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Cordova, TN | reply to JohnInSJ
Re: [rant] Dont they get it - its not just the hardware said by JohnInSJ:I am literally STUNNED that this is posted in a mac forum. Stunned. I'm a long time Microsoft customer who has barely touched Apple products over the years, but I agree with the "lipstick on a pig" assessment. I know that Windows is rotten to the core, and while Microsoft may fix this or that with any given release, it's just really not in their DNA to be able to provide a quality, stable, secure OS. |
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| said by scross:said by JohnInSJ:I am literally STUNNED that this is posted in a mac forum. Stunned. I know that Windows is rotten to the core You "know" this how, exactly?
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scross
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Cordova, TN | reply to ptrowski
said by ptrowski:I agree it's a matter of preference, that's why I find these threads funny. Person A says they love iOS and everything else sucks, usually without any first hand experience with the others. Person B says ios sucks, and so on.
Funny, I'm the one who usually points out that people who think Windows is a quality OS probably don't have enough experience with any other OS to be able to make that call. And then I get called all kinds of names for pointing that out. Hopefully you won't suffer the same fate! |
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scross
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Cordova, TN | reply to JohnInSJ
said by JohnInSJ:said by scross:said by JohnInSJ:I am literally STUNNED that this is posted in a mac forum. Stunned. I know that Windows is rotten to the core You "know" this how, exactly? 25+ years of experience working with it, by choice or necessity (including since before Windows 1.0 was even officially released), while also working with other operating systems that are far more stable and secure and reliable, with basically zero malware issues to boot. I'm not saying that later versions of Windows haven't made the situation somewhat better, but it's kind of like adding more nails or screws and layers of patch and paint on top of rotting wood - it may get the job done (barely), but you never know when it's going to collapse on you, so it just needs rebuilding from the ground up. But by the time Microsoft could possibly do this, the world will have moved on, as it is doing right now. |
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San Jose, CA | So, when did you stop working with it? Do you work with it with UAC disabled?
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said by scross:But by the time Microsoft could possibly do this, the world will have moved on, as it is doing right now.
By...continuing to buy the same products? Not sure what you're getting at here. |
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| said by Thaler:said by scross:But by the time Microsoft could possibly do this, the world will have moved on, as it is doing right now.
By...continuing to buy the same products? Not sure what you're getting at here. Or what it has to do with iOS. Which hasn't changed significantly in 2 years (iOS4.2)
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scross
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Cordova, TN | reply to JohnInSJ
No, I continue to work with it (I'm working with it right now) because I generally have to out of necessity, plus I have several computers at home with various versions of it loaded. All of them have UAC running, if it applies to that version.
But ...
I got so tired of listening to my wife and daughter complain about this and that problem with their Windows boxes ("Honey, that's just Windows for you. Windows sucks - always has sucked, always will suck!"), and so tired of having to deal with the incessant patches and emergency updates and such (these were turning into a major time suck for me), that I told my wife that if she wanted to try a Mac then we could buy her one as a test. That was several months ago now, and I've barely heard a peep out of her concerning her MacBook Pro, which she loves so much. Now my daughter wants one, too, and I may not be too far behind myself. Although I would probably go more down the "dump Windows and go to Linux or Android" path myself, or maybe build a Hackintosh or something. |
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scross
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Cordova, TN | reply to Thaler
said by Thaler:By...continuing to buy the same products? Not sure what you're getting at here.
Mac, Android, Linux, etc. - ever heard of those?
Soon it will be true (if it isn't true already) that most people and organizations which continue to use Windows do so because they HAVE to for various reasons, not because they want to. |
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scross
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Cordova, TN | reply to JohnInSJ
said by JohnInSJ:Or what it has to do with iOS. Which hasn't changed significantly in 2 years (iOS4.2)
Was there a question here? |
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said by scross:No, I continue to work with it (I'm working with it right now) because I generally have to out of necessity, plus I have several computers at home with various versions of it loaded. All of them have UAC running, if it applies to that version.
"if it applies to that version" - so they had problems with windows 7? What version? I am seriously asking, because there is a world of difference (core) between XP and 7. If 7, 32 or 64 bit?
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said by scross:said by JohnInSJ:Or what it has to do with iOS. Which hasn't changed significantly in 2 years (iOS4.2)
Was there a question here? Yes, why are we talking about Windows desktop as if it is what would be running on a windows phone? WinPhones run on top of WinCE (pre win8) or WinRT (native ARM) for win8, and have nothing to do with Windows desktop OSes before 2012. It's like saying you're not going to get an iPhone because you found MacOS9 on your PowerPC to be horribly unstable.
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scross
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Cordova, TN | reply to JohnInSJ
said by JohnInSJ:"if it applies to that version" - so they had problems with windows 7? What version? I am seriously asking, because there is a world of difference (core) between XP and 7. If 7, 32 or 64 bit?
I am currently running a mix of XP, Vista, and 7 - mostly Vista, which was the first version to have UAC. I actually have Win7 upgrade disks for all of the non-Win7 boxes, but I haven't found Win7 to be superior enough for it to be worth my time and effort to do the upgrade on any of them. The odds of my voluntarily moving to Win8 are slim to none, too; I will probably choose a whole different path here.
And, no, there really isn't a "world of difference" between them - not from where I sit, anyway. They may have tweaked this or that, or replaced this or that, or recompiled this or that, but deep down inside it's the same old Windows, with the same old design flaws and the same old problems.
You know, folks, I've been married for a long time now. My relationship with Windows is kind of like a marriage that wasn't that great to begin with, where your spouse keeps saying they will change their miserable ways but they really never do. You can never trust them very far because they are always letting you down, but you end up staying together for a long time for the sake of the kids or whatever. At some point, though, you just have to say "Enough!" and end it already. |
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Cordova, TN | reply to JohnInSJ
said by JohnInSJ:said by scross:said by JohnInSJ:Or what it has to do with iOS. Which hasn't changed significantly in 2 years (iOS4.2)
Was there a question here? Yes, why are we talking about Windows desktop as if it is what would be running on a windows phone? WinPhones run on top of WinCE (pre win8) or WinRT (native ARM) for win8, and have nothing to do with Windows desktop OSes before 2012. It's like saying you're not going to get an iPhone because you found MacOS9 on your PowerPC to be horribly unstable. Same company, same developers, same code base most likely (even if they claim it isn't). Whenever I hear the words "WinPhone" I immediately think "Oh, great! Another device to fail unexpectedly at the worst possible times, to need endless patches, to require layers of anti-malware before it can be considered even reasonably secure, and so on and so forth." And that's before even having to worry about a potentially disruptive user interface. If I'm going to learn something new here, then it's going to be something that I feel is genuinely superior, not the "same old same old" with just a new coat of paint on it. |
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"No offense" but your reading comprehension is poor. Perfect contrast and blacks have nothing to do with distorted colors. Everything on the Samsung S2/S3 screen looks hued to me - and I'm definitely not the only reviewer to notice that. The PenTile screens are nowhere near as sharp as the iPhone's screen either.
I'd rather have good color accuracy (which Apple has) than "perfect contrast and blacks". You ever looked at the same photo on those devices side by side? iPhone wins. You try reading webpages? iPhone wins. Case closed.
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said by scross:said by JohnInSJ:"if it applies to that version" - so they had problems with windows 7? What version? I am seriously asking, because there is a world of difference (core) between XP and 7. If 7, 32 or 64 bit?
I am currently running a mix of XP, Vista, and 7 - mostly Vista, which was the first version to have UAC. ... And, no, there really isn't a "world of difference" between them - not from where I sit, anyway. Ok, so you're not basing your assessment on anything current. Then it's perfectly reasonable and understandable.
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scross
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Cordova, TN | said by JohnInSJ:Ok, so you're not basing your assessment on anything current. Then it's perfectly reasonable and understandable.
Define "current". Your argument, BTW, is essentially the same one I've heard whenever a new version of Windows has come out - "This time it's different." But it's never really "different", now is it? As I've said, it's the "same old same old" - empty promises and hollow rhetoric (which is usually bought and paid for, I might add)!
The day that Microsoft releases an OS that doesn't NEED a constant stream of zero-day patches and such, for example, then maybe we can START to talk. Until then, no! |
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said by scross:said by Thaler:By...continuing to buy the same products? Not sure what you're getting at here.
Mac, Android, Linux, etc. - ever heard of those? Actually, no - I haven't seen a PC running Android. I've seen them run in emulation, but not as the computer's primary OS.
Microsoft's Windows persistent desktop/laptop presence hasn't really changed much over the last few years. I don't know where you're getting this read of a mass exodus of users from the Windows camp, but actual numbers seem to really disagree with this statement. |
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said by scross:The day that Microsoft releases an OS that doesn't NEED a constant stream of zero-day patches and such, for example, then maybe we can START to talk. Until then, no!
So, since no software manufacturer could produce an OS to run on 90% of computers without zero-day patches...you'll never begin talking? I don't get it. |
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