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This just demonstrates that the "GUI" is an imprecise term. It's more accurate to refer to the Mac as having a "direct-manipulation" interface, which Windows mostly does not. I've been using interactive computer systems for almost thirty years, and I've always had a mental model of the files and programs as "real" things I was manipulating via the commands I was typing. When the Mac appeared, it seemed like a layer of obfuscation had been _removed_ from the process. Windows, unfortunately, still has aspects of an _additional_ layer separating me from the "things" I'm really working with. – Dennis