3.2 ghz Pentium. 4 w/ 2 gb ram
vista practically killed it
and leopard runs fast on all the macs i have. including a 1.33ghz g4 powerbook
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Will Windows 7 make you switch back?
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3.2 ghz Pentium. 4 w/ 2 gb ram
vista practically killed it
and leopard runs fast on all the macs i have. including a 1.33ghz g4 powerbook
I've never had a virus at work or at home. My computer at work stays on and maybe gets rebooted twice a year. No BSOD or random crashes. None of my coworkers get viruses or random crashes. All of these horror stories about Windows are so far fetched. If every company's computers were constantly crashing and getting viruses like people would want you to believe on macrumors then Windows and Microsoft would cease to exist. You have to be a total noob on the computer to bork Windows.
Use name brand hardware (not cheap crap) and the drivers will work out of the box and the stability will be there in spades. I've had no issues since NT 5.0 days.
On the flipside, my Mac's Finder is OSX is a JOKE compared to Windows Explorer. My wifi keeps dropping randomly on my MBP. 10.5.2 borked my graphics card on my Mac Pro and I had to wait until 10.5.3 to have it function normally again, with no option to change video drivers. Expose randomly throwing things up on the screen pales in comparison to the Windows' taskbar. It just looks cooler. OSX has it's virtues, but it's no utopia.
Use name brand hardware (not cheap crap) and the drivers will work out of the box and the stability will be there in spades. I've had no issues since NT 5.0 days.
On the flipside, my Mac's Finder is OSX is a JOKE compared to Windows Explorer. My wifi keeps dropping randomly on my MBP. 10.5.2 borked my graphics card on my Mac Pro and I had to wait until 10.5.3 to have it function normally again, with no option to change video drivers. Expose randomly throwing things up on the screen pales in comparison to the Windows' taskbar. It just looks cooler. OSX has it's virtues, but it's no utopia.
The only thing it will make me do is backup my applications on my gaming PC and install it there. I still game on the PC because the price on performance is great, and my gaming PC for a fraction of the price of my MBP destroys it. But thats really the ONLY thing I do on my Windows PC. The rest of my stuff (web, editing, work, etc) has been done on my MBP since I got it.
My gaming PC specs: Intel E8500 @ 3.7ghz (stock cooling), 4gb memory, 2.2TB HDD's, 512mb ATI HD 4850 video, 22" LCD @ 1680x1050 (my preferred resolution). All my games run max settings w/ no problems. So I'm happy there. Thats the only thing ti does outside my wifes normal PC usage.
My gaming PC specs: Intel E8500 @ 3.7ghz (stock cooling), 4gb memory, 2.2TB HDD's, 512mb ATI HD 4850 video, 22" LCD @ 1680x1050 (my preferred resolution). All my games run max settings w/ no problems. So I'm happy there. Thats the only thing ti does outside my wifes normal PC usage.
When I saw Windows 2000, I thought, OK, just another Microsoft Product.
Then XP comes out looking very un-Microsoft. It's actually pretty by comparison to 2000 and 98/95. There are parts that reminded me of OS X. I never really thought MS came up with their own stuff, especially back then.
When I saw Windows 2000, I thought, OK, just another Microsoft Product.
Then XP comes out looking very un-Microsoft. It's actually pretty by comparison to 2000 and 98/95. There are parts that reminded me of OS X. I never really thought MS came up with their own stuff, especially back then.
Obviously Ms copied apple here. Its almost exactly the same!
i think that windows 7 is a big step for microsoft, but not enough to make a serious impact on people switching from mac to pc. The best that they can hope for is to slow the masses of people switching from pc over to mac. People used to switch to mac, and still do, because they wanted an apple product or mac software. Some of my friends and friends of the family have been switching to a mac platform just to get away from windows.
Windows 7 should help build consumer's confidence in microsoft. My parents are in need of a new computer, but absolutely do not want vista. I have tried to show them that vista isnt that bad, but they have heard too much negative press on the software. I might actually be getting my father to switch to a mac.
7 should also be a big hit in the netbook arena, due to the lower system requirements.
The mac v. pc commercials that make fun of vista wouldn't be funny if they weren't true
Windows 7 should help build consumer's confidence in microsoft. My parents are in need of a new computer, but absolutely do not want vista. I have tried to show them that vista isnt that bad, but they have heard too much negative press on the software. I might actually be getting my father to switch to a mac.
7 should also be a big hit in the netbook arena, due to the lower system requirements.
The mac v. pc commercials that make fun of vista wouldn't be funny if they weren't true
Right now, no. From what I've used on the beta, it is stable and better then Vista, but beyond that, it feels complicated to use. Maybe its just me, but I'd probably wait and do more testing in a Virtual Machine before deciding to upgrade.
No, they're funny because they're so hilariously untrue and just shows Apple to be nothing more than an immature corporation.
That is so untrue (what you said).
Vista is an unstable, unreliable OS. OS X runs circles around it and all other versions of Windows.
Don
I think Vista to be extremely stable and reliable, just like Mac OS X. It doesn't mean either is free of issues, however.
But I do agree that Mac OS X is far better than any previous iteration of Windows prior to Vista. Now I feel they are both on par. Different strokes for different folks, as they say. Some prefer Mac OS X and others prefer Windows. There isn't really a clear-cut "right" OS anymore. And this is what I should have been clearer on earlier.
it's getting boring. just cuz steve allmighty says its trash, it's actually not.
overwhelming majority doesn't agree with him.
The majority of us don't get enough exercise either. People use Windows because that's what they grew up with. All they know is the status quo which is 'good enough'. Surprisingly, there's still this stigma from the 90s that Macs are slow and incompatible, and only have one mouse button. Most people I've come across don't even know Macs can run Windows even though all the iMacs at my university have Windows and the same people use those computers every day.
Also, people don't get swayed by advertising as much as people think. People don't switch because they see those 'Get a Mac' ads. The ads remind people that Macs exist and that there's an alternative, but ultimately, the user makes the active decision to switch.
Back on topic, I really like Windows 7 so far and that's through Parallels. I can't wait until the real thing comes out so I can run it natively on Bootcamp. It won't make me enough to use it as my primary OS, but it'll be nice to use it once in a while especially for games.
Actually, no. Advertising is extremely effective. You watch a commercial enough times and soon you'll remember its jingle and what it's selling. Advertising is an extremely lucrative business because people are very much swayed by advertising. Apple knows this, and their "Get a Mac" is very successful. They wouldn't have kept it around for as long as it's been around if it wasn't very effective, as "Switch" wasn't. There are many people who believe Vista is a bad OS because "they said so in the commercials." Don't underestimate the power of advertising.
Couldn't agree more. The registry is a pain and more often than not, the root of most problems. "A bag of hurt" some might say.
havent read whole thread but:
Sure Windows 7 might have some kick ass features, but the oh look! Apple just released Snow Leopard! Thats already kicking waaaay more ass.
^^thats the future btw
Sure Windows 7 might have some kick ass features, but the oh look! Apple just released Snow Leopard! Thats already kicking waaaay more ass.
^^thats the future btw
Guess what!!!
You don't have to switch!!. You can use BOTH Leopard and Windows 7 in the same or separate computers. I promise the computer police won't come to your house and arrest you for doing so.
I use Leopard at work because I think is faster and more reliable for what I do and I use Vista at home because I think is much more versatile for gaming, ripping, burning, playing movies/videos, connecting to other devices, etc.
And I will keep using Windows 7 and Snow Leopard once they're out. Remember: you use your money to buy a computer, they don't buy your soul.
It's that simple.
You don't have to switch!!. You can use BOTH Leopard and Windows 7 in the same or separate computers. I promise the computer police won't come to your house and arrest you for doing so.
I use Leopard at work because I think is faster and more reliable for what I do and I use Vista at home because I think is much more versatile for gaming, ripping, burning, playing movies/videos, connecting to other devices, etc.
And I will keep using Windows 7 and Snow Leopard once they're out. Remember: you use your money to buy a computer, they don't buy your soul.
It's that simple.
We need to sticky this everywhere all over every sub-forum and to the beginning and ends of every post.
Obviously Ms copied apple here. Its almost exactly the same!
As you go through the old Windows 95/98 icons, they are very block like and boring. XP put some color and flair to their overall look through all the menus. What strikes me as suspicious is how XP and Vista started to get more "colorful" and "pleasing to the eye". To me the XP experience reeks of a bad attempt to rip off Apple's OS X. While not a bad operating system, XP and later versions of Windows are more pleasing to look at. I think they researched Apple and saw that user interface, especially with OS X, was one of our strong points.
Of course, MS didn't dare go to an exact copy of OS X, but when XP first came out, many of my customers mentioned some of the similarity to Apple's OS X.
Now look back to Windows 95 and 98 and compare it against XP and Vista. It doesn't even look like it came from the same company.
And finally, why not Windows 200x, instead of "X"P ... I just didn't like the use of the capital "X" in their product shortly after Apples OS "X".
Some say imitation, even a weak imitation, is flattery, but I say it's a potential lawsuit.
That being said, I am glad that MS Windows has grown up quite a bit, but I will stick to my OS X.
I couldn't really answer honestly, so I picked the choice that matched my situation best: I'm not switching.
I've always been a Mac user (never did switch from Windows) - but I use Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux on at least a weekly basis (Mac OS X gets used daily). Since running Mac OS X on anything other than a Mac is unsupported, I will probably never switch.
I've always been a Mac user (never did switch from Windows) - but I use Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux on at least a weekly basis (Mac OS X gets used daily). Since running Mac OS X on anything other than a Mac is unsupported, I will probably never switch.
I honestly dont even know what to say here. A company spends time redesigning the gui that they've used in 4 os's (95, 98, 2k, ME) and all of a sudden they are copying apple? Seriously? Its the natural evolution of an operating system to become more pleading to the eye instead of the old dull greys and cobalt blues. Just because apple got their aqua interface before ms introduced luna doesnt mean ms copied them. The fanboys need to realize that two companies can co-exist without one always copying the other. Apple seems to thrive on the delusion that they invented everything about computers and MS is just copying their ideas.
Whats the similarity? More color? Puh-leeze. Get over yourself, and apple for that matter.
The os9 to osx transition is just as dramatic as the 2k to xp transition. Whats your point here? Just because one company got to an idea first doesnt always mean the rest of the competition is copying them.
Forgive me, but are you effing serious! Are you so blinded by apple that you think ms sat around copying the letters from the product name?
Thus the have the windows 'eXPerience'.wikipedia said:
What do you think about Vista? How do you rationalize some theory that MS stole that from apple too, since you clearly think that apple invented the home computer and everything thereafter.
Ms put in some new icons and colored the taskbar blue. The gui is still 100% windows. It still functions like windows always has. You guys are absolutely ridiculous.