Fair enough. And I happen to like the fade-in menus for nothing more than that it is easier on the eyes. If you have a dark background, the fade helps, at least for me. It never seems very long either.

Now I can see why the whisking windows makes sense. I couldn't see where I could open the windows again, but I suppose if I looked at it now, I'd see what you're talking about.

I will also agree that "personalized" menus were one of the worst things that MS ever introduced into their OS. They also make it pretty tough to find out how to turn it off.

Someday when I have some time, I'd like to spend a couple hours in the Mac store and take a look around the OS. I don't promise that I'll like it (for me, at least, I have had nothing but bad first impressions with MacOS), but I'll give it a try.