Windows 7: My Take
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Let's put it this way, as excessive as UAC seemed, it actually does more harm than good, users over time will simply click 'allow' cuz they're used to the damn dialog always popping up.
Other than those who signed on with microsoft exclusivity for whatever perks, there has been plenty of the same titles that have been released for OSX as well as Windows ever since Apple went Intel.
I just read that Windows 7 has already sold more copies than Apple has sold of OS X, ever. Just putting that out there. Don't really have a point.
As in Since OS X 10.0 in 2002?
But Number wise it wouldn't surprise me, how many PCs are there from the ultra cheap 150$ one from last black friday, up to the gaming rigs, compared to the # of macs capable of running OSX?
Course the fact they sold that many (and not counting manufactures who just made contract agreements to buy), must show how desperately M$ fucked up on vista
As in Since OS X 10.0 in 2002?
But Number wise it wouldn't surprise me, how many PCs are there from the ultra cheap 150$ one from last black friday, up to the gaming rigs, compared to the # of macs capable of running OSX?
Course the fact they sold that many (and not counting manufactures who just made contract agreements to buy), must show how desperately M$ fucked up on vista
Yep, since the very first launch of OS X. Apparently Dell and Toshiba have a lot to do with it, as they've purchased a shit ton of licenses already and will be pushing it pretty hard.
KB,
Thanks - I do know where that is, and I should have mentioned that I tried this already. It doesn't work, at least, not for long. Something will change within the next 2-3 days and I'll open Windows Explorer and see icons again. It's a known bug, I've read it while searching for a solution months ago.
As KB said, this is all useless. You get used to that stupid popup and you simply click OK out of habit. Until a true red alert/warning box can pop up when something unusual is detected, 90% of the world will simply click OK.
This is why I sometimes want to kick these programmers in the ass. They all think logically that the average PC user thinks "geek" like them and analyzes every popup box. Let me tell you, when I'm in a rush to do something and that box pops up, I want it out of my face. When I am installing new software, fine, I can tolerate that. I expect it. But leave it out of the normal day to day stuff.
For me, I'll stick with XP for a while longer. I like to wait until the dust settles, initial bugs and exploits are ironed out, etc.
As for Linux, I have to agree with some of you; it's a nice alternative, and good for times like when you're having bootup/BSOD problems and need to troubleshoot things. But as far as using it as the everyday OS - it's not for most people still. People have come way too familiar and accustomed to having "Windows" on their pc's and it has become synonymous to being a part of the computer itself to most (less tech-savvy) people.
It will be years and years before we see a possible transition of the masses from Windows to something other like Chrome or Ubuntu.
As for Linux, I have to agree with some of you; it's a nice alternative, and good for times like when you're having bootup/BSOD problems and need to troubleshoot things. But as far as using it as the everyday OS - it's not for most people still. People have come way too familiar and accustomed to having "Windows" on their pc's and it has become synonymous to being a part of the computer itself to most (less tech-savvy) people.
It will be years and years before we see a possible transition of the masses from Windows to something other like Chrome or Ubuntu.
Cept in comparison you can't seem to get Directories to appear at top of the folder listing, regardless of sort order without hacking up the Finder resources to put a space in front of the type " Folder" just to force it to be up on top ahead of the rest in "Kind" sort. Really annoying if you're used to how windows (and linux in many cases) shows the folder on top before listing the files.
The mentioned solution should work, but only if 1 instance of the program is opened. So try this. First you need to close all the instances of win explorer, then open ONLY 1, do changes, click apply to all, close and reopen. It should work. The inconsistencies happen when you have more then one win explorer open in the same time.
It did work for me every time in the past! :2twocents:
From a programmer friend: "Win7 is much better than both XP and Vista because it is based on the Linux kernel". I don't know how true this is or not, but well, Linux is very stable.
I'm not upgrading to 7, I'm reading about Linux already... I'll be probably using Arch in a short future. I like the concept of install once, just upgrade ever after they have.
I'm not upgrading to 7, I'm reading about Linux already... I'll be probably using Arch in a short future. I like the concept of install once, just upgrade ever after they have.
I highly doubt that, and it sounds like every other ill informed jargon when trying to explain the magical reason why something is stable.
Same here, but I'm noticing in a virtualized enviroment (ie: Parallels or VmWare.), 7 still doesn't beat XP even close in terms of performance and resource consumption, especially when both have been set for best performance in control panel.
But in a dual-boot situation, 7 performs just as well provided you're using least 2gb of rams.
Looks like they need to sell more.
Microsoft first-quarter income down 18 percent, still beats expectations