This week I watched all of the mac and pc commercials and read the articles that explains the OS operating system and the introduction into how a mac and pc are different. The articles used diagrams and showed how a desktop is laid out for a mac and explained how to create, move, copy, and reorganize folders and files. There were a list of shortcuts in lesson 3 that show how to do common functions without using the mouse. I learned how mac used its user friendly interface and reliable attitude to market themselves to schools and educational institutions.
This material is very relevant to my major and profession. I am a telecommunications major and make commercials and films for a living. Having switched from AVID to Final cut about 8 years ago I've been using macs extensively. The shortcuts are helpful in script writing and the organization of files and folders is critical when dealing with terabytes of data. I did not know that you could put applications on the desktop of a mac like you can with a PC. I'm sure this material will influence my major in some aspect.
Outside resource: http://www.wikihow.com/Pimp-Your-Windows-XP-Desktop-to-Look-Like-a-Cool-Mac-Desktop
This article shows how desirable the reliability and ease of use the OS operating system layout really is. People are downloading software and using specific desktop settings that allows them to imitate the OS operating system on a PC. Their computers still runs windows but looks like OS. Imitation is the purest form of flattery and clearly Vista took a few notes from apple when designing the operating system. Vista is much more similar to OS then windows XP was and I don't see Apple trying to share any similarities with windows.
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