The Operating System Debate Thread

[Thestealth]

Vista X64.

FTW!

 

[The_Unbeliever]

devicehigh=novista.sys

 

[nocilah]

i used to think vista was pretty cool - but after playing with the new apple os well as usual. Apple pwn ALL.

and just so you know Apple OS runs on a UNIX kernel.

 

[nocilah]

No we talking about Operating Systems. So, on topic, what does mac have that Windows doesn't?

Time Machine - pretty awesome back up software
iPhoto - the best photo organiser on earth
Spotlight - the quickest desktop search tool on earth

Simplicity, Stability (In terms of the OS) and Ease of use.

Where windows generally slaughters Apple is on Memory management, multi tasking, Native ZIP support and believe it or not... more useful keyboard short cuts.

And i dont care what any Mac user says. Safari fsking suxors. EVERY time i have used Safari on a multitude of Macs it has crashed.

 

[Moederloos]

Where windows generally slaughters Apple is on Memory management, multi tasking, Native ZIP support

hahaha

thats the funnies thing all day. Just how p1ss-poor is MAc on those things that Windows is better??

 

[bwana]

Where [-]windows[/-] Apple generally slaughters [-]Apple[/-] wondows is on Memory management, multi tasking, Native ZIP support and believe it or not... more useful keyboard short cuts.

I think you got that backwards so I fixed it for you.

And i dont care what any Mac user says. Safari fsking suxors. EVERY time i have used Safari on a multitude of Macs it has crashed.

Could that be the porn sites trying to install malware? Here's my problem - ff is way too slow and while Camino is getting better it lacks the plugins.

Spotlight - never use it - Quicksilver rules the roost. iPhoto is good but aperture is great. I do love TimeMachine though - even my mother does regular back ups now.

 

[supersunbird]

I think just use whatever OS you want too, and shut up saying which is worse...

 

[bwana]

I think just use whatever OS you want too, and shut up saying which is worse...

Yup - the one that best suits your needs.

 

[Ryder_JHB]

Yup - the one that best suits your needs.

And the one that YOU are most comfortable with!

 

[Moederloos]

And the one that YOU are most comfortable with!

And the Linux based one!

 

[Datura]

And the Linux based one!

 

[Ryder_JHB]

And the Linux based one!

Obviously!

 

[The_Techie]

And the Linux based one!

 

[Pooky]

I tried Linsux, too much of a learning curve for me, much too complicated.

 

[Moederloos]

I tried Linsux, too much of a learning curve for me, much too complicated.

And, because you failed to understand it, it is now the OSs fault?
I mean, after all, you did spend a whole day trying...

 

[Pooky]

And, because you failed to understand it, it is now the OSs fault?
I mean, after all, you did spend a whole day trying...

I spent like 3 days. And nowhere I said that it was the OS's fault.

 

[Moederloos]

I spent like 3 days. And nowhere I said that it was the OS's fault.

You called it Linsux - IMHO thats blaming the OS.

 

[Datura]

3 days?

I have a nice little 860+ page book sitting on my desk in front of me that'll help you to use Linux. It takes a little longer than 3 days I'm afraid... but, once you've got it, you won't look back.

 

[Pooky]

You called it Linsux - IMHO thats blaming the OS.

I just don't like it. Was meaning it's bad for me. If it works for others then fine!

 

[Moederloos]

3 days?

I have a nice little 860+ page book sitting on my desk in front of me that'll help you to use Linux. It takes a little longer than 3 days I'm afraid... but, once you've got it, you won't look back.

lol - took me 15 years, and I still cannot use Windows. But, there I think, the blame is squarely on the OS.
I just never could figure out how to stop an IE crash from taking out the whole system - no matter how much I studied.