Windows is buggy and slow lets buy a Mac

[gertsy]

Uhh... no. Windows has so many security holes it leaks like a sieve, and some of them are tied to fundamental parts of the os that would be very hard to change. These problems aren't there in other modern oses.

Yes and 98% of those security holes are between the chair and the computer.  Yet because of the Windows OS popularity MS have no choice but to baby patch.

I have a 1998 Toshi Laptop with Windows XP SP3 that I use in bed upstairs (comfee!) behind a simple wireless router firewall.  It has NO Virus protection and I have turned off all MS Updates. This of course makes it run fast for a 10+ YO Laptop.  I use it for browsing only and have carefully set by browser’s security settings to custom high. I Do not logon as Administrator.
I check it “manually” for spyware every now and then and have never had a hit in 3+ years of use.

There are a lot of companies making a lot of money propagating the AV and Security train.

Don't get me wrong the holes are real.  But rarely do nasty things come out of these holes. Mostly people with blindfolds falling into them.

Gertsy

[gertsy]

On Windows:
I have had (legal) Vista Ultimate 64bit for 2 years now. It's slow, unintuitive and nigh on unusable until 5 minutes after pushing the power button. Out of the box Video and Music management is very good. I use Dual Boot XP SP3 for games.
What I don't like is all the cr*p about Windows 7.  The number of features attributed to Windows 7 that were already in Vista is quite humorous. But then again it is in the PC support industry’s best interest to propagate the uptake of new OSes to keep and increase a job for everybody.  For all intents and purposes all that Windows 7 has over Vista is a new name and some rewritten code to make things run faster. (Just as fast as a clean XP install)

Microsoft have, and will further move to shift people onto the new OS through proprietary bonding. “No soup for you!”

I’ve run Windows 7 Beta for a while and had a play on the release. SP1 will be out in a few weeks. What it delivers will determine if I move to it or an alternative.  But XP SP3 probably looks better than Mac because of my gamehead.

Cheers

Gertsy

[gertsy]

Why hasn't some one pulled the plug on this bunch of opinionated garbage?! This may well take the cake for the dumbest thread ever on amiga.org.

We should start a vote "Is this the dumbest thread ever on Amiga Org".  Yeah ?

While we're on Windows being slow. How about offering the same features over and over again and calling them "New"

The top 7 reasons for Windows 7 from the MS website and (why they sound familiar):

1. Keep your favorite files and programs handy: Pin them to the Taskbar.  (Quick launch bar since Win XP)
 
2. Use Snap to compare two files side-by-side with a quick drag to the edge of the screen. (Right click : tile vertically Since Win 95)
 
3. HomeGroup takes the headache out of sharing files, devices, and printers on a home network. (The only headache is incompatibility between Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 for home networks. This one is a bit of, make problem with Vista and fix it with 7 so nice)

4. Personlaise your PC Download fun extras to give your PC a personal touch. (Yes well you could do this from Win311)

5. With "Play To", it's easy to send music, photos, and videos from your PC to other media devices. (Right Click "Send to" does the same thing by putting the network folder or device in the "send to" folder, simple since 98(network))

6. With Windows Touch, you can use your fingers to scroll, resize windows, play media, and pan and zoom on your touch screen PC. (It's NEW Yippee! Lets buy it..!)
 
7. Parental Control  help them be safer online, too. (Err "K9" (with repudiation) works very well for free)

Happy days are here again, everything old is new again. Happy days are here again..!
See you can teach an old dog new tricks. You just tell everybody; "No these are new tricks, no really, they are...."

Gertsy

[gertsy]

I was a Novell zealot in the mid to late 90's, so I'm no stranger to questioning Microsoft.

Sounds SUSe to me..!

@ARKHAN Don't get me wrong I have no problem with MSs OSs> I use them everyday. I just find it frustrating that a new OS is marketed on flimsy features that effectively could be a SP or patch set for Win XP.  Market the beef.  The people that don't care about the technical details will buy it coz its new and cool.  So why not say.. It's new and cool and here's the specs man..

gertsy