Maybe not on Apple's laptops, but Apple's full size keyboards have it. Also, fn + "delete" will have the effect of deleting a character in front of the current cursor.
> no multiple desktops,
Mission control has multiple desktops, or are you conveniently forgetting that. Also, Windows and multiple desktops?
> breathtakingly expensive hardware and software,
Mac OS X at $30, then iWork at $79, iLife at $79. Should we compare to Windows? (comparing to Linux and free everything is always going to be expensive).
> awkward layout of files in the GUI,
Eh, what?
> closing apps frustrating X doesn't close the app it minimizes it but you also have a minimize button (??),
No, one closes the current context. Lets say you have 10 Word documents open, you can close the single instance using the red button, if you use the yellow button it minimizes it down to the dock. The two buttons have very different behaviors.
When you have Microsoft Word open on Windows, you can have multiple documents open as well, when you close one you don't want to close all of them, well on Mac OS X when you close the last one it won't quit the full application, whereas in Windows it will. Mac OS X Lion has solved this by allowing applications to specify that they are no longer in use and when required they will be quit.
> am I copying/pasting/cutting?,
Cmd + C == Copy
Cmd + V == Paste
Cmd + X == Cut
Clearly you are using it in a different context ...
Maybe not on Apple's laptops, but Apple's full size keyboards have it. Also, fn + "delete" will have the effect of deleting a character in front of the current cursor.
Mission control has multiple desktops, or are you conveniently forgetting that. Also, Windows and multiple desktops? Mac OS X at $30, then iWork at $79, iLife at $79. Should we compare to Windows? (comparing to Linux and free everything is always going to be expensive). Eh, what? No, one closes the current context. Lets say you have 10 Word documents open, you can close the single instance using the red button, if you use the yellow button it minimizes it down to the dock. The two buttons have very different behaviors.When you have Microsoft Word open on Windows, you can have multiple documents open as well, when you close one you don't want to close all of them, well on Mac OS X when you close the last one it won't quit the full application, whereas in Windows it will. Mac OS X Lion has solved this by allowing applications to specify that they are no longer in use and when required they will be quit.
Cmd + C == Copy Cmd + V == Paste Cmd + X == CutClearly you are using it in a different context ...