Vista, the osx wanna be....?

wolf_pack · #1 March 14th, 2007, 08:22 AM

Ok is it me or what I just got a copy of computer shopper and they had an article on how to install vista, mind you 3 pages worth just to install and the hopes you don't lose anything from the install...lovely.. My thing is vista to me looks like there trying to adapt to the way osx looks? to me it doesn't matter i've spent enough money on microsoft and right now enough is enough and all my money is going to start going to apple because i feel the product they have is worth the price... besides if i upgrade down the road to an imac with a 20 inch screen at least i know i have a machine 10 years plus down the road anyway just thought does anyone feel the same way i do...Bo

knight885 · #2 March 14th, 2007, 12:30 PM

MS have been copying Apple for years, a lot longer than Apple were copying Xerox. Then again the original Amiga OS looked very much like a coloured version of Mac OS, they're all at it. As I see it, Microsoft innovate NOTHING, despite what Bill Gates says.

I'm done with Microsoft for home use, I'll keep my XP box for the few games I run, but the iMac and imminent MacBook will become my primary computers.

I just don't like Windows, and I haven't since XP, it's bloated, unreliable, intrusive (those balloons get right on my nerves), and Vista looks like more of the same. And I DO NOT like Aero - it's ugly, cluttered and all that uneccessary glassy transparency nonsense just looks distracting.

I also object to aspects of the license agreement, whereby MS can, through use of the malware removal functions, remove ANYTHING they don't want on your PC, without telling you, via the term "spyware, adware, and other potentially unwanted software". And the DRM issues piss me off too, requiring a brand new monitor just to play any HD content.

**fryke** · #3 March 14th, 2007, 02:27 PM

I've tested it for a while now. It's too gimmicky. Doesn't fee like a "pro" operating system. Going back to OS X feels like using a real OS instead of a computer game simulating a shell seen in a movie or something. "Ah, this works now. Phew!"

stevenyc · #4 March 14th, 2007, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knight885

MS have been copying Apple for years

Looks like Apple's copying MS now.

"Apple megapatch plugs 45 security holes"

Apple on Tuesday issued a security update for its Mac OS X to plug 45 security holes, including several zero-day vulnerabilities.

The megapatch is the seventh Apple security patch release in three months.

**fryke** · #5 March 14th, 2007, 06:36 PM

quite off-topic, stevenyc.

nixgeek · #6 March 14th, 2007, 08:00 PM

The supposed "megapatch" is 10.4.9 I'm assuming. THis is no different than a Service Pack for Windows, which rolls-up all of the patches along with extra bug fixes into one large package. It's pretty much about the same. 10.4.9 includes all of the Security Updates and other fixes that lead up to the 10.4.9 release.

wolf_pack · #7 March 14th, 2007, 08:06 PM

Steven i understand your feelings but if i'm correct ms has been promising vista or some form of it since 2003 and now it came out it still has problems... granted it has alot more support for software because it has to, to fix all the bugs that the system keeps coming out with and to me that is not a fun experience if you have a os system that is down more than it's up? I think xp will be the 98 of ms because many people i have talked to think a system that has to have at least a gig of memory to run isn't worth it, not to mention what you have to have for graphic's... I understand ms has to always push the envelope to go farther and faster than anyone but to me right now vista is going to be the downfall of microsoft...I don't know but to me if i have a system down more than it's up it's not worth it.. being on a budget that i am i have found my g4 that i got for free to be faster than my dell i bought a year ago... we live in america and whatever you want to buy for your computer hobby or business is up to you.....Bo

Satcomer · #8 March 14th, 2007, 08:14 PM

Everyone that I know that have upgraded to Vista (just two people so far) say Vista has really slowed down their machines that were top of the game line just about 10 months ago. They both say Vista is huge memory hog and they both went back to XP Pro for gaming. One thing I have say though, they were both using the last beta version of Vista.

They both wonder how my Dual 1.8 G5 (first Dual 1.8 generation ... see my signature) can run 10.4.x so well.