MikeReiner
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There have been so many random posts of why such and such hates/loves such and such about such and such OS.
I thought maybe we could have a civil discussion on our thoughts about operation systems.
Please only post your thoughts, and avoid responding directly to what anybody else had said unless it's constructive and adds to the discussion.
(No comments such as 'Because windows sucks!!11' will be appreciated coming from any Mac or Linux users. Constructive non-fanboyish reasons, people.)
Thanks.
I'll start.
I use Windows XP. I use it because it's light on the system and does all my tasks quickly and with no hassle. It's not perfect, but I'm happy with it.
I don't use linux mostly because I play games too much. Sometimes it's a real hassle to run software not preloaded in Ubuntu's synaptic package manager. Pretty much everything that is on the other hand, is effortless to use.
I don't use vista because I have yet to see any reason to. I look at it and see a new UI theme, a bigger install size, and much greater system requirements than that of XP. I don't like having this UAC thing go "Hey, you just double clicked that icon. You ok with that?" and having absolutely no protection if you disable it.
I have 2 gigs of ram with a dual core processor, I think my system is good enough for vista.. but, why? I run an OS on this system right now that could run on a machine made 8 years ago with virtually no decrease in overall performance from the previous OS.
The only reason I can see that DX10 is limited to Vista is so that Microsoft can get people to buy it. As far as I can tell, DX10 and DX9 are nearly identical.
Also, while this does not relate to the quality of Vista, I don't think I'm alone when I say that I am less than impressed with Vista/DX10 marketing done by Microsoft.
They try to advertise that DX10 can do this:
And DX9 can only do this:
Which just about anybody can tell you is a load of crap.
Reference:
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/AboutGFW/Pages/directx10-a.aspx
I thought maybe we could have a civil discussion on our thoughts about operation systems.
Please only post your thoughts, and avoid responding directly to what anybody else had said unless it's constructive and adds to the discussion.
(No comments such as 'Because windows sucks!!11' will be appreciated coming from any Mac or Linux users. Constructive non-fanboyish reasons, people.)
Thanks.
I'll start.
I use Windows XP. I use it because it's light on the system and does all my tasks quickly and with no hassle. It's not perfect, but I'm happy with it.
I don't use linux mostly because I play games too much. Sometimes it's a real hassle to run software not preloaded in Ubuntu's synaptic package manager. Pretty much everything that is on the other hand, is effortless to use.
I don't use vista because I have yet to see any reason to. I look at it and see a new UI theme, a bigger install size, and much greater system requirements than that of XP. I don't like having this UAC thing go "Hey, you just double clicked that icon. You ok with that?" and having absolutely no protection if you disable it.
I have 2 gigs of ram with a dual core processor, I think my system is good enough for vista.. but, why? I run an OS on this system right now that could run on a machine made 8 years ago with virtually no decrease in overall performance from the previous OS.
The only reason I can see that DX10 is limited to Vista is so that Microsoft can get people to buy it. As far as I can tell, DX10 and DX9 are nearly identical.
Also, while this does not relate to the quality of Vista, I don't think I'm alone when I say that I am less than impressed with Vista/DX10 marketing done by Microsoft.
They try to advertise that DX10 can do this:
And DX9 can only do this:
Which just about anybody can tell you is a load of crap.
Reference:
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/AboutGFW/Pages/directx10-a.aspx