Posted on 04/07/2009 2:10:36 AM PDT by dennisw
Windows 7 is going to kill the overpriced Mac business model. This severe recession is also impacting Mac sales since many of the liberals and artistic types made money on Wall Street and our financial sector which is undergoing major shrinkage
Vista is a great OS. The media killed it. The media hates Microsoft.
As I am a mutant (MacPC), I think they both have strong points, which is why I use both.
I do not like Vista! It isn’t media hype, it is overloaded with jazzy looking features. I am not about appearance, I am about fast, efficient work. Never another Windows product again. This computer with any other OS would fly, with the bloated vista, it performs only satisfactorily, while I wait. My favorite Vista message:”____ not responding”. It can be email or my browser or any program. But WOW, it has really jazzy features. Grr. My other favorite was downloading a SP that left me unable to access the net, until I restored it.
I’m a penguin.
Cheers!
Microsoft made a huge error with Vista in the compatibility department. I’m not talking about hardware compatibility but instead software compatibility. It was a huge problem for me. I ended up having to use VMWare to run Win2k virtual machines to run software programs that there are no replacements for.
Other than compatibility I’ve had very few problems with Vista. I can’t remember the last time the OS crashed.
Ping
Sorry. I don’t get “____ not responding” with Vista. I’ve been using it 14+ hours a day for two years.
> I’m a penguin.
I wish I were a Penguin. My next machine will run Linux.
Hard to generalize from this.
Cheers!
The OS doesn't work, so I have to use a proprietary platform to imitate other versions of the OS a lot. Other than that, it's great.
It's like saying your wife is great, but due to compatibility issues you need to keep several mistresses around. Other than that, she's great.
Cheers!
About the only time I see this is when someone else's server is locked up.
I just retired from teaching in the Computer Technology department of a Big 10 university where there are thousands of PC's running in various labs. In most cases, users could care less about the OS than the specific software program they are running, and the variety is huge...from statistical packages (SAS, SPSS, Microstat, etc.) to mathematical modeling, to engineering software. Some MAC users stick with it because of a specific program they run on the MAC. I know relatively few who pick either machine purely because of the OS. They will even tolerate less-than-optimal OS performance as long as the program performs within reason.
I predict that Mac will survive, because of the quality of the product.
Plus PC’s are PRONE to viruses.
The OS works. It just doesn’t support old software well if at all.
Much of the “old” software I’m talking about was written 10+ years ago and there are no replacements for. Specifically they are engineering programs designed to solve specific engineering problems.
For all the normal things people do there are few issues.
For anyone who primarily uses the software that comes with the computer or software that is downloaded off the Web that is current it isn’t a problem.
There is a difference.
Yep.
My computer is a tool not a temple.
It is all about what software tools are available to solve the problems I deal with efficiently.
The bottom line is I’ll use whatever OS gets the job done with the least amount of pain.
Your guy vs. my guy ping
“I’m a penguin.”
Me too; Ubuntu’s speed, performance and stability can’t be beat.
I disagree, I have used both PCs and MACs since the 1970's, mainly PC's most of the time. Lately I am tired of PC's and the high maintenance in time to fix every issue. I recently sent in one of my Lenovo's for a broken latch under warranty. The laptop came back with no network connection, either Wifi or hard wired. So after 2.5 hours talking to Lenovo and down loading drivers on another computer, burning to CD to transfer, the laptop works again. With a PC it's always something to deal with. So if my PC was a car, I would always be working on the car in order to get back and forth.
My other complaint is that I takes a while for the PC to work, even when waking from sleep.
I have neither of these issues with a MAC, it works without issues and I open the Macbook and start to work.
Now that said there are software and some Internet web sites which do not support MACs, thus the need for a PC.
Bottom line, I'm tired of learning all about how to make and keep my PC working, while not even having to think about the MAC.
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