Well, F2-F5 is how I save a file. ;) I just push my fingers up and mash any of those keys.
Actually there's an interesting advantage — Mac and Linux differ on using control and command keys. I'm constantly switching between the two OSes using VMs, and fairly awful things happen when my fingers get confused. Whereas there's no confusion between emacs and either those environments.
For cutting/pasting, Emacs uses a clipboard which remembers a bunch of things, not just the last thing you copied/cut. So at least you gain something to compensate you for initial frustrations. (Though I saw someone use a Mac program which improves the Mac clipboard in this direction.)
Actually there's an interesting advantage — Mac and Linux differ on using control and command keys. I'm constantly switching between the two OSes using VMs, and fairly awful things happen when my fingers get confused. Whereas there's no confusion between emacs and either those environments.
For cutting/pasting, Emacs uses a clipboard which remembers a bunch of things, not just the last thing you copied/cut. So at least you gain something to compensate you for initial frustrations. (Though I saw someone use a Mac program which improves the Mac clipboard in this direction.)