-D- wrote:
Here's why I prefer WinXP (over OSX)..
1. It's more stable in my experience (I had serious problems with shoddily-programmed Mac apps, mainly browsers, crashing to the point I had to constantly reboot the system)
Turn that around to Windows and I know exactly how you feel! To be honest I dislike the idea of rebooting the OS every time you change a frigging simple setting.. which is why OSX hardly ever needs to be rebooted :-)
2. The GUI is much faster and more responsive, with or without the "eye candy" (which, as others have pointed out, can be disabled in 2 seconds)
That is a fair point.
3. XP boots and installs much faster (not really a 'major' reason, but true nonetheless)
I installed MacOS 10.2 Jaguar in about 10 minutes. Beat that ;-)
3. Windows has a much better developed application base for most things...ever tried MacUAE, or checked out the Mac demoscene?
That is because it has the larger user base.. you can't blame the OS for that.
4. "IF" things do go wrong, Windows is generally easier to troubleshoot and repair
Mac is equally easy, and has a fantastic community too :-)
5. I don't like being raped as a consumer -- i.e, "Mac Edition" video cards, and things like RAM always cost three times as much, just to run what to me feels like a bloated home-brew Debian compile - and this doesn't even include the entrance "wham"...a $3000 system that comes with a Radeon 9600???
Off topic - we are discussing the OS not the hardware.
Now - if I were an "artsy", "I drink cappuccinos and smoke cigs" designer or something, that was more interested in how my computer blended with my drapes than actually using it...then maybe I could see it. 
Okay :-D
