^This. If we're talking about intuitive use, comfort, and power of the physical interface, than I have to say that the Macbook Pro and it's family is absolutely superior than any non-customized PC.
After getting used the mouse/keyboard on the Macbook pro, I don't think I can ever feel satisfied with your standard PC interface again.
I actually like the depth of the keys, and PC keyboards often feel too shallow or too sticky to me. Though, if we're talking about PC, there are like a billion different makers and they all do things differently... Most notably, I hate how all the commands, mostly dependent on the Control button on PC, use a button that's so damn far away from the center of the keyboard. Anyone used to using computers uses the "command" button (or Control on PC) constantly, and having to use a weak finger like your pinkie or ring finger to hold it down is just painful. Command button on both sides of the Space Bar? Mac, ur doing it right. :)
Now if we're talking about mouse...
Ughh, I don't think I'd ever go back your typical point and click mouse again, not after getting used to the magic of Mac's touchpad.
I've always hated how the slightest touch on a pc pad = clicking. A lot of touchpads have buttons to push next to the touchpad because it's recognized that a lot of people hate the simple touch = click-- you want to push a button to get the response you want with exactness.
I had a Toshiba PC before buying the newest gen of Macbook Pro. I used it for years and always hated the touchpad. I think this is highlighted by the number of PC users that carry an external mouse with their Laptop! Come on, let's face it-- that's just annoying extra equipment to have. Plus, a touchpad doesn't need a surface to use-- it's just more convenient, so I can use it while sitting at an airport, waiting at a train station, on a bench in the part, etc. etc. Too bad PC touchpads suck...
It's just infuriating how it clicks when I'm just barely touching, or sometimes doesn't click if I didn't do it just right~~! *tears hair out*
The Mac's touchpad's click is intuitive because it's an actual button. It sinks ever so slightly, so the pushing motion is extremely exact~~ <3
This is not even getting into the various motions of the touchpad that give quick access to a huge breath of features. The quick sliding up and down of two fingers is so comfortable and natural that just the thought of a mouse wheel makes my stomach squirm.
God, I can just talk about viewing pictures in preview (especially reading manga or doujinshi)... it's magical...
2 fingers up-down goes up and down on one image. 3 fingers up-down goes back or forward a page. pinch fingers = zoom in, spread fingers = zoom out. The command button, conveniently located next to my spacebar, lets me easily use command-0 to go to original size, or command-2 to go to double size. It's so easy and immediate.
Using 3 fingers to navigate back-forward in a browser, or using 4 fingers to have instant access to your desktop by sliding up, or instant access to every single open window lined up for you to browse to by sliding down.
God, using all the fingers of my hand to get a huge variety of instant responses with an exactness that is impossible by any built in PC laptop mouse, or even by external mouses, without needing extra equipment, flat surfaces to work on, or anything but just you or your computer.
If we're just talking about interface, Mac's is just... awesome.
lol, if I want to right click, I'll just click with two fingers anywhere on the pad... which by the way, feels MUCH better than forcing the weak muscles of the middle finger to push independently of the pointer.
