A conversion guide, if necessary found on a device you understand would have worked wonders. Your critique is undermined by its paucity. Rage quitting is uninformative. Do you quit all things this rapidly? Some good things take a little longer to learn and a lot longer to master. They can still be good with a learning curve a little north of your efforts.

Some people love osx command models. Some loathe it, my partner included. To her credit she tried a lot harder than this.

Hate to say it bit I think the issue is PBCAK. Sure, it's not for everyone, including people I love. But this is not a valid critique: it's a polemic in one test. The test failed, true.

Is there a search key on a Windows keyboard? Not on any Windows keyboard I’ve seen.

Spotlight is Cmd-Space, nobody uses the function key. Use your ... keyboard ... to select items.

seems you missed a vital step of selecting something after your search

you hit enter without... selecting anything...?

> Anyone else take issue with Apple's marketing and user-follower claims that the UI is intuitive, user-friendly and good?

No.