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Posted on 12/22/2006 7:42:08 PM PST by Swordmaker
So Vista has borrowed the Mac file storage system from 1995. Ooooooh, I am so impressed.
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Because it has so many problems and needs so many patches?
Ack!
Gates is enriching himself off Jobs. It's like having a brutish Gaul stalking you and taking 3/4 of the nuts you gather.
Now that would be a first time for Windows.
boy, are they easy to use and maintain
Now this is just getting ridiculous.
I'd settle for Jobs' share.
No sense being greedy.
What is he smoking?
This is the first time I've ever seen anyone say Windows computers are easy to maintain. I don't think anyone in corporate IT would agree with that.
Every time I see a Windows computer bought by a consumer it's riddled with spyware and virii, often hundreds of the silly things. And usually they are just about impossible to remove.
I know that Windows lovers will say that the anti-virus and anti-spyware software will take care of this, but the truth is that for anyone who isn't obsessive about actually using it, spyware takes you over.
Period.
I generally like the Economist, but I think perhaps they need to get a better tech columnist ...
D
But the real difference between Unix-like operating systems and Windows is their MARKETING philosophies
It was all about marketing way back when, that's the reason MS got the lion's share of the consumer dollar. Once they'd grabbed the market share and defined themself as the OS to have, it was more just a river carrying them along, not and never excellence.
Windows: the flotsam and jetsam of the OS world.
HAR!!!
Out Macs the Mac. When monkey's fly out of my butt, maybe.
How much did they have to pay this whore to write this trash?
I swear, this is the last PC I am ever going to buy. Just as soon as I can save up enough for a iMac, this thing is going into the trash.
Well in the commercial environment Novell Netware/Compaq ruled the small/med server market. When Novell didn't update Netware with TCP/IP, MS NT 4.0 Server quickly took over. With that came NT 4.0 Workstation. I think that marked the begining of MS's rise to near monopoly. Windows 95 was cool for home use, especially compared to Windows 3.1. But it was horrible for commercial use. Not that that didn't stop some businesses from using Windows 95/98 to run on their desktops(shudder).
I hope that HP and Dell allow the choice between XP and Vista for at least until this next summer. Otherwise it maybe pain to incorporate a Vista Workstation into an older network.
All told, the program comprises some 50m lines of computer code.Wasn't that the amount estimated for SDI control? ;')
Pffft.
What Mission Statement Generator has he latched onto?
HUH
Then why do my grown kids have to call up their daddy to fix their computers, while he never has to fix anything on my mac?
Windows is affordable, more importantly compatible, and most importantly easily available. Mac purchasers who want what they feel is a superior product can overcome these obstacles, but most new computer buyers would rather not. I was thinking of buying a new Mac myself, until I got a new 15" HP Intel laptop with DVD-R for $499. Could have gotten 2 or maybe even 3 for the price of a Mac. Not that the Macs aren't great machines, they are, and a good decision for those that can afford them, but Windows is cheap and everywhere, and I have all sorts of gizmos and software I need to be compatible, actually makes my life easier sticking to what I already have.
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