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Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by brc »

maxxxxx wrote: post #26
lwat wrote: post #13

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What kind of new features are you looking for?

They could do something that my Windows folder doesn't eat up 30GB of my SSD disk. Or do something like an app store where all applications get updated in a uniform manner. They could make the backup program usable. There is so much that could be done. Sometimes I wonder what the 50000 (just a guess) or so people in Redmond do.

I use windows 7 backup and find it to be pretty good, actually.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by larrywright »

jquery wrote: post #32
dotBen wrote: post #25

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...and so how are they going to buy the next version of the operation system in a years time? I had this with Win XP - I prob used it for 8 years+. Vista was no reason to upgrade. Then I discovered OSX and made the switch over to Mac.

Same here. Then I discovered Windows 7 and switched back to PC.

Can I ask why? I'm really curious, I don't believe I know anyone who has ever switched back to Windows from OS X. I use Win 7 at work and OS X at home, and while Win 7 is the best version of Windows I've ever used (and I started on 3.1), it's no match for OS X.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by robryan »

rbanffy wrote: post #57
jquery wrote: post #32

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Same here. Then I discovered Windows 7 and switched back to PC.

What features Win7 has that OSX lacks? Why the switch back?

What features does OSX have that Windows lacks? Assuming a user that doesn't really interact much with the terminal. To me unless your a developer I can't see much that would really drive a decision one way or the other. Can't think of anything that either Windows or OSX makes impossible that the other does.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by Freaky »

rbanffy wrote: post #57
jquery wrote: post #32

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Same here. Then I discovered Windows 7 and switched back to PC.

What features Win7 has that OSX lacks? Why the switch back?

Personally: games, foobar2000, sharper font rendering, and better hardware support -- Mini's and iMacs are too weak, the latter has a silly integrated monitor I don't want, and Mac Pro's are too over the top. OS X can't even use my keyboards properly without third party keymaps :/

Of course I don't do much real work in Windows - that's reserved for FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Debian on various real and virtual systems.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by sorbus »

rbanffy wrote: post #57
jquery wrote: post #32

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Same here. Then I discovered Windows 7 and switched back to PC.

What features Win7 has that OSX lacks? Why the switch back?

Features Win7 has that OSX doesn't:

- Easily installed on any machine you want.

- Hardware generally has two or more mouse buttons.

- Will run more games and software than OSX.

- Does not come with an app store.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by philwelch »

sorbus wrote: post #66
rbanffy wrote: post #57

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What features Win7 has that OSX lacks? Why the switch back?

Features Win7 has that OSX doesn't: - Easily installed on any machine you want. - Hardware generally has two or more mouse buttons. - Will run more games and software than OSX. - Does not come with an app store.

You're 50/50 there. My Apple mouse and trackpad both support secondary click, and the app store can be easily put directly into the trash.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by anonymous246 »

larrywright wrote: post #62
jquery wrote: post #32

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Same here. Then I discovered Windows 7 and switched back to PC.

Can I ask why? I'm really curious, I don't believe I know anyone who has ever switched back to Windows from OS X. I use Win 7 at work and OS X at home, and while Win 7 is the best version of Windows I've ever used (and I started on 3.1), it's no match for OS X.

I tried Mac for some time and LOVED LOVED the lack of crapware, but I found it overrated:

1. Blurry text :)

2. iLife apps are nicely approximated by Windows Live. Before I checked out Windows Live Movie Maker, I was very impressed with iMovie.

3. Lack of apps (e.g., wasn't able to find a decent fullscreen, borderless terminal emulator like the alt-enter mode of putty).

4. Didn't seem especially fast or anything compared to Windows (on a 4G machine).

5. Loved the unixyness of the OS. But it's subtly not Unix, which breaks some things. E.g., macports' GCC 4.5.1 + gdb wasn't stable compared to Apple's older versions of gcc. I now ssh into an Ubuntu box from Windows (putty + tmux + consolas FTW) for development.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Post by jquery »

larrywright wrote: post #62
jquery wrote: post #32

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Same here. Then I discovered Windows 7 and switched back to PC.

Can I ask why? I'm really curious, I don't believe I know anyone who has ever switched back to Windows from OS X. I use Win 7 at work and OS X at home, and while Win 7 is the best version of Windows I've ever used (and I started on 3.1), it's no match for OS X.

OS X has the terminal, that's about the only major thing I'd give it over Windows 7, and is the reason I use it at work. I particularly like Win7's great hardware support; I recently built a $2000+ gaming desktop, and it handled all the newfangled hardware like it was born to do it. Another major advantage is multitasking even in the most arduous circumstances--Windows 7 made my older PC* run much faster than my shiny new Macbook Pro. My Macbook Pro is constantly giving me the middle finger in the form of that little bouncing beach ball. I could go on but I don't own Microsoft stock.

*That PC was a low end 4-year-old Athlon dual core that could barely play 720p YouTube videos, as a point of comparison. For it to beat my new Macbook Pro in everyday usage was just damning.

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