"It Never Crashes" it does... - Page 4

CharlieJ · #25 June 11th, 2005, 02:58 PM

it is because the software is especially the free stuff that is crashing allot.
i dont think macs have heard of the word cra** i better not get it in its head hey!
the only thing that crashes on xp is xp the apps are to good for it they should be all on macs minus paint, word, publisher!!! and many many more

Lt Major Burns · #26 June 11th, 2005, 03:34 PM

my experience of xp, in terms of stability, is actually rather good. when running most things, if something crashes, xp stays stable, and lets you quit it. the red cross will always work now, as will the right menu on the task bar. it's just the bloody security problems, and the fact that it is 5 years out of date now that drag it down

lilbandit · #27 June 11th, 2005, 03:43 PM

Yea I've heard much the same from anybody who is careful with their XP system, ie not downloading stuff from p2p networks and steering clear of spyware/adware. The school where I work uses XP on the newer systems. The biggest problems are virus related.

contoursvt · #28 July 5th, 2005, 07:21 PM

Spyware and viruses are the biggest problem with 2k/xp. If people are careful then the system has no problems. Its quite bulletproof on its own when its not riddled with viruses

Can you believe in this day and age,I know people who have windows (I do as well) and dont even have a router / firewall, antivirus or anything and they surf and wonder why 30 seconds later they are infected and the computer is screwd up! Thats fine to do on a mac but not on a PC with so many viruses around. Need protection.

Lt Major Burns · #29 July 5th, 2005, 07:44 PM

i take it all back. windows is shoddy as hell. dated, riddled with holes, very unstable (and the systems clean as a whistle, i can tell thee). i could throws 3 times as much at MacOS and it wouldn't flinch.

contoursvt · #30 July 5th, 2005, 08:13 PM

Well I'll gladly buy that XP license from you

If its a retail XP that is. So what happened to your XP install as far as you can tell? If you're getting crashing or bluescreening or freezing, then I'd do a memory test on that stick of memory. Sometimes you can get some hints as to what is happening in administrative tools - event viewer.

HomunQlus · #31 July 6th, 2005, 03:30 AM

I got tired of explaining advantages and disadvantages of the OSes on the market. Everyone shall buy and use what he likes.

Lt Major Burns · #32 July 6th, 2005, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by contoursvt

Well I'll gladly buy that XP license from you

If its a retail XP that is. So what happened to your XP install as far as you can tell? If you're getting crashing or bluescreening or freezing, then I'd do a memory test on that stick of memory. Sometimes you can get some hints as to what is happening in administrative tools - event viewer.

it's not bluescreening or anything like that. just the odd unexpected quit, the odd random event that just baffles me. usb printing has been useless on windows since its conception, for example. its a shoddy shortcut telling windows that this "parallel" printer is working fine in the usb "which could well be parallel" port. that's irritating. IE is irritating. firefox has bugged me with it's amateur style since i first saw it. network connections. (it'll auto-dial-up for a few months, then it's make you do it manullly for a few months, then go auto again. all by itself, it would seem. got broadband now though.)
the five spy-ad-mal-virus-anti-programs running constantly.
the quicktime thing that never goes away, no matter how much you msconfig it, or go into it's preferences.
iTunes sucks.
windows doesn't doesn't have Expose.
[you can't easily put accents on letters like macos does.]
in fact, windows doesn't have anything showing that it's modern except that awful green start button (whoever designed that should be shot)

THE START MENU...

so many folders and icons you DONT need. trying to find an installed app in there is painful. always has been (don't forget i am a switcher - i have used, abused and fixed windows since workgroups) and has always bugged me.
the fact that no program is ever completely uninstalled. probably. or maybe it is, but you don't know do you? it may leave some files. it tells you it does.

THE .DLL

the fact that everything is a weblink, or an advert, or something leading you toward the msn site.
5 hours downtime a week while you defrag 200gb. because the systems uselss if you don't, and you can't do anything while it's doing it.

I HATE IT! I HATE IT SO MUCH