Windows 7

[lordofduct]

I always liked the image that had the Mac and PC guys, saying "If you were a business, who would you hire?"

Seriously, would you hire the awkward yet well-intending professionally dressed worker, or would you hire the smart-assed "artsy" slacker who probably hasn't worked an honest job in his entire life?

Go read Dan Pink's book titled 'A Whole New Mind' and than answer your question.

Just because some overly creative artsy business man writes a book doesn't mean it's right.

Now I will agree the application of some subjective whole picture thinking can be a good thing. Doesn't mean an over indulgence in it would be awesome either.

I wouldn't want to hire a reclusive sociopath who can only stare into his monitor and barely stutter a word to anyone. But damn those logics of his are so keen I want to punch him in his face.

Extremes are bad... VERY BAD. And the egotistical hippie dippie impression that "the7k" was referring to is that of the character portrayed in the Mac ads. And I'm sorry I don't think anyone would want to hire that in the business industry... maybe in the art industry. But having a moderate in between guy ready for work and well intentioned, over a hooting dick weed... sounds the better choice in my book.

Throwing away logistics and part-broken-organization is a BAD thing. Especially in an age of technology. No matter how "OUT OF THE BOX" the boss is, if it weren't for me and my peers, his whole entire business would tumble to the ground. In the same respect with out that big mouthed social butterfly, I wouldn't get a fucking job, because when it comes to that free thinking non-structure what the crap I hear parroted by these mumbos... well I don't get it... and for some reason the industry wants someone at the front of the company, a face to look at and talk to, who can blabber on like that. They don't want to hear boring old me talking about fiscal responsibilities and pie graphs, etc etc. Subjective and big picture thinkers (right brainers) miss out on a few key parts... realizing the nitty gritty which needs to get done, and it alienates large groups of people. Take Mac for instance, they serve popularly well to a small niche of the market... the brand huggers. But they alienate a massive population of people that you just don't hear from because they don't give a fuck enough about Mac to care to say anything. Why do you think Jobs stands at the front of the company, but wozniak sits in the shadows... he's not the hooting dick wad right brainer Jobs is... but do you think Apple could stand on two legs with ONLY Jobs? (forgiving the facts about what Woz is there now a days... seeing as he's not really a owner or anything anymore).

Right brainers aren't taking over business. They're becoming the mascots of business. (I'm lumping right brain, liberal thought, open box, over confident BS into a box... oh I have wonderful experiences with this in the business world... and the regular employee just grits their teeth and prays big boss will shut the fuck up and just let us do our job damn it.)

So yeah, unless mr Mac fag can come in and say he knows how to do more then just edit the photos he took at the bar last night. I don't care if you made a goofy video of you and your mom in the mac store... can you fucking produce something viable!? Something not any joe schmoe could!? (Mr. Mac fag is not all Mac users, it's the archetypical Mac fag portrayed through the character in question in the mac ad).

[MrPopo]

...Long post about how the world really works...

Do you have a newsletter I can subscribe to?

[darthmunky]

I installed Windows 7. So far, I don't see much difference between this and Vista. Except the taskbar will take some getting used to. other than that, it's just little things that are different. It's a lot faster though. UAC is not annoying anymore.

[MrPopo]

UAC is not annoying anymore.

To be fair, that can be fixed on Vista in about 15 seconds.

[Niode]

UAC is not annoying anymore.

To be fair, that can be fixed on Vista in about 15 seconds.

Untrue, the UAC does serve a purpose, simply disabling it removes another layer of security from your machine. Disabling the UAC is like setting your root password to blank on a *nix system (in fact it's worse than that, it makes the security the same as an XP system, and we all know how bad that is). The fundamental flaw of the UAC on Vista is that instead of halting the process and waiting for an action in the background it goes "OMG THIS PROGRAM IS TRYING TO DO A NAUGHTY! STOP EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING AND PAY ATTENTION TO ME - RIGHT NOW!!"

On windows 7 it does what it should do; flashes the icon in the taskbar to let you know this window needs your attention, and lets you get around to at at your pace. It doesn't force you to deal with it straight away, rather, when you've finished your current task.

[bacteria]

Windows is just an operating system, what is important is the software you can run using an OS that you want to run - if what you want to run works on an existing platform (eg XP), why get Windows 7 for the sake of upgrade?

[sevin0seven]

Windows is just an operating system, what is important is the software you can run using an OS that you want to run - if what you want to run works on an existing platform (eg XP), why get Windows 7 for the sake of upgrade?

I agree with this point. I'm happy with my XP Pro.

[RCBH928]

I got ideas about checking out Windows system again(mac currently)
but after trying to install XP on a Dell Studio 1535(because it froze and won't load), it appears that the backup drivers and applications are Vista only, and after 2 hours looking online for the wireless card driver it seems to be extremely difficult to install because Dell made sure that this laptop works with Vista only.

I closed the laptop and sent it to a repair shop, and remembered why I moved to mac.
if a 12+ years daily computer user can't figure it out, its not worth it.
I guess Windows is still Windows be it 98,XP, Vista, or 7.
I do appreciate its gaming capabilities though(if you can get it to work)

[lordofduct]

kingmod - that wouldn't be Windows fault... that'd be Dell's fault.

[Jrecee]

Well when the OS is made by a different company than the computer, there are bound to be conflicts. Apple solves this by controlling everything. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing depends on your point of view. I'll take the huge amount of options I get in the pc world over the limited (and therefore expensive) options I get from apple.