It just hit me....

[FrustratedUser]

Win95 came out 10 years ago. Damn, time flies... :Q

This was the first Windows product that made me feel 'at home'.
I had been using Mac OS since early '91 and was forced to go Win 3.11.... ohhhh the horror.

 

[Jeff7181]

You should love Vista then... it's even more "Mac-like."

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
You should love Vista then... it's even more "Mac-like."

Vista is not mac-like

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
You should love Vista then... it's even more "Mac-like."

Vista is not mac-like

Exactly, vista will actually have software that works with it.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
You should love Vista then... it's even more "Mac-like."

Vista is not mac-like

Exactly, vista will actually have software that works with it.

ZING!!

 

[nweaver]

Originally posted by: Garth

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
You should love Vista then... it's even more "Mac-like."

Vista is not mac-like

Exactly, vista will actually have software that works with it.

ZING!!

Mac OSX + fink = all the OSS software you could ever want

Windows +....well, nothing = only shareware, OSS compiled for windows (not as much) + limited commercial apps.


Not to mention, when an upgrade comes out, you can just recompile software against new libraries and such...but yeah, Vista will have more software then Mac

 

[Abhoth]

Here's a good read for you Win95 buffs! http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021211S0008/1

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Win95 came out 10 years ago. Damn, time flies... :Q

Sunlight... is... good.... Frustrated... User...

 

[meltdown75]

damn time flies are buzzing around here too.

 

[computerABUSER]

Give me DOS 6.1 again

 

[mezrah]

Originally posted by: computerABUSER
Give me DOS 6.1 again

QFT...

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
You should love Vista then... it's even more "Mac-like."

Vista is not mac-like

Exactly, vista will actually have software that works with it.

:laugh:

Seriously though, Vista's new gui if you could call it that, or interface...well it is Mac-like.
It's like they ripped off OS X & slightly improved upon it.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Xyclone

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Win95 came out 10 years ago. Damn, time flies... :Q

Sunlight... is... good.... Frustrated... User...

:laugh:
Just a reflection.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

I miss 3.11. Having to manually edit autoexec.bat in file manager and go into dos to shift memory allocation from high to extended just to get a game to work. Man, those were the days. Never got a blue screen in 3.11 either, btw.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Malak

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
You should love Vista then... it's even more "Mac-like."

Vista is not mac-like

Exactly, vista will actually have software that works with it.

:roll: What a stupid troll.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: nweaver

Mac OSX + fink = all the OSS software you could ever want

Windows +....well, nothing = only shareware, OSS compiled for windows (not as much) + limited commercial apps.


Not to mention, when an upgrade comes out, you can just recompile software against new libraries and such...but yeah, Vista will have more software then Mac

Well, that all sounds great until you realize that:

"limited commercial apps" = Just about every single major video game created

And when you take out you very uninformed (or intentionally misleading) "very few OSS apps compiled for Windows" statement, together with the fact that you average PC user doesn't really ken to "just recompile software against new libraries and such," MacOS doesn't sound so awesome.

No, each platform has it perks and disadvantages, but please don't think that being a fanboy for the "other side," makes someone any better than any other fanboy.

 

[Nothinman]

Give me DOS 6.1 again

Yea, because giving userland full access to interact with hardware directly doesn't cause any problems...

Well, that all sounds great until you realize that:

"limited commercial apps" = Just about every single major video game created

Then when you sit back and realize that all of those games are rehashed versions of the same thing that's been put out in the last 10 years, it doesn't seem so bad to not play them. Just get a console and the 'gaming experience' will be the same or better for just about everything except FPS games anyway.

And when you take out you very uninformed (or intentionally misleading) "very few OSS apps compiled for Windows" statement, together with the fact that you average PC user doesn't really ken to "just recompile software against new libraries and such," MacOS doesn't sound so awesome.

Considering how few people actually do the compiling on OS X, I would say your statement is pretty wrong. Hell half of the time you don't even need to recompile since libraries generally maintain backwards compatibility with older versions.

No, each platform has it perks and disadvantages, but please don't think that being a fanboy for the "other side," makes someone any better than any other fanboy.

The only advantage Windows has is market penetration. And the thing about that is it also brings with it tons of crap software produced by people reading "Learn C++ in 21 days".