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Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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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.

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Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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

That seems unusual. My experience with Windows 7 is that it's simply a repackaged Vista with an OS X dock.

I too am one that has switched back to Windows 7 from MacOS X. OK well not completely I still have one machine using MacOS X but I won't be purchasing anymore MacOS boxen for my business now that Windows 7 is proven to be so capable. Love it!

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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Well, TBH, Win7 is really Vista SP4.

Not by a mile. Windows 7 literally beats Vista to death -- it's a lot snappier and (to me, anyway) a lot more stable. Let's not forget that it actually runs in 512 MB of RAM, and I can attest to this. I'm an OS X guy by trade and employment, but Windows 7 I can actually tolerate (which blows my mind, really).

Agreed. I'd never use Windows as a primary OS (that would just be silly), but I find that I don't hate Windows 7. It's still Windows (still opaque, still overwrought, still not posix, still has a registry), but it's a Windows you can live with.

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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The update is 2GB in size? Whoa. Oh wait, that's a fully patched W7, the update is really 100mb. 32bit x86 http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/F/0AFB5316-3062-4... 64bit x64 http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/F/0AFB5316-3062-4... AllInOne http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/A/F/0AFB5316-3062-4...

Or if it's just one computer, use the built-in Windows Update

Re: Windows 7 SP1 is out

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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.

> My Apple mouse and trackpad both support secondary click

And tertiary, and 4-finger, and pinch to zoom, and that rotation gesture, and...

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