The grass is definitely not greener

marco:

I just started Windows XP (in Parallels) for the first time in a while to do some IE8 testing and try to download the Windows 7 RC for future testing.

It’s astonishingly bad. Everything about it. Windows. IE8. Windows Update. Microsoft Update. Automatic updates. Windows Geniune Advantage™. MSN Messenger. The Desktop Cleanup Wizard. Everything. I can’t believe how many people use Windows every day, and how much collective aggravation, wasted time, and damage to our industry has been caused by Microsoft’s sloppiness.

Using Windows for 10 minutes after using Macs full-time for 5 years really helps put all of this in perspective.

I’ve truly never used Vista. Not even once. But I bet Windows 7 won’t be any better — none of Microsoft’s deep-rooted issues that caused Vista’s problems have changed.

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   I agree to an extent. Windows (especially XP) CAN stand back and let you work. Just tweak it, starting with turning off...

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   Even with every little trick...learn, shortcut, “off” switch, etc.,

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    As anyone who’s followed me for a while now knows, I’m a flight simulator engineer. Some few years back the company

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    Agreed, the Desktop Cleanup Wizard is a ludicrous idiocy, but I’m not flattened about Mac OS either. I didn’t like...

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    Congrats — you passed judgement on...new OS using only an eight-year-old OS that’s now TWO...

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    Could not have said it better myself....wish I knew who was responsible

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