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This is something where I definietly have to agree with Apple.

On my Windows machine at work, I frequently have to choose from these Yes/No or OK/Cancel options. The problem is there is no consistency.

In one of my call logging tools, if I try to close a record without saving, it'll ask "Do you want to save before closing? Yes / No"
In Office, if I try to close an unsaved document, it'll prompt "Do you want to save changes to ...? Yes / No / Cancel"
And in another Microsoft application, I get prompted with "Exit without saving changes? Yes / No"
And in yet another big name application, if I try to exit without saving, I get "Save changes? Yes / No / Cancel"

As you can see these are all different ways of asking the same question, and each has its own different behaviour. In some cases, pressing Yes will quit you out of the program without saving, and in others it takes you to the save dialog, and in some it will take you back to the document.

The main problem with the Windows user interface is that there is very little consistency and many of the prompts and options you see are really not informative or clear. Apple's guideline - that any button you can click on has a very clear meaning, such as "Save ..." or "Quit anyway" - makes a lot of sense.