lets see... i have to use eclipse which is god aweful slow, and i still cant figure out how to get functionality to work even after reading the documentation and support forums. i.e. reverting to previous versions of a file. undo buffer is too small.
i cant debug C++ code at all.
often the adb manager loses connection with the phone
often the adb manager wont print out log messages from the phone to eclipse.
i have to use cygwin (dont mind since i typically install it anyway) but really it seems they couldnt do this without linux/unix.
i need a new usb driver from every manufactuer in order to use that device with windows.

thats off the top of my head....

I'm sorry. Even as a software developer i have stopped hitting the "upgrade" button on all things except for Opera, and Firefox. why? because every release just moves up more into confusing user interfaces, more tracking, or charging for services that were free with previous versions.

examples:
biggest one XCode. 3.5 was free 4.0 costs $6.00. granted $6 is nothing. i don't care... but why am i being charged for a product that was free? what is the incentive to upgrade? Well i needed to code and i didn't have XCode 3.5 downloaded anymore (cleared space a while ago) so i paid to get 4.0. OMG is this thing horrible. the installer requires approx 30gig of free space.... the UI is horribly designed making me Apple doesn't know what developers want or need. strangely though as i expect they use XCode exclusively in house.

Skype. As an old AIM user i like a buddy list window and when i double click friends a new window open up allowing me to chat with them. the new skype doesn't allow me to do that anymore. i click on a friend and the window resizes and shows me buddy details. and when im talking with friends everything is tabbed with no option (that i saw) to make everything window based. so thankfully i had an old copy in downloaded. i deleted the new copy and reinstalled the old and will continue to use the old until the copy no longer allows it to connect to there network.

Firefox (maybe all browsers soon). i like the address bar. i like a search bar. i like them separated. why are they 1. getting rid of the bar and 2. why did they combine the search and address bar... so i dont use firefox as my main browser anymore. just as a browser for sites that dont work in opera.

Opera: every release since 10 has only added bloat to the browser. i love opera but i have a hard time lately running opera 11.11 and xcode and the same time on my 4 year old mac. yes my computer is 4 years old. i know i want a new one but i cant afford it right now. what is my incentive to upgrade when they will just add more bloat and not do anything to reduce memory consumption?

software in the 90's followed the KISS mentality and all was good. you had tons of little executables to do little tasks. can we bring those days back? i dont need 1 app that does everything. i need 1 app that does 1 thing and only 1 thing very well and very cleanly and does it very lightly.

im surprised they said "i dont know" and turned you away. the apple store i worked out we would say "i dont know lets find out" and download your app and try it to see if it worked.

stop lying..... no girls read slashdot.

i always used a lot of virtual machines. i had like 8 at one time. and i always had a VM that was as close to the dev machine as possible so i could test things and not get a "it works on my machine" in fact after a while i would only work on the dev environment that the bug was discovered on. doesnt matter what your computer's OS is as long as you find it easy to use.

i live in tokyo. since friday there have been daily earthquakes sometimes multiple with a magnitude of at least 3. i live in the akihabara area and businesses are doing their best to reduce all power consumption. people too are doing a good job of reducing power consumption. sections of the greater tokyo area are in scheduled black outs. trains are running at a 50%-75% schedule. as far what is happening up north.... i know what you know. where all my foreign friends have left i am still here. i went to shinagawa 2 times this week to get a reentry permit and the line the first time was 15hrs long. so i showed up the next day 1 hour before opening and the line was 2km or longer. as far as my japanese friends they are concerned however tokyo is still running, people still have jobs to goto and such.

welcome to the world of software development. lots of features only a small subset of users use. i dont follow firefox but i thoughts thats why they were trying to move everything to extensions.

while security though obscurity is not security it can be used as one pick of a larger puzzle to make it harder for possible infectors of your computer. i use 4 web browsers each with different security settings and plugins enabled to limit possible attack vectors.

the staff at the apple store is at least trained.

considering he gave the devil his soul for everlast life as the worlds greatest guitarist that wont happen anytime soon.