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How long before OS X cathches up with Windows 7?
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Me personally, I have never used something as easy to use as osx. I have ran BBS systems in Dos, Windows, and managed an internet service provider before. I am only 29 years old, but I have been using pc's since 1992.
I only started using macs 2 months ago. Your right. The network configuration in windows is freaking annoying half the time, and you need
to restart after most of your changes. The configuring dns server post you posted made me laugh, because your right. Also because of all the frustrations Windows Networking has caused me in the past.
Better options, less steps = happier networkers.
who report on a lot of non-apple related news 
You are on a Mac based forum after all. What did you expect?
Congratulations for honing in on the detail and missing point.
But seriously though, I'm truly happy for you that you are so smart, witty and sarcastic.
Not sure about that. But it's pretty close. I'm actually quite disappointed that MS couldn't have blown people's socks off given the amount of time they had to work on it and given the amount of time Leopard/SL has been out for them to mimic even more. I like their Window "snap" feature that aligns windows and the dock is ok.
But the UI in Win7 just looks "dull" to me - kind of "toyish". It's not sharp and bright like OSX even without Aero. And even though OSX's fonts could use some smoothing improvement, Win7's general fonts still look like crap to me.
Nevertheless, it's getting rave reviews. Of course that's not hard to do following Vista. Maybe this was Ms's plan all along.
Yeah, maybe not decades, but OS X is obviously much better.
XP came out in 2001 (I think) Vista in 2006, and it was crap. What took them so long to come out with, whats perhaps worse than XP?! 7 is much better though.
I also love the "snap" feature, when I use 7, I use it all the time.
Ditto. It's a great features and one of those things which seems obvious, but only now it's been done. And there were ways of organising Windows, but they weren't as quick, easy or reversible (by this I mean any snapped window returns to its pre-snap dimensions by dragging it again).
I wouldn't say OS X is "decades" ahead, but it's got a very significant lead, one that Microsoft honestly won't come close to beating unless they copy Apple in at least one major way...
Base a new version of Windows on UNIX at its core. Talk about better security, reliability and stability. They also need to get rid of that crap 90's technology of theirs called the Registry.
Back when Win95 came out, it seemed like a good idea to have all the settings conveniently stored in one central location, but with time and experience, the registry has really backfired on them.
Base a new version of Windows on UNIX at its core. Talk about better security, reliability and stability. They also need to get rid of that crap 90's technology of theirs called the Registry.
Back when Win95 came out, it seemed like a good idea to have all the settings conveniently stored in one central location, but with time and experience, the registry has really backfired on them.
OK the above is from someone who hasn't used it.
Similar short sighted Windows users are calling Snow Leopard a Leopard service pack that deletes user information.
Having used Windows 7 extensively (I have been evaluating it as part of an upgrade our firm may be rolling out), it is lightweight, fast (faster than XP in some cases and faster than Vista in all cases) and actually a fine operating system. It has genuinely closed the gap. OSX IMO is still ahead, but MS have made a huge step forward, and have got Apple thinking. Which can only be good for 10.7
Take away your keyboard for a few minutes and sit there, arms stretched out, pointing all over your monitor. You really want that for your computer experience? I will say this, for certain applications (iPhoto, slideshows, etc) touch would be useful but its not really necessary when your trackpad/mouse can interpret these same movements.
The reason touch works so well in the mobile environment is because of the mobile environment. You are on the go, you have minute workspace, you need one-touch access to mail or internet. You aren't going to edit photos on your mobile device, you aren't going to type up an in-depth document, you won't create spreadsheets or slideshows.
The reason touch works so well in the mobile environment is because of the mobile environment. You are on the go, you have minute workspace, you need one-touch access to mail or internet. You aren't going to edit photos on your mobile device, you aren't going to type up an in-depth document, you won't create spreadsheets or slideshows.
I was getting annoyed with all the trolling on both sides, and all the name-calling, on both sides.
In here was some good comment just on the subject of touch screens. From those of us that have used it, links to research on external sources, a little bit of discussion on the future possibilities, and a lot of valid concerns about its usefulness in a desktop / laptop environment today.
Then the trolls jump in (on both sides), contribute absolutely nothing and change the topic with their "blinkered" visions (on both sides).
I'm afraid, if you think touch screens a "cool" feature, you've never used it. I hated it after using it (on and mostly off) for nearly a year. It just doesn't fly as it is. But I do think it has possibilities, even in a desktop, if you sort out the ergonomics.
Will it happen soon ? I don't think so, what with "The China Syndrome" - the mass production of cheap and nasty devices. This prevents investment from top quality manufacturers who would need to make it viable.
Does OSX need a massive overhaul to support it ? Not really, it's just another input device, all the support needed by OSX could come from the screen / screen overlay via it's USB / Bluetooth interface.
In here was some good comment just on the subject of touch screens. From those of us that have used it, links to research on external sources, a little bit of discussion on the future possibilities, and a lot of valid concerns about its usefulness in a desktop / laptop environment today.
Then the trolls jump in (on both sides), contribute absolutely nothing and change the topic with their "blinkered" visions (on both sides).
I'm afraid, if you think touch screens a "cool" feature, you've never used it. I hated it after using it (on and mostly off) for nearly a year. It just doesn't fly as it is. But I do think it has possibilities, even in a desktop, if you sort out the ergonomics.
Will it happen soon ? I don't think so, what with "The China Syndrome" - the mass production of cheap and nasty devices. This prevents investment from top quality manufacturers who would need to make it viable.
Does OSX need a massive overhaul to support it ? Not really, it's just another input device, all the support needed by OSX could come from the screen / screen overlay via it's USB / Bluetooth interface.
With the release of Windows 7 comes a lovely new BSOD:
This one is caused by a "massive memory leak" contained in the CHKDSK utility.
source: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/146995
This one is caused by a "massive memory leak" contained in the CHKDSK utility.
source: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/146995
May I suggest that you do some research first. The 3 application limit has been removed for months.I've heard that Windows 7 Starter edition can only run three applications simultaneously
In the command line with very large hard drives and in low RAM situations. It's questionable as a leak. CHKDSK is going to consume obscene amounts of RAM to repair sectors faster.
Thanks for confirming. Guess now it's only limited to 2GB RAM, 32-bit, 1CPU, unchangeable wallpaper, etc.?
How many of those Starter systems have 2 TB hard drives that need repairs using CHKDSK?
Time, bandwidth, and a spare computer or VM away there.
In Windows 7, is the Start menu still a harbor for non dynamic shortcuts to hide the mess of DLLs, EXEs, INIs, etc. in the actual application folders? By non dynamic, I mean that the shortcuts are not associated in real time to the actual files they are linked to, so if you move the file, it's shortcut is confused... Hopefully MS brought that technology into this decade.
Relevancy to the original topic in this thread? It's a non sequitur like the BSOD and Windows Starter posts.
Move to NTFS and at least NT based operating system.This was pre-7 FAT. I've briefly used Windows 7 beta in a VM. It never crashed
The OP claims Windows 7 jumps ahead of SL (because of multitouch) & asks "How long before OS X cathches up with Windows 7?". Kinda leaves the floodgates open if you ask me.