Why Do People Still Use Windows?

[mrmitchell]

As long as you have stupid people and a large target you'll have viruses and spyware, etc.

So what you're saying is, only smart people use Macs?

[Imran Siddiqui]

The irony of ^ post is the failure to notice the conjunction in the quoted post .

[Tuberski]

If I get a Mac it will be because all the cool people in the movies always use mac laptops.......

ACK!

[:) Smiley]

Originally posted by mrmitchell

As long as you have stupid people and a large target you'll have viruses and spyware, etc

So what you're saying is, only smart people use Macs?

note the AND operand in the previous statement.

[Verto]

Originally posted by Pekka
Verto, seems like you're trying to go for the 'look at this.. looks kind of cool, levels, not trash, clean, wood, almost modern like, woot the toot center of computers and entertainment'-desk. This is very common these days.

But tell you teh truth, it looks like if you farted while playing CivII, the whole system will come down and prolly land on your head.

Just saying bro..

hate the game.

I recognize the colors, but the painting is a mystery

[Pekka]

Verto, I'll battle any color or any race,
you beating me is like Billy Crystal playing Scarface,
I don't see it, blind to the eye,
I came up in ya face, po pow suprise..
...OOoOOooOO!!

[Agathon]

Originally posted by nostromo
I know a long time Mac user, and he doesn't like OS X (don't know which version), he prefers OS 9.

There are a lot of people like that. The Classic OS gave you a bit more freedom and was less computer-like. One other reason I don't use windows is that the support for multiple languages is pathetic.

I still haven't seen anything from Asher that isn't a blatant appeal to authority.

Ming's ibook must have been broken or had something done to it. My wife can't screw up an ibook, which is the hardest test for a computer imaginable.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Ming


For starters... it can't run 90% of the software I need to do my job.

Second, it can't run many of the games I want to play...

Besides the internet and word processing, those are the two major reasons why I use computers

Pray tell me what this has to do with the UI?

[mrmitchell]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
The irony of ^ post is the failure to notice the conjunction in the quoted post .

The irony's on you. I use Windows.

[:) Smiley]

So what you're saying is, only smart people use Macs?

The irony of ^ post is the failure to notice the conjunction in the quoted post

The irony's on you. I use Windows.

own goal

[chequita guevara]

Re: Why Do People Still Use Windows?

Because it's free.

[Nostromo]

Btw, The Pirates of Silicon Valley, is due for release on DVD this coming August 30th.

[FrostyBoy]

Windows is better because more people use it than OSX.

I'm not talking about popularity.

The reason this is so important, is because the 100s of thousands of programmers/artists who use Windows are constantly complaining/suggesting how to make Windows better.

Microsoft does listen. It takes a long time to release a new OS. Microsoft will make the best OS with each release (I'm talking about major releases, 95, 98, XP) simply because it recieves the most constructive critism.

OSX interface has a nice look, it fails me to understand why Microsoft can't employ artists to beef up Window's interface appearence. Windows Vista is an improvement, but its still a bit clumsy looking, and I don't like the black Start Menu. Black is not a good colour.

[Adagio]

I can't join the discussion... I've only used a Mac for a few hours... many years ago... the only thing I remember was I was happy getting back to Windows
And I don't know anyone who has a Mac

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Asher
Far and away the #1 problem is the novice users themselves, not Windows.

Bollocks. Just the regular "blame the victim" excuse.

MS advertises Windows as something you don't need experience and skill to use - not "use at your own risk because we don't give a rat's arse about viruses and spyware."