Faildows 7 sucks; in a word: clutter; Apple poser

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by TteFAboB

The “I’m a MAC and I’m a PC” videos are wrong.

FTW! WIN7 user here.

Windows 7 hasn't failed me so far. Had to turn off that stupid Aero theme though cause you can't turn off those program previews when you hover over programs on the taskbar but oh well, the basic theme is fine with me.

[Gerald]

The basic theme is, in many cases the best I think.

[papa_smurf]

Windows 7 user here too, had no problems with it.

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

I'm so glad you're so familiar with the fashion tastes of 22 year old girls. That knowledge will serve you well when I apply your new eyeshadow. Would you prefer black, blue, or both?

You should know by now I prefer hot pink. Anyhow right now the hot thing is those ipads. Lots of young ladies sporting those in my classes.

Say what you will, but my iMac has never failed me. Even when I inevitably manage to hopelessly screw up the Windows partition, iMac brings it back. It still runs the latest games on Windows Vista (of all things) without much trouble. It is well worth the $1500 I paid for it.

I've seen macs fail completely and just as badly as windows. I personally do not like paying a surcharge simply because apple has re-branded something. I would comment further, but I do not have time

[Reece]

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

I would comment further, but I do not have time

Well said!

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

You should know by now I prefer hot pink.

<sigh> I'll see what I can do.

Anyhow right now the hot thing is those ipads. Lots of young ladies sporting those in my classes.

Makes you wish you had one, doesn't it? Just think of the conversational opportunities.

I've seen macs fail completely and just as badly as windows.

I don't doubt you, but my Mac has never failed me. My PCs, on the other hand, have managed to suffer everything from motherboard faults to hopeless registry damage every two years or so in the course of normal use.

I personally do not like paying a surcharge simply because apple has re-branded something.

I personally do not like like losing my data and paying for new computers on a regular basis. I expect my computer to work reasonably well and be efficient without the need for a lot of action on my part. I am not a software specialist, and I shouldn't have to be one to keep my computer running at optimal capacity.

I would comment further, but I do not have time

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I must admit that I don't know why that is something Reece would consider funny. I assume it's a reference to something that I'm not aware of. Please explain.

[joea]

Oh noes, not a Mac vs. PC again! Frankly both sides get on my nevers, I got a PC (HP) with Windows 7 last fall and it works great-that said I do like Macs just wasn't willing to shell out extra for two os just to play games. I got an iphone 4 though and really like it.

[gimpy117]

Those Ipads are also useless. I get that and more done on my HP mini.

[Krauter]

I feel like we've been trolled.. Where's the OP?

[Feuer Frei!]

Originally Posted by Krauter

I feel like we've been trolled.. Where's the OP?

No doubt out getting quotes on a P.C.

[MaddogK]

Originally Posted by TteFAboB

The “I’m a MAC and I’m a PC” videos are wrong. PC is the new Apple. Everything in Windows 7 is a sad attempt to emulate and copy the Apples.

But if I wanted an Apple, I’d buy an Apple. I’m not a 13 year old girl; I want efficiency, cleanliness and professionalism, not fluff and rainbows. I want my work to stand out, and my tools and my desk to fade away, and not the other way around.

Ironically, efficiency and professionalism was what Apples were famous for, before they became Pop and fluffy. Yet I always chose Windows because of its flexibility. I know what kind of computer I need, not Apple.

Well, not anymore. Microsoft knows what I need now, and I need to be Apple. Can I have my perfectly fine expanding Start programs menu? No, that’s too orange and not enough Apple.

The Windows 95 theme wasn’t reached by accident or experiment, but by trial and error. It was a fruit of science, labor and utility. It has perfect contrast: black on light gray, white on dark blue, frames between windows, configuration background gray, work space background white, zero clutter, maximum cleanliness.

Screw that, let’s make everything transparent and shadowy! That’ll help! That’s way more Apple! And make the taskbar bigger too, like Apple’s! And remove the text, leave just icons, like Apple, because our customers don’t work and multitask, they just stare at pretty icons like 13 year old girls! Look, unicorns!

****! Windows 7 is ****!

Even with everything thematic and all special effects turned off, which helps, the Start menu is still the new tiny cluster****, and Windows Explorer is still full of distractions. The optimum Win95 theme can be more or less recovered, but the programs are gone.

The new generation of Microsoft is fail; they are marketing and not professionally oriented. I just cannot see why one must destroy optimality in order to impress the visually impressible or, excuse me, blind. Certainly fat is supposed to go above the muscle or bone layer, the cutting of which should not affect the underlayers. Yet Microsoft has lost the bone.

Congratulations; for the first time ever I am looking positively and seriously at Linux. Go Linux, go! The User knows best; configurability for the win!

Prolly shouldn't knock MS around here, you might get a response like this

I find it amazing how people are anti-microsoft - yet run the software anyway. Windows is a heck of a lot more complex a OS "program" (although its many of them working together) than something like Silent Hunter. The Millions of lines of code that go into an OS compared to those of a game - due to their purpose - are alot more apt to create bugs. Yet, companies like M$ are alot more responsive to problems than say, Ubisoft. *This is not slamming the devs, just that the business models operate very differently and thus the companies have different focuses.*

MS constantly develops patches, workarounds and combined service packs to resolve issues - for years after a product launches. Game companies? Normally a year if your lucky.

But if people get a chance to jump on MS - they do.

At least you got

A lot of times the issue isn't the OS - its those who use it.

Good luck with your win7 issues, win98 lives on my dev PC, XPsp2 on my gamer PC. One day I may finalize my installation of SUSE on my Mac, but I haven't been that desperate (or drunk) in years.

[Garion]

I seem to remember that it was Xerox that first invented the WIMP GUI before the Apple included one on the Apple Lisa...

Also, does anyone remember GEM? I used on a very early PC and my Atari ST back in the mid 80's.

I still miss DOS and have a few old PC's with various flavours of it in the attic

Cheers

Garion

[MaddogK]

Originally Posted by Garion

I seem to remember that it was Xerox that first invented the WIMP GUI before the Apple included one on the Apple Lisa...

Also, does anyone remember GEM? I used on a very early PC and my Atari ST back in the mid 80's.

I still miss DOS and have a few old PC's with various flavours of it in the attic

Cheers

Garion

I totally missed the ST and TT series as I was deeply involved with my XE (running SpartaDOS) learning mac65. For the PC (IBM clone) I suggest FreeDOS, it's open source and runs great outside the current MS GUI.

[Garion]

Cool thanks I will give FreeDos a looksee

Cheers

Garion