Why don't you get a Mac? I have a Mac and have been very happy with it. (Unfortunately, I have to use Vista for grad school, as the school's system doesn't work well with Mac). So, I use both. I can tell you that I use my MacBook much more often than my other laptop.
For people who are Unix fans, a Mac running OS X is great system. For people who could care less about Unix, it's still a great system because the Unix underpinnings aren't shoved into your face unless you want them to be.I use OS X, Windows and Linux variants daily. OS X is by far my favorite and the system I run at home.
For the life of me I can not understand why Microsoft is pilloreid as the bogeyman by some even though the vast majority of the planet uses their products. I just don't get it and really don't want to hear some convoluted technical replies showing me how I and 90% of the rest of the world are wrong.
Hackles down, Tom. No one said you are wrong. If a tool is working for you, it's the right tool for you.However, a large percentage of that other 90% is not having the same stellar experience as you are. For them, an alternative would be a better tool.A computer and an operating systems is just a tool, not a religion. When one doesn't work for you, you find another.
Quote from: TomGallagher on September 22, 2008, 09:07:03 AMFor the life of me I can not understand why Microsoft is pilloreid as the bogeyman by some even though the vast majority of the planet uses their products. I just don't get it and really don't want to hear some convoluted technical replies showing me how I and 90% of the rest of the world are wrong.Whoa, Tom... I certainly didn't mean to offend. I am certainly not saying you, or anybody else, are wrong in any way. In fact I don't even consider this a "right or wrong" scenario. It's more a matter of taste. As far as Microsoft is concerned, and without turning this into a "what's wrong with Microsoft" forum - I've followed the progress of Vista since it went by "Codename: Longhorn" and my main concern is with the anti piracy software that is an integral part of the programming of Vista. The information is out there for those who care to research this. In the end, why it prompted me to make the switch is: I don't believe it is Microsoft's right to police my computer as to what programs I choose to run - legal or otherwise. I believe that choice should be mine
Maybe we should start a club...Opinionated Son of a Bitches International.
I'll remain a walrus.
This thread has been quite an insight for me. I have been out of the direct software world since retiring from CA in 2004. But I will tell you that I am getting ready to dual boot my Sony Viao laptop with WinXP and either Ubuntu, SimplyMepis or PCLinuxOS. I have not decided which one yet and am downloading the .iso's for them as we speak.Being a former IT Project Manager, I am completely done with MS. The flaws an lack of adequate support boggles the mind. So thanks to this thread and the opinions of some others, I have decided to, if nothing else, create a dual boot system and test drive the latest, user friendly distro of Linux. If I can get everything converted, one way or another. MS is HISTORY in my life.Thank you.
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