Linux vs PC vs mac

[ElimiNator]

I like linux best because its free and has lots of fetures. next is windows XP then windows 7.

[ultifd]

I like linux best because its free and has lots of fetures. next is windows XP then windows 7.

lol, opposite of my list. But, I understand why.
 

[Gabbe]

why XP better than 7?

BTW crashes and bluescreens are the past...windows was the first OS out there, no weird they had problems, then people followed and learned from windows and microsoft, now win doesn`t have bluescreens....or crashes...nor lags...I don`t see why people hate win and micro so much...they are great though they cost money...

[ElimiNator]

I HATED Vista! 7 ok? but XP is good.

[ultifd]

XP was great and is great, if I can't use 7, I would use it...or ubuntu.
Vista, is OK now, but before, like when it was first released, and for a long time, it had many problems...

[Yggdrasil]

windows was the first OS out there

LOL! M$ fanbois at best^^

Sorry, i couldn't resist...

I use mainly Linux because it suits me best. I really like the package management. Makes developer's life easier.

[Gabbe]

windows was the first OS out there

LOL! M$ fanbois at best^^

Sorry, i couldn't resist...

I use mainly Linux because it suits me best. I really like the package management. Makes developer's life easier.

I can`t resist...Linux fanboy...lol wanyways...I use Linux too, but i want a windows 95 too...I remmebr I got a harddrive with it...somewere..

[Gabbe]

Look here, this is just awesome work of visual effects...though...i know, this shows that macs wins, but watch in the end...all PCs are going to get the mac...muahahha...

[Omega]

I like Windows 7. if I can't then XP...then if not, ubuntu.   

I don't really like XP. The school computers all have XP and they suck bad. of course, that could be because they are school computers?

[ultifd]

I like Windows 7. if I can't then XP...then if not, ubuntu.   

I don't really like XP. The school computers all have XP and they suck bad. of course, that could be because they are school computers?

Well, even if it is XP, I check the specs... (So if I was in your school, and it is OK to check it, I would...)
Specs mean a lot...then if it is just XP, I dazzle it a bit. I don't really like the original themes, I like the "glossy" ones....the (blue one, the orange/black Halloween type one, etc.)
I think Windows 7 is great though.
But, I would rather have a XP then a Vista. For more then one reason...

[John.d.h]

I remember trying to use the library laptops with XP on them maybe about a year ago.  They were completely unusable, partly due to bloatware and partly due to crashing at least every 10 minutes (not an exaggeration).

[ultifd]

Bloatware, well, that applies to...a lot of computers, depends on the company... Anyways, well, now it's different...I guess.

[Gabbe]

I like vista better than XP, probably because when using XP, searching for files take looong time, and on vista, i just write in, auto search, done. Or just type in, enter, done. And i don`t really think the UI of XP is that great...[Keep in mind that I can Barely see the speed changes on both OSes, for me they don`t matter]

[ElimiNator]

The world knows that vista is junk...

Every single person that I have spoken to in the flesh admits that vista is junk. They say that it is slow and uses too many resources. They say that it is confusing and annoying with all the popups that the uac displays, reminiscent of microsoft bob. Not all of these are techheads like me. These are normal users. The target market of microsoft. Even die hard windows fanatics I know of hate vista.

Yet even in the face of all of these complaints microsoft still campaigned vista as being the next best thing since sliced bread. Until now. Now microsoft is trumpeting their horn about how windows 7 will fix up all the things that is wrong with vista.

They are saying that windows 7 will be faster, it will be less obnoxious with the security and it will use less resources. This sort of puts the foot in the mouth of all those who defended vista and actually paid for it.

Speaking of payment I will bet buttons to a dollar that windows 7 will not be free. To all intents and purposes windows 7 is just a rehash of vista as far as I am concerned. Even though microsoft is only fixing up the major problems with the vista framework, they will still market it as a new operating system and not the bug fix I think it is.

What really tickles my tonsils is that after months of denying their faults, they virtually admit to them, as long as you can read between the lines. By saying how their newest is going to be better than the current one they are stating the faults with their current operating system.

Microsoft has already gained a lot of ridicule and a big loss of status with vista with many people comparing it to windows me. I personally think that each version of windows they put out has become more problematic than the previous one. Linux on the other hand just continues to improve.

I think that microsoft should take a leaf off of Apples tree and leverage open source to redesign their operating system from scratch. While they still stick to operating system design mentality from the DOS days they will hold themselves back and forever limit themselves. Have you had a look at some of the dates in many dll's in vista? For a system that is supposed to be redesigned from scratch, the dll's it uses are way too old.

While I am happy for the confirmation of the quality of vista right from the horses mouth itself I am sorry to be witnessing the death struggles of the most successful software company I know. Still, that is the way the cookie crumbles.

"I get paid to support Windows, I use Linux to get work done."

[ultifd]

I like vista better than XP, probably because when using XP, searching for files take looong time, and on vista, i just write in, auto search, done. Or just type in, enter, done. And i don`t really think the UI of XP is that great...[Keep in mind that I can Barely see the speed changes on both OSes, for me they don`t matter]

That depends on the specs, usually...
UI? Yeah, but some people also thought Vista was too glossy...I was fine with that, but 7 is great now.
That's why I usually (and do) change the themes to better ones...for XP.

Eliminator:
Well... 

"I get paid to support Windows, I use Linux to get work done."

Yeah, it's like that.

[Gabbe]

Maybe wındows vısta sucks on ure hardware. ı stıll prefer ıt over xp. ı am not totally famılıar wıth 7 yetö can say ıt got goodö

[ultifd]

Yeah, so it depends on your specs...the average person does not have great specs...at least from XP, since when XP came out it did not need "so much" (not anymore but before) specs...
Oh well, if you are happy with it, then it is fine...

[Gabbe]

Yes sure ım happy wıth ıt, works for me, faster search than XP...more fıle support...

[ChupaReaper]

I had an oldish computer which never worked properly with xp installed so I put vista on it and it ran much faster and bug free! Had around 1gb ram, 40gb hard drive and a 128mb gfx card.
I had no problems when I moved from xp to vista with my old computer, no problems at all and when it comes to viruses, to get most of them you'd have to be a basic user. I remember when XP first came out, everyone including myself slated it saying ME/98 is better, eventually I installed it alongside ME and I had no problems removing ME after a week. I installed vista straight away having no problems at all, most of the bugs that it had was because it was very different to XP but I never encountered any of these problems, windows 7 is better still and now I hate the university computers as some of them have windows xp and it's just miserable using them with the tatty greyness and I've become dependant on the new snap feature lol.

[Omega]

That's true. My school has XP, and I loath it with passion. My laptop running Windows 7 can restart and completely log back in before the school computers can even log in... Not to mention it... looks cool.

[ultifd]

I know, but it really depends on the specs... 
Of course, if that certain computer can do what I need it to do, then I am fine with it... 

[John.d.h]

I had to use Windows 7 yesterday for my online class.  I felt like it made every single thing I tried to do artificially hard on purpose.  I challenge every Windows user to try using nothing but Ubuntu for a week, mess with a little, customize it, do all the things you normally do on Windows, and see if it doesn't make your computing experience a heck of a lot easier.  If you still prefer Windows, no problem.  Just give it a try.

[ultifd]

I'd prefer it cause I spent money on...a computer with windows...etc. (probably the only reason, besides that I don't really want to use Wine...if I needed to.) If not, I can live with that, one thing I know...megaglest has less issues on ubuntu...  or so...Oh, IRC Clients, another good thing...with linux, but then... no reason to stay too much or go... 

[John.d.h]

Hmm... I've never used IRC, so I can't really say one way or the other about that.

[ultifd]

Same...only for Glest I use...usually. Cause for Windows the creators of some IRC Clients say it takes time to compile it for Windows... so you have to pay...etc.   (main thing if you come to IRC for Glest is to play a multiplayer game...usually.in the future, at least.)
But there is a way to get an unofficial version cause when they created the client, they did not state it in the proper License...  
Anyways...I might try that challenge someday.