab, to do something similar. Similar, but different. In this case I’m not actually sure which I like better.

However, that does not excuse Mac OS X from making different therefore weird default shortcuts in terms of putting the ctrl key where the windows key goes and calling it an option key. Insanity.

Architecturally, I prefer OS X to Windows. Aesthetically OS X is beautiful to look at thanks to the Quartz rendering engine.

But all this aside, some of us live or die by our keyboard shortcuts and the Mac is hostile to keyboards in general. Any Windows power user is hereby warned: Get ready to click on things if you buy a Mac. You’re productivity will be slowed like nothing you have experienced before.

The Samsung Saga specifically is good because it has a mouse cursor with track pad (similar to BlackBerry’s track ball?)