Windows is buggy and slow lets buy a Mac

[tone007]

Mac is lame and Windows ROOLS hahahaa!  Mac is for n00blets!

[KThunder]

When Windows 95 came out, it's strong selling points were plug and play and ease of use. It impressed gamers because you didn't have to fiddle with DOS anymore.
Microsoft has gone daft, putting in more and more bloat. The OS is more of a whiz bang application than an operating system. The fact that you automatically buy Windows with any name brand PC or laptop means M$ can sit back and contentedly rake in money. That automatic bundling is really bad for non-sheeple consumers.

Gamers will simply abandon the Wintel PC and they have been. That is a fairly big chunk of business.
I can see innovation has ground to a halt, ty M$.

Are you serious?!?!?!?!?!?!
windows vista sucks but 7 is xp and then some.  its fast, streamlined and stable. the only reason we have multighz multicore cpus and video cards with shaders etc. is because of gaming on the pc. not mac (sheesh gaming on the mac has always been a joke). consoles never really pushed the state of the art either. all along the way they have been ither right at or a bit behind pc chipsets.
"m$" has been at the forefront of innovation by supporting and upgrading directx and other api componants. opengl was stagnant for years and has only just pulled up semi-level.
the only people "abandoning"  pcs is because of cost of upgrading not lack of innovation.

you may not like them but without intel and microsoft computing would be nowhere near what it is today.

[save2600]

you may not like them but without intel and microsoft computing would be nowhere near what it is today.

Decided to edit the hell out of my diatribe. "Computing" in general terms absolutely sucks today, especially the experience that is the internet and it's only getting worse. You can have it!

M$ and Intel were/are the catalyst for the mainstream to have taken computing down the over commercialized and mediocre state it's in. As time marches on, I'm taking less and less of an interest in modern "computing" and the Internet as a whole.

[kickstart]

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 thats true but million eyes observing security fails in earth of the different windows versions vs 100? 200? 0? of people seeking holes on osx is a big difference.

Dont forget that osx have important security holes, some fixed some not, or remember this "competitions" of hacking the different os, osx is not the winner.

[B00tDisk]

"Security through obscurity" (which is what macos and amigaos have) is like saying "Oh man, I'm going to move out into the country where my house is never ever going to be burglarized" instead of buying a lock for your damn door.

[amiga92570]

Yes thats true but million eyes observing security fails in earth of the different windows versions vs 100? 200? 0? of people seeking holes on osx is a big difference.

Dont forget that osx have important security holes, some fixed some not, or remember this "competitions" of hacking the different os, osx is not the winner.

Most of the hacking and computer hijacking is done to Windows because that is what 99% of business and 90% of people use. If you want to steal data or personal info, go for the windows box. If not you won't be very successful in you endeavors.

[Nlandas]

He's right though. Nothing useful came after about windows 2000. Personally i'll run xp untill I can't find used hardware that can run it easily, or web browsers drop support with no hack to get them going again.

I'm no Windows fanboy but Windows 7 is a very stable OS and worthy successor to Windows XP. We are working out the kinks with our Novell SuSe Linux network and once finished will be migrating all of our XP boxes to Windows 7.

I'm running it on both of my machines at home and very pleased with the results.

I'd still love to see another Amiga type machine in my lifetime but I'm certainly not going to start buying rotten fruit. I'd rather build a commodity box and install any number of alternative OSs on it. Linspire, Redhat, SuSe, Solaris, AROS, etc., etc., etc.

[Tenacious]

I use 4 different OSes.  They all have their strengths and weaknesses.

OSX:      Tiger runs well on my G4 and G5.  It seems more immune to attack-ware.  It often seems there is only one way to do things.  This OS seems to take the opinion that it knows (better than me!) whats best.  I trust this OS the least, I wonder that the contents of my HD are reported back to Apple.

XP:        It has the better thought-out UI compared to OSX.  Things are hidden from me, the HD is in use for no apparent reason.  I don't trust this OS either.  As time goes by, it gets slower.  Mal-ware? Fragmentation?  Seems undefendable.

Ubuntu:  Just starting to try this out.  Some people wrote this OS to prove to themselves they are intellllligent!  I like open source.

AmigaOS: Fun. Does what I want it to.  I trust this OS, it doesn't spy on the user.  Nothing seems hidden.  The HD is active only when I tell it to be.

[haywirepc]

In my view macs are for people with more money than technical skill. They work out of the box and for most users, they are harder to break than a windows pc. Myself, especially now that they are basically wintel machines running osx, I wouldn't spend that much for a closed system intel pc. In fact the only way I will ever buy a macintosh is buying one to run MORPHOS on.
 
As far as windows...
Windows lacks good security but that can be easily fixed with a little know how. Windows has the most applications and games too... Wintendo basically. I keep windows just for games and video editing, the rest I use linux for, and of course there is always
 
AMIGA!

Steven

[fishy_fiz]

Im not a fan as such, but I dont dislike Windows either (XP Pro here). It's a useful tool with lots of good software, and for the rare occasion Im in the mood for a modern game (beyond the current gen consoles which are showing thier ages(although still good fun)), the most advanced gaming system anywhere. The system itself isnt fun for me in the way amiga os/aros is, but its software makes it essential for me. Pretty much parallels OSX, but I dont really like *nix, and do on occasion enjoy modern gaming, so will stick with Windows for when I need something unattainable on my hobby systems (os3.x and aros).

[tone007]

Don't forget Bill Gates is an all-around cool guy and Steve Jobs is a complete tool.

[dreamcast270mhz]

When I need windows, its either 98se, 2k or XP. OS X- very good, I like the UNIX roots of it, the clean design, hate the intel part of it. I trust OS X more than Windoze. I hate that all of my networked windows boxes pick up all the bloatware $hit. I hate Micro$h

@KThunder

If windows and Intel weren't around like they are today, people would be more proficient in computers, hell ten years ago the users of computers knew more about the system they used than the users today.

@Tone007
These are some fool propaganda things you're saying. Bill Gates may be a nice guy, but Steve Jobs is NOT a tool, he is the master of the Mac Classic B&W. Okay he also pushed the Lisa, but he didn't make MS BOB nor did he screw OS/2 up. You may be a 'doze fanboy, but please state why in an intelligent, non-rantish manner.

[runequester]

Nobody outside the MMO circles gives a shit about PC gaming anymore. Sad but true. The developers are making their money off console games. How many PC exclusives did we get in 2009 ? How many games never showed up on PC at all ?

Most people just buy an xbox instead.


People have gotten convinced that they need 4 gig's of RAM to browse the internet and write letters to grandma. In 2 years when the computer is bogged down by malware, they'll be convinced they need to get a new machine with twice the system requirements of windows 7, and they'll use it for the exact same things people use PC's for now:

Write stuff, look at porn, listen to music.

[tone007]

These are some fool propaganda things you're saying.

The only fool is someone who gives a damn about what anyone else thinks of an operating system.

I have them all here, I use Windows the most.  They all do the same thing, end of story.  Any arguing that fact is completely pointless.

I like vanilla ice cream better!

[save2600]

Why have plain vanilla when there's FRENCH vanilla? lmao!

[kickstart]

Nobody outside the MMO circles gives a shit about PC gaming anymore. Sad but true. The developers are making their money off console games. How many PC exclusives did we get in 2009 ? How many games never showed up on PC at all ?

Most people just buy an xbox instead.


People have gotten convinced that they need 4 gig's of RAM to browse the internet and write letters to grandma. In 2 years when the computer is bogged down by malware, they'll be convinced they need to get a new machine with twice the system requirements of windows 7, and they'll use it for the exact same things people use PC's for now:

Write stuff, look at porn, listen to music.

The same thing to apple computers but more expensive than a normal pc but hei! they are cool! cool for a girls bedroom (installed windows xp/7 on it)