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My brother said that go to shortcut was F11, but F11 is volume control on my mac. F11 was screen brightness on my brothers older generation MacBook Pro.

These is some of the inconsistencies that I'm really surprised to see, but kinda go hand in hand with the inconsistency with command-line from linux.

I agree with your comment about getting more adept. However, with Microsoft, I find that you learn as you go. Keyboard shortcuts are listed, menus may be longer, but show you the functions you can use. It is more cluttered, but it is a platform that allows you to learn. Macs (and of course Unix) force you to go look for the solutions. This makes for a cleaner interface, but doesn't provide the opportunity for discoverability.

Personally, I'd rather spend my time learning a new language than a new OS.

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