HopperJF wrote:
I seen this discussion on the Mac Format board.. which do you prefer and why?
I know this may be accused of as flamebait, and I know Windows will probably win because the user base is larger.. but I am more interested in WHY you think its the best rather than how many of you think what OS is the best.
I love OSX simply because it is so reliable and so easy to use, and so comfortable. I don't know why I thnk that - I just do and I'm not talking bull either.. I mean I could easily flog the Mac and get an x86 box if I preferred Windows.. or ANY x86 operating system for that matter. Before OSX that is a different story, but in them days (1990s) I really enjoyed working with AmigaOS because like the MacOS, I felt comfortable using it and it was reliable and fast. (AmigaOS 3.1 would boot off my hard drive in 5 seconds flat.. on a 14MHz Amiga 1200!!) but times have changed, although AmigaOS 4 looks very nice, I decided to switch to a more up-to-date operating system with better support. Linux would have been nice but it is awkward to use and I'd be lost in a spaghetti of different distributions and architectures.
I wanted things simple - like the Amiga.
MacOS was the only way to go,
Thanks for a supporting a partly owned Microsoft OS for PowerPC i.e. at least MS's $150 million USD was invested during Apple Corp's dark days.
and boy am I glad I made that decision. I don't want to support a monopoly,
You may already have supported Microsoft by purchasing any 8bit PCs with MS BasicOS installed e.g. Commodore, Apple, MSX and ‘etc’.
one of a bad product at that, so Windows was out of the question. A nice Mac was what I needed. And OSX is just the best release of the operating system by far, it is absolutely revolutionary compared to all the other OS's on the market, INCLUDING the much-praised Windows XP which I happen to think is a load of bollocks, badly written drivers, ugly eye-candy and compatibility issues,
For GUI look, use either Silver or Royale themes(only with Windows XP 2005 MCE). The royale theme is similar to AOS4’s blue metallic window scheme.
whilst OSX is a seamless upgrade from the previous generations of the MacOS whilst retaining all the attribues that make MacOS so great and pleasurable in the first place.. which includes ease-of-use, reliability and functionality.. not to mention being friendly.
The only good OS Microsoft have made in my opinion is DOS. If DOS was still being developed and supported I'd probably use it as well as OSX but it doesn't so..
OSX wins hands-down, no matter what the Windows users may say.. I have used both and OSX is definitely the better OS. OSX is the way to go baby!!!
Next?? :-)
MacOS X and DOS are somewhat contradictory. No matter how you skin it, Microsoft still gets you.
