11-05-2007, 06:01 PM
Why XP is still the one:
by Sascha Segan
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2210387,00.asp
(with various paragraphs lifted from the link above)
"I love Mac OS. It’s more stable, secure, and elegant than XP. It’s built on a more modern foundation, and Apple’s consumer media applications are very close to perfect... ...I run into various applications that I need but can’t find on the Mac OS platform..."
"Vista is basically XP with Microsoft clones of a bunch of third-party add-ons, minus a lot of driver and program compatibility. It’s like your old best friend with an embarrassing and expensive new haircut."
"Linux is beautiful and stable, but the applications problem on Linux is even worse than it is on Mac OS. And even in this age of Ubuntu, desktop Linux users are expected to be comfortable with the command line... ...the culture around Linux demands that you join the Linux community to stay in touch with what’s happening on the platform."
"Yes, XP has security issues. But here’s the thing about XP: With choice comes responsibility. Rather than including one preset solution for a problem the way Mac OS does, XP demands a little more of you. It demands that you go out there, weigh competing options, and enhance your system accordingly."
"Ah, but Vista is the future, you say. Maybe. Vista is the future only because Microsoft is giving consumers no choice, slapping Vista by default on new PCs. It’s a "success" only in situations where people have no alternative. Vista’s new features just aren’t enticing enough to compel people to spend money on them, and Microsoft made no changes to major core underpinnings of the OS. Vista will slowly creep over the world’s desktops in a weirdly lethargic way, with users neither welcoming it nor working very hard to fight it."
by Sascha Segan
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2210387,00.asp
(with various paragraphs lifted from the link above)
"I love Mac OS. It’s more stable, secure, and elegant than XP. It’s built on a more modern foundation, and Apple’s consumer media applications are very close to perfect... ...I run into various applications that I need but can’t find on the Mac OS platform..."
"Vista is basically XP with Microsoft clones of a bunch of third-party add-ons, minus a lot of driver and program compatibility. It’s like your old best friend with an embarrassing and expensive new haircut."
"Linux is beautiful and stable, but the applications problem on Linux is even worse than it is on Mac OS. And even in this age of Ubuntu, desktop Linux users are expected to be comfortable with the command line... ...the culture around Linux demands that you join the Linux community to stay in touch with what’s happening on the platform."
"Yes, XP has security issues. But here’s the thing about XP: With choice comes responsibility. Rather than including one preset solution for a problem the way Mac OS does, XP demands a little more of you. It demands that you go out there, weigh competing options, and enhance your system accordingly."
"Ah, but Vista is the future, you say. Maybe. Vista is the future only because Microsoft is giving consumers no choice, slapping Vista by default on new PCs. It’s a "success" only in situations where people have no alternative. Vista’s new features just aren’t enticing enough to compel people to spend money on them, and Microsoft made no changes to major core underpinnings of the OS. Vista will slowly creep over the world’s desktops in a weirdly lethargic way, with users neither welcoming it nor working very hard to fight it."
