Why can't PCs be more like macs?

[GermyBoy]

Originally posted by: SnapIT

Originally posted by: GermyBoy Whatever happened to an installation be just copy the thing to a single folder, not put this in this folder, this in the registry (which is a bad idea anyways), etc?

Ever tried a *nix system? no? well try freeBSD, or maybe slackware linux, PC != MS OS...

That is true. I run RH71 as my router, which I also develop on. However, to do anything useful, like play games, I need windows or a mac.

 

[CraigRT]

Crash different?

 

[wnied]

Why can't PCs be more like macs?

Because then PCs would be ergonomically shaped proprietary pieces of garbage that wouldnt be half as fast as they are today or work half as well.

Death To Mac!
~wnied~

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

I run RH71 as my router, which I also develop on.

However, to do anything useful, like play games, I need windows or a mac.

Hmm, development is just kids stuff, while the real use for computers is gaming!

 

[sash1]

mac os = win!

mac pricing = suck :|

microsoft = suck

linux = winnar!



~Aunix

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: GermyBoy
...to do anything useful, like play games...

bwahahahaha... sorry, you deserve to get laughed at for that one

 

[Zugzwang152]

i hate mandrake with a passion. i hate them soooo much.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
i hate mandrake with a passion. i hate them soooo much.

that's extremely relevent to the topic at hand, which, in case anyone forgot, is: "Why can't PCs be more like macs?"

 

[silent tone]

Some windows apps can be installed with drag and drop. No registry entries made or none that won't be created when absent.

OTOH, some mac apps install libraries and preferences outside the 'main' directory.

So, it depends.

 

[Sid59]

if windows had modular installs .. then people would go into CompUSA and steal programs via their IPOD .. wait .. that's what happened to the macs ..

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Sid59
if windows had modular installs .. then people would go into CompUSA and steal programs via their IPOD .. wait .. that's what happened to the macs ..

Yeah, Windows' method of installing programs has certainly curbed piracy, especially when compared to the Macintosh platform, where piracy is running rampant

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Sid59
if windows had modular installs .. then people would go into CompUSA and steal programs via their IPOD .. wait .. that's what happened to the macs ..

Yeah, Windows' method of installing programs has certainly curbed piracy, especially when compared to the Macintosh platform, where piracy is running rampant

well it happened in the news once .. MS is just more popular and for some, piracy is the only way to go.