What it really comes down to is that their software is too opinionated. At every turn I get frustrated by one inanity or another until I give up and just use something that works without requiring mental contortions on my part.
I spent a long time thinking about whether the hardware or software is more valuable to me, and, in the end, I agree with Gruber. The software really does make the platform.
(There's merit in both approaches)
Meanwhile the shortcut command for quit is right next to the key to close a window (at least in Qwerty). That's kind of stupid, but lets not go building any grand theories to confirm our biases just based on that factoid.
The fact that they were not specifically thinking of the terminal (which you are assuming) does not mean that it was purely by chance. That's a non sequitur.
One cool thing I learned while researching this is that Emacs-style keybindings work in TextEdit or any native OS X text area.
^A go to beginning of line ^E end of line ^L center line vertically ^K kut (cuts text till end of the line and stores it in a separate buffer from the clipboard) ^Y yank (pastes from the kut buffer) ^D forward delete (^ = Ctrl)
http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/apple2keyboard.jpg
http://www.oldapplestuff.com/Images/Apple2Computers/Apple2eS...
One cool thing I learned while researching this is that
Emacs-style keybindings work in TextEdit or any native
OS X text area.
Historically, the Mac initially didn't have a control key. It was introduced later to accommodate terminal emulation. There was no "legacy" to accommodate for the Mac of 1984; it was a new platform with a completely different UI from most other computers of the time. Since then Control has been increasingly used as a general modifier key -- though still limited compared to command, for exactly the reason you state.
Reaching and comfortably reaching are different.
I looked into the Galaxy Pro (http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_pro_b7510-3850.php) , but it looks like a bad compromise.
Seems to me that it's all about the difference in size. A full-sized physical keyboard is well superior to a virtual one. But on a tiny phone, either way is going to be painful, so it matters much less.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6857506/3.5in.png
Purple is the Galaxy SII circle. Orange is the iPhone circle.
Apparently the iPhone gives you magically larger hands for your smaller device. The confirmation bias is so thick it hurts.
I don't see any advantage to having a bigger screen. Especially when the bigger screen has less pixels (i.e. Galaxy S II). In that case, you actually have less pixel space for UI elements, text, video, etc. than you would with the smaller, denser screen.
Thanks for your input; I appreciate it.
Best way to do this is to partition your first drive into 3 partitions before installing OSX using disk utility pre-installation. Install OSX, bootcamp, windows, then linux. Then you're free to remove your dvd drive if you prefer using a hard drive in that bay, but you'll need the drive for OS installations.