Hey, can I please pester you with a question? lol...I just installed OS X 10.6.3 (10D578) on my ThinkPad, and it works great. However, I do not understand how OS X is better than (specifically) Windows 7. I WANT to understand it, though, and yes, I know that I can also run Win 7 on a Mac, which is awesome!
Again, I am NOT here to trash anything or anyone. I want a MacBook Pro 17" WUXGA, and you seem to be the perfect person to ask since you had Windows forever and fell in love with OS X on the spot.
I already love the blue progress bar whenever something is installing. lol...iWork and iLife look and feel great, and I'm already loving Safari on both my ThinkPad (the PC version and, as of yesterday, the Mac version as well lol)...mobile Safari is also my favorite mobile browser on the iPhone.
Anyway, thanks so much! 🙂 I would also truly appreciate anyone else who would like to chime in as to what you love about OS X. 🙂
OK, way off topic but here goes.
I like OS X due to the simplicity of its file structure/organization compared to windows. Things seem to run smoother and a tad bit faster than on windows in my experience. Less Compatibility issues. I don't know how familiar you are with Windows registry but its a tangled web. I've had to go in it and remove left over crap that not only software developers own uninstallers leave spread out all over the registry causing conflicts but windows uninstallers too, as well as leftover folders and files spread out in different directories. Removing things like this in windows can be dangerous too due to common association with other programs. Not so with OS X. Delete the app, a preference file (a compact combined version of its keys you'd find in windows registry) and support folder and thats usually it. Maybe a receipt n .bom file in some cases and traces of an app is in MOST cases gone.
Installing in most cases is a simple unzip/rar or .dmg mount, drag&drop and the app can be started. Its more compact. The developers of mac apps follow a guideline of development a little better than most (not all) windows software developers in my opinion.
I like the GUI experience more, seems a but more pleasure to view all day to me than windows. I personally like and get less anoyed using OS X than I do windows. I've never used Vista, its horror stories is what turned me to getting a Mac. I've only had very little experience with Win7 RC1 in virtual machine on my mac. Not enough to honestly speak of it's performance. For me win95 was ok, 98 was 2 steps forward, ME was 3 steps back, XP was 4 steps forward, vista semed to be 3 or 4 steps back, win7 position I can't say. And don' get me started with constantly having monitor the security forums to keep up with security issues. OS X isn't totally in the clear threat wise BUT!
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Wether OS X is better than Windows OS is as some would say is of personal Opinion. These are my opinions from my own personal experience over the past 21 years.
BTW, I think flash is OK, but for watching video on youtube and such give me html5 or mp4 in quicktime. I use clicktoflash in safari to watch yotube vids in quicktime mp4 form. And a greasemonkey userscript for it in firefox.
There you have it. This doesn't include everything but just a simple off the top of my head excuse/reason as to why I prefer OS X on Windows. I'm not knocking Windows, Its fine, just not for me anymore.
