But, just as it is a mistake to blindly cling to the old and comfortable, neophilia is a trap in itself. And it is a bit amusing to watch, for instance, new crops of editors repeat the same mistakes old ones got through in whatever GUI drag is trendy is this week.
For your Mac OS comparison to make any sense, you'd have to point to something comparable to lacking memory protection. So... what would that be? I have a sneaking suspicion you mean GUI integration with whatever OS you use, but I'd like to be clear.