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Offline psxphill

Re: What is your main OS besides the Amiga OSes and why?
« on: November 09, 2014, 05:24:45 PM »
Quote from: Blinx123;776951
I guess I can take Denmark off my list of "countries I'd never pay with a credit card in".

Windows is used for credit card payments in all countries. Linux too and look how often that gets hacked.
 

Offline psxphill

Re: What is your main OS besides the Amiga OSes and why?
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2014, 06:55:59 PM »
Quote from: Blinx123;776976
Basically the whole banking sector concentrates around certified Unix solutions.

Certified for what? Have you seen the number of exploits in unix systems?
 
 Windows certainly has a bad reputation, but it's generally not deserved.
 

Offline psxphill

Re: What is your main OS besides the Amiga OSes and why?
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2014, 09:04:09 PM »
Quote from: amigadave;776986
I would never run any Windows OS, and I would convert both systems into Hackintosh's

Weren't people buying apple intel laptops and installing Windows because it was really fast hardware but MacOS ran slower than Windows?

I don't know what bloatware you have. Some PC manufacturers install a load of software for you, I always reformat and reinstall.
 
 I don't remember the Amiga 1000 being particularly fast when the disks were grinding away or when bringing a window to the front as it redrew the contents.
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Offline psxphill

Re: What is your main OS besides the Amiga OSes and why?
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2014, 06:41:51 PM »
Quote from: Blinx123;776990
One literally can't go through the day without reading news on GNU/Linux or one of the BSDs. The same cannot be said about Windows.

Sure, Linux & BSD are attention whores who don't have to worry about being backward compatible with 20 year old LOB apps.
 
 They get an easy ride, which you can go along with. You shouldn't be naïve to think that there is anything inherently better about how they are developed.
 
 You can have it quickly, good or cheap. Pick two.