There is absolutelynothing wrong with them. However they, like most hardware, have areas where they excel and others where they fail.
I use Vista Ultimate 32bit ( I have a machine running 64bit and there are too many problems for me to recommend it ) and I like it very much. I find it a superb OS and rarely meet anyone who slags it off that has any concrete reason ( other than it's fashionable to slag M$ and vista off ) or viable argument for their bias.
I actually enjoy it more than XP now and it certainly has been more stable.
There are issues but they are not worth worrying about as it's going to be replaced with W7 anyway.
OS on the Mac has always been my issue. Too clumpy for me in the past. RISC chips have always been a favourite though so I don't dismiss Macs, I just have a preference for the OS and hardware that suits me personally.
(I use Vista Ultimate 32bit ( I have a machine running 64bit and there are too many problems for me to recommend it ) and I like it very much. I find it a superb OS and rarely meet anyone who slags it off that has any concrete reason ( other than it's fashionable to slag M$ and vista off ) or viable argument for their bias.
I actually enjoy it more than XP now and it certainly has been more stable.
There are issues but they are not worth worrying about as it's going to be replaced with W7 anyway.
OS on the Mac has always been my issue. Too clumpy for me in the past. RISC chips have always been a favourite though so I don't dismiss Macs, I just have a preference for the OS and hardware that suits me personally.
Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice,
Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:43,
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I really don't understand the problem people have for Vista.I've only used it a couple of times, I admit, but it seems quite good.
Quite...OSX like, really :)
Fair enough, though, I think we all get used to a certain way of doing things, and it's irritating to change.
Wish I was admin on my work XP machine though :((
(Quite...OSX like, really :)
Fair enough, though, I think we all get used to a certain way of doing things, and it's irritating to change.
Wish I was admin on my work XP machine though :((
The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:50,
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I don't wish to appear to be a pretentious twatI have worked with Windows since, erm, 95 I guess. I got fed up of using it at home and one day myself and my wife went to PC on the Wolde and saw the anglepois type G4 iMac. We thought it was a good alternative. For home use, internet browsing and email and the like, Macs have been more than satisfying. My wife has since gone back to Vista and likes it, whilst I am typing this on a Macbook having progressed through many Macs. My VMware install however has Windows XP, Vista, 2008 Server, Ubuntu, PCLInuxOS, Kubuntu, Sabayon, Mandriva and Solaris 10 64 bit.
To be honest, all I want to do is collect my emails and browse the webs the quickest way possible ;)
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Fri 14 Nov 2008, 21:57,
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To be honest, all I want to do is collect my emails and browse the webs the quickest way possible ;)
Oh,And going by the hardware experiences I have had with Apple equipment, I can NOT recommend them. Too many issues with early kit that are only resolved by users complaints. I have a G5 iMac that is now on its second logic board. Never had that problem with a PC I must admit.
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Fri 14 Nov 2008, 22:01,
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