If Windows 7 > 10.6 would you switch?

[McGiord]

No need to to. Anyway MacOSX surely will allow us to run that Windows 7 you are talking about.
If you live by the Windows you'll die by the Windows...
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[kuwisdelu]

Also, without Jobs at the helm, Apple has no leadership strength.

True, but I think the point was Apple still has Jobs. Microsoft has Ballmer.

While I'm posting again, I wrote up a little program:

#include <Windows7>
#include <OSX6>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

void switchOS()
{
   ...
};

int main(void)
{
    if ( Windows7 > OSX6 )
    {
        switchOS();
        cout << "It's the end of the world!";
    }
    else
    {
        cout << "The Universe is at peace";
    }
}

The Universe is at peace

I guess that solves it for us. 😀

 

[applefan69]

void switchOS()
{
...
};

Hey, I hate to be a bother, and god forbid bring this topc off-topic... But at the moment Im trying to learn Objective-C... and well i understand pretty much what your code did... (its just a simple switch code) but, the part I quoted tripped me up.

So, Im still a n00b with objective-C but i hope to get better some day, but do you mind explaining to me what the one section of your code that i quoted, does?

 

[kuwisdelu]

Hey, I hate to be a bother, and god forbid bring this topc off-topic... But at the moment Im trying to learn Objective-C... and well i understand pretty much what your code did... (its just a simple switch code) but, the part I quoted tripped me up.

So, Im still a n00b with objective-C but i hope to get better some day, but do you mind explaining to me what the one section of your code that i quoted, does?

Well this is in C++ not Objective-C, so a couple nuances are a little different, but I think that part should be the same. I haven't gotten around to learning Objective-C yet, so I'm not sure.

But it's just defining a function switchOS() with no parameters that returns void (i.e., nothing). The "..." doesn't mean anything, it's just there to tell you there's more code that I didn't include. I just typed this up quickly so there are probably some errors. I always get my semicolons wrong 🙄

 

[ebel3003]

Hey, I hate to be a bother, and god forbid bring this topc off-topic... But at the moment Im trying to learn Objective-C... and well i understand pretty much what your code did... (its just a simple switch code) but, the part I quoted tripped me up.

So, Im still a n00b with objective-C but i hope to get better some day, but do you mind explaining to me what the one section of your code that i quoted, does?

He basically created a function called SwitchOS. The ". . ." is implied code for switching the operating system. It's not valid syntax, it's all a play on code. Also, his code looks like it was C++ rather than Objective-C.

Edit: Looks like kuwisdelu beat me to the post by a few seconds.

 

[applefan69]

Well this is in C++ not Objective-C, so a couple nuances are a little different, but I think that part should be the same. I haven't gotten around to learning Objective-C yet, so I'm not sure.

But it's just defining a function switchOS() with no parameters that returns void (i.e., nothing). The "..." doesn't mean anything, it's just there to tell you there's more code that I didn't include. I just typed this up quickly so there are probably some errors. I always get my semicolons wrong 🙄

He basically created a function called SwitchOS. The ". . ." is implied code for switching the operating system. It's not valid syntax, it's all a play on code. Also, his code looks like it was C++ rather than Objective-C.

Edit: Looks like kuwisdelu beat me to the post by a few seconds.

Ok thanks to both of you, I get it now... also sorry i mistook the C++ code for obj-C... thats what I mean by im still a n00b. Most programming languages still look the same to me 😛

 

[ebel3003]

Ok thanks to both of you, I get it now... also sorry i mistook the C++ code for obj-C... thats what I mean by im still a n00b. Most programming languages still look the same to me 😛

They can be quite similar in some respects. Once you get deeper in one of the languages, you'll see the immediate difference.

 

[Oh-es-Ten]

Testify!

Microsoft has promised and promised and promised for years that it would be better and has always failed. For me the only way for me to even consider looking at Windows 7 would be for the Registry to be gone forever. It's the most retarded part of Windows and makes the experience so poor.

I cannot agree with you more here. People cannot defend Windows while this travesty of a legacy concept is still in use in 2008...

Love than whole 'single point of failure' approach. 🙂

 

[bluedoggiant]

I'll stick to Mac, I would NEVER go through the hell and pain of choosing a PC, and they just aren't the same as macs. And Microsoft® won't change their base foundation, at least not soon, if they change it, Microsoft® may have a chance, but the UNIX foundation MAC OS X uses is amazing, and will always beat the windows OS. But if Microsoft does come out with something neat, then it will get a partition on my HD, but I'll never buy a PC, plus, macs are sexy. And windows has been the same for the past decade, really, think about it, same old things, every release brings new looks, and apparently "security", and other little enhancements, and they come rarely, mac os x gets updated about every 2-3 years. So no way I'm switching.

 

[GimmeSlack12]

Windows 7 is planned for a 2009 release, whereas 10.6 hasn't even been announced yet.

Ha, yeah, neither was 10.5 when Vista's release date was set. But somehow Vista got delayed 😕. It's safe to say that the release date of Win 7 is likely to be missed.

 

[Eraserhead]

Ha, yeah, neither was 10.5 when Vista's release date was set.

Vista did come out first by 9 months though 😉. Though this would be true if you were talking about Tiger.

 

[Ludde]

I wouldn't think so. I did after all use the "inferior" system that is Windows for fifteen years before getting a Mac.

I would be very impressed if Microsoft would be able to push out something that could topple 10.6, but I'm not sure I'd feel inclined to run it. By that time I'll surely have bought some expensive pieces of software by then and maybe even gotten myself a couple of Apple certificates, which would make a switch back rather pointless.

I would, however, be grateful for the reduced amount of pain using other people's computers 😉

 

[BlakTornado]

Truth is, I would not have upgraded from Tiger to Leopard if it wasn't for Core animation.

I got my iMac in September 07 and it came with Tiger, so I was happy with it and it worked fine.

But since I was still in the process of buying apps for it, I decided to get Leopard too as, soon after Leopard's release, apps would be updated to use Core Animation or be Leopard only. That's why I upgraded.

I loved the whole UI improvements and the new features looked grand but I wouldn't have paid £80 (or however much it cost) for those unless I had nothing else of importance to buy.

Unless something like that happens with 10.6, I won't be purchasing until I have spare cash (which is unlikely to happen).

Windows 7, on the other hand... well, no. I don't like the Windows UI as much as OS X. Unless Microsoft changes Windows to look identical to OSX in every way, that's when I'll buy Windows again.

 

[GimmeSlack12]

Vista did come out first by 9 months though 😉. Though this would be true if you were talking about Tiger.

So what? Vista was always meant to come out first. But by a much larger margin originally.