I am upset with Microsoft. Windows Vista is a terrible operating system. It is bloated and unwieldy and the taskbar looks ugly. Don’t get me wrong, I like the functionality of Vista it has some cool features; the trouble is that it comes with too many ghosts of Windows past. The legacy code from all of those past versions is the problem.
Windows needs a ground up redesign; by all accounts, Windows 7 is simply more of the same. Which means it will contain reams and reams of old code and it will probably require even more hard disk space than Vista. I doubt that the RAM requirements will be any higher. If the RAM requirements go too much higher, then Microsoft will have to build a proper 64-bit operating system.
I am a Microsoft man, always have been and probably always will. I have 20+ years invested into Microsoft systems, and much as I love my Mac Book Pro, there is no getting past all of that history. Microsoft has the most convenient platform on the market; there is a mountain of cool software and peripherals that won’t run on the competition.
If you have old software, most of it will still run on Vista. If I wanted to, I could still install Microsoft Office 97 on Vista, this is the benefit of all of that legacy code. It means that people that have made significant investments in their software don’t have to go out and purchase new software and it means that developers don’t need to learn too many new tricks. It also means that the changes that many of us are hoping for probably aren’t going to happen, at least, not until the situation becomes dire.
There is a way that Microsoft can have its cake and eat it too with regards to legacy software and that is with virtualization. I just installed Parallels on my Mac Book Pro and have to say that the integration is pretty seamless. I am building up my Mac software library at the moment, but there are a few things that Windows software does better that I want to take advantage of. What if Microsoft were to do something similar?
Windows XP is perfect virtualization material. It is a fairly light system compared with Vista and a cut down version of XP could be even lighter. Make that the launchpad for old software and include it free with a totally updated operating system. In this way, users that still need to work with old programs can when they need to and old peripherals can still be put to use.
So how can Windows get right by me? Give us a ground up redesign, it would not be as dramatic as the changes that Apple had to undergo when they switched to Intel, as the underlying hardware will not be changing. Design the new system to properly take advantage of more than two processor cores; 64-bit from the ground up so that the only memory limitation is the number of available slots in the motherboard. Create a hardware verification system with teeth, people want their hardware to integrate seamlessly; I don’t mind installing drivers, I do mind if I install something that says Vista Ready that requires me to spend hours and hours troubleshooting.
The next generation of Windows needs to be lightning fast and it needs to make the most of my system resources without sucking up all of my system resources in the process. It needs to handle multitasking a little bit better and it needs a bulletproof kernel and you know what else; I don’t want programs messing with my registry. I want my computer to be as lightning fast six or eight months down the track as it was on the day that I bought it and if Microsoft can’t make that happen, then I might just become a Hackintosh man.
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45 responses
Jul 5, 2008 at 11:17 pm
The inclusion of old code is not the problem. OSX, Linux and most Unixes are based on lost of old code. The difference is that it’s superior old code. Windows code was never good to start with. MS should just take Linux and create MS Linux. They’re just not got at the OS thing and never will be.
Jul 5, 2008 at 11:40 pm
I’ll be honest with you, I’m a Linux-only user. Have been since 2005. Linux users don’t pop out of nowhere. Most of us used to be Windows users. If I hadn’t switched I would be mighty upset too.
There is no Linux Inc. or Linux Corp. Just a bunch of companies, organizations and individuals dedicated to producing the finest code that can be written. You could say that Linux or GNU/Linux (in case RMS is reading this) is all about the code and nothing but the code. Although Microsoft is the largest software producer, they are not all about the code. They are all about the stockholders. Without the stockholders, Microsoft is dead. When Steve Ballmer stood on stage and pronounced “developers developers developers…”, what he was really saying was “we need developers to keep the stockholders”. The stockholders own the company. Everybody, including Steve Ballmer works for them.
So you would think that producing the best code possible would be the way to keep the stockholders happy. What about upgrades? How do you improve something like, say, a word processor that’s been in development for 20 years and has every conceivable feature included in it? You don’t. So how do you convince everybody to spend anywhere between $100 and $400 dollars for it? You spruce it up and radically change the interface like they did with Office 2007.
You pointed out the legacy problem. That’s a tough one. It’s like they’re caught between a rock, a hard place and a pointy place. But the biggest problem of all is that Microsoft has to sell their software. It’s no surprise that they are also one of the biggest marketing companies in the world.
I wouldn’t count on Microsoft producing code that works as though the whole world had access to it and was constantly being refined in spite of the fact that it was growing at the rate of over 3,000 lines of code a day.
Because of the stockholders, Microsoft will never release anything that cannot be improved to the point of another version. I’ve heard of features being held back to fill out the next version. That’s not underhanded, that’s business. Open Source doesn’t work that way. You get the best as soon as it’s ready.
Staying with Microsoft is a choice. We all make choices. My opinion is that Microsoft will disappoint you. Again and again.
Jul 6, 2008 at 12:54 am
You’ve already got what you want. You have a MacBook that runs virtualization just fine. Install OS X, enjoy a modern 64-bit operating system with solid UNIX underneath; enjoy the security; enjoy the lack of malware; enjoy the benefits of a developer community encouraged to build usable software. It’s right in front of you.
You’re already having your cake and eating it too!
Because if you really need to, just fire up Parallels and run Office ‘97, or XP, or even Vista, if you really must.
Like most people I think you’ll find that you’ll want to do that less and less.
And that’s something you’ll probably enjoy too.
Isaiah
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Jul 6, 2008 at 5:50 pm
If only a $2000 Mac didn’t have the same specs as a $600 Windows machine… I’ll deal with a little bit of troubleshooting hardware to save $1400. Maybe I’m just cheap.
By the way, Windows is quite secure these days, so long as you’re not visiting websites that are asking you for trouble. I’ve yet to get any kind of virus, malware, or spyware on my Vista machine in the 1.5 years it’s been running. And all I’m using is a free AV client.
To each his own, but I’ve got $1400 more in my pocket that the Mac buyers.
Jul 6, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Justin, you are retarded.
“but I’ve got $1400 more in my pocket that the Mac buyers” is just a baseless comment.
Go find a laptop that beats MacBooks by $1400…. Oh wait, that would mean Dell would pay YOU $300 for a free laptop. God, stay with Windows- you’re too dense to even realize what you are missing.
Jul 6, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Justin is right - Apple charges a huge premium on practically all their hardware. Luckily, their OS is good enough that they can, but it didnt always used to be like that.
Unfortunately, Microsoft isn’t in the same place that Apple was when they swapped to OSX. I’m pretty sure they would make millions of people angry if they were to break legacy support or require emulation for nearly every piece of software on the market. Luckily, Apple only had a 2 percent user base when they introduced OSX, with an equal or less amount of businesses that also used the OS.
I love the beauty of OS X, but Apple is basically as stubborn and money grubbing as microsoft (welcome to capitalism!!)
Jul 6, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I’m with you, just blogged exactly about that: http://www.robgonda.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/7/6/Will-Microsoft-ever-learn-Windows-7-buzz
But chances are slim, I really don’t see Microsoft creating a light, fast, solid OS
Jul 6, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Justin’s comment is way of base. Apple does not give you deals, correct, they give you the price, unchanged, unraised. If you are smart you find the ways to get them cheaper. Apple gives you an education discount for Macbooks which minus 100 dollars off price down to 999.99 and a free iPod with computer. The macbook is a dual core base line entry level laptop. The biggest flaw in macs are video cards because nvidia and ati use to not care about mac, now they are making cards for them.
If you buy a dell laptop you will run refurbished prices matching that of a macbook. Desktop computers with towers are cheaper then All-In-One macs duh, compare with the All-In-One dell, same price. I would bet money everyone that makes the claim Macs are expensive don’t even take the time to investigate how to get them cheaper because they already decided.
Jul 6, 2008 at 8:09 pm
I don’t know how many people remember Apple’s transition from OS9 to OSX…but it was horrible.
At the time I wanted to “upgrade” to the new, shiny, pretty OS…but Apple didn’t have hardware support ready, 3rd party companies (like Adobe/Quark) didn’t have Carbonized apps finished and anything you needed to run had to be run in a virtual machine (Classic Mode). Basically, you’d buy a brand new Mac capable of running OSX and spent the majority of your time in OS9…still.
Also, when the time came for hardware/software to jump on the OSX bandwagon that meant people had to REPURCHASE all their software so they didn’t have to work in Classic Mode at all. If any of you remember, this is how Quarkl lost its Marketshare…they waited too long to natively support OSX and InDesign beat ‘em by a couple years and got a foothold.
Point is, simply saying “Scrap what we have 100% and start over” is not do-able. Even if YOU don’t mind rebuying $500 worth of software, companies won’t like the idea of being forced to do the same for dozens, if not hundreds or thousands of employees.
Also, Vista is a great OS. It took me a while to switch from XP to Vista (its Beta left a bad taste in my mouth) but I’ve been using it almost exclusively on my main PC for nearly a year now. A PC, which I might add, is 4 years old this month and is still “higher end” when it comes to gaming and video work. Good luck finding a Mac that came out in 2004 that can run OSX 10.4 or 10.5 as well.
Oh, and someone mentioned laptops being better priced when you compare Macs and PCs…who cares!?! I have a laptop and if I have a chance, I will use a desktop machine everytime. Laptops are used by too many people nowadays as their main computer…which is stupid considering how much more they cost, their shorter lifespan and less upgrade options.
I’m glad Windows 7 will be a newer, updted version of Vista…Vista got a lot of things right and I don’t want them to re-invent the wheel just to please Mac fanboys.
Jul 6, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Linux baby! screw MS and Macs!
Jul 6, 2008 at 8:37 pm
The reason Mac’s cost more is because THEY ARE better machines. The Mac is rock solid. The reason I ultimately dumped Microsoft is because I actually wanted to USE my computer instead of fixing the friggin thing all the time. When you buy a Mac you aren’t just buying a computer, you are making an investment. When you buy a PC you are throwing your money away. The average life span of a Macintosh is about 7 years versus a PC’s 1-3 years. The first Mac I ever got was $1600.00. I used it for four years for recording and editing digital audio and video, and it only crashed three times during that whole period. Then, when I sold it to trade up, I got $500.00 for it. You could pay $1600 for a new PC and not get $75.00 for it after four years. Nuff, said… if you need Windows anymore, just use Parallels.
Jul 6, 2008 at 9:03 pm
just bought a macbook, speced out to the exact same as a Dell, at the SAME price. Apple has lowered there prices plus you get superior software preinstalled.
Jul 6, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Kip, if Macs have a guaranteed lifespan of 7 years, explain to me WHY Apple enthusiasts seem to buy a new computer EVERY year practically? I also highly doubt the iPod has that long of lifespan - especially the HDD-based ones…a year is about average based on what bloggers have said over the years.
Also, you have to be aware of this practice that many Mac software makers do: Make every new version of an app only compatible w/ the latest OS and maybe one or two versions behind it (at most). This essentially forces Mac users to upgrade to the latest OS…and since Macs take such a performance hit w/ every .1 upgrade to OSX, that means they have to buy a new computer if they want to keep up w/ the latest version of apps.
So your story of a 7 yr. old Mac is rubbish. I’m sure a Mac will work after 7 yrs (as will most PCs, if they are decent brands or use decent brand name parts) but there’s a huge difference between HAVING a 7 yr. old Mac and USING it as your primary machine.
The simple truth is that Mac users feel like “Elitist” for whatever reason. They think spending more money on a computer with an Apple logo makes them more productive or creative…it doesn’t. They also seem to think that because the masses don’t have a Mac that they are better than them…when in fact most people don’t want to spend over $1000 for a computer. They’d rather take the $2500 you spend on a Mac and buy a comparable sub-$1,000 PC and spend the rest on entertainment or bills.
And don’t talk about Macs being built “so much better” than PCs…since the switch to Intel the guts of Macs and PCs are identical. The only difference? Apple barely lets you customize your Mac beyond RAM and HDD size upgrades in most models.
Jul 6, 2008 at 9:34 pm
There is far more to this argument than just a price difference. Macs are a rip off but they also force you to use whatever hardware they have chosen to support for each generation of products which they tell you is so that they can create better “synergy” between the hardware and their OS, but unfortunatly it takes time to create such “synergy” between hardware and software which means that you always get slightly dated hardware when you buy a brand new Mac. Not to mention that no one seems to appreciate what a non-trivial feat it is for Microsoft to be compatible with virtually every piece of hardware in existance (including the crap that Apple uses). Really it’s pathetic that Apple is only capable of guaranteeing that their crap will run on one set of hardware, especially since their O.S. is built on a UNIX kernal which they didn’t even have to write (or pay for, for that matter; it was meant to be free but Apple thinks they should make money off of it).
As it it wasn’t impressive enough that Microsoft is compatible with pretty much any hardware, they at least wrote their own kernal instead of stealing one.
So because of Apple’s incompetence they have to be very controlling and you morons who buy their crap don’t seem to mind being controlled (that makes you guys pretty much lemmings now doesn’t it?), being told that you have to use this hardware and that you can’t upgrade unless you want to buy a whole new machine. Why would you want to subject yourself to that? Even if it was cheaper than a windows box (like that will ever happen)?
Oh, and it cracks me up that Apple has announced that they plan on making their own processors pretty soon because they don’t like being tied to Intel’s architectural decisions. Oh, the irony, it kills me. It also shows how pompus Apple is that they think they can make a better processor than a company that has been doing it since the late 70’s. Steve Jobs is a moron and the only reason that his company hasn’t gone out of business is that he isn’t alone in being a moron. All of you morons who willingly subject yourselves to his dictatorship keep his pathetic company alive.
And for those of you who seriously think your Mac (of any kind) is just as good or better than a windows box when it comes to performance (a bi-product of being an Apple moron lemming), bring your $6,000 speced out Mac (with a whole 2 GB of RAM) and my $700 windows box with 8 GB of RAM will run circles around it. Of, course, if you actually cared about performace you wouldn’t let Steve jobs dictate what kind of hardware you can use. Now, for those who are thinking there is no way I could have a computer that only cost $700 - you see, that is the beauty of windows. The only things I have to replace when I want to upgrade are my CPU, RAM and MoBo (and if I am careful, only the CPU) so it is VERY possible to get an out of this world machine for about $700.
And another thing, why would I want to limit myself to maybe 50 programs when there are literally millions of programs for windows? Most of which are free (a word that is foreign to the Apple community).
Oh, and since somebody mentioned the security topic…
The only reason Apple is not plagued with viruses is because most virus writter want to hit as many people as they can and fotunately it is a minority of the human race that has the stupid gene and buy Macs (about 6% now) so most virus writter don’t target you. And I can top the guys Vista story above. I have been running 64-bit Vista for about a year now with NO anti-virus software installed and have never had a problem (nor have I ever had a problem with any of my XP machines in over 7 years) and yes, I do use the internet, on a daily, even hourly basis, for you Mac-stupid-gene-morons who will assume that the only way I could avoid getting viruses is to stay away from the internet entirely.
There are a million more reasons to buy anything other than Apple but since stupid-gene people quiver at the sight sight of comments more than 10 words long, I better wrap it up.
And you know what the worst part is? How many of you think that apes know they are not as intelliegent as humans? (the ones who don’t buy Apple that is) That’s right they don’t! This is the same reason you can never convince a stupid-gene-Apple-buying person that they are stupid for buying Apple - it is beyond their intelligence level to even comprehend.
Jul 6, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Scott wrote:
“A PC, which I might add, is 4 years old this month and is still “higher end” when it comes to gaming and video work. Good luck finding a Mac that came out in 2004 that can run OSX 10.4 or 10.5 as well.”
Wow.
I mean, just plain wow.
I have never read anything that screams “IGNORANCE!” as loudly as that.
I write this from my ca. 2001 Power Macintosh G4, the Sawtooth model, that came out of the factory a 400MHz machine. With a couple of upgraded parts over these MANY years, it chugs along happily as my daily driver.
And here it is, running Mac OS X 10.4, all up to date.
But I guess I must be mistaken, huh.
It’s amazing what happens when the smug, self-appointed “experts” speak.
Jul 6, 2008 at 9:48 pm
…explain to me how Macs are BETTER MACHINES when Apple does the axact same thing any OEM does? (since stupid-gene-Apple-buying morons won’t even know what OEM means, let me spell it out. Original Equipment Manufacturer). I know this will come as a shock to brainless lemmings, but Apple DOES NOT MAKE THEIR OWN HARDWARE - they buy it from third party vendors just like DELL or HP or Gateway does and guess what? That means that their machines are not built “better than PCs.”
Holy Crap people - are you REALLY that STUPID - that you think your precious Mac is “better” than a PC costing 1/3 as much? Holy Crap, you people are stupid. It’s a good thing only 6% of this species is composed of absolute idiots or we would be extinct by now.
Jul 6, 2008 at 9:53 pm
“I write this from my ca. 2001 Power Macintosh G4, the Sawtooth model, that came out of the factory a 400MHz machine. With a couple of upgraded parts over these MANY years, it chugs along happily as my daily driver.
And here it is, running Mac OS X 10.4, all up to date.
But I guess I must be mistaken, huh.”
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WOW. You mean you have a G4 Mac that can run an internet browser and a word processing program!?!
Holy crap. I stand corrected. Macs are da shitz.
Microsoft, Vista, XP and the 90+% of computers in the world are completely useless.
I don’t even know why the number 401 Mhz or higher exists. Clearly, 400Mhz is the pinnacle of computing power.
Jul 6, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Let us point out one more example of how unbelievably stupid Mac buyers are. Are little friend Kip above says that buying a Mac is an “investment.” …
Uh, investments are assets not liabilities stupid. Unless you can tell me that your piece of crap Mac is apprciating in value it is a liability NOT an investment. HOLY CRAP!! Mac poeple are SO F’n stupid.
And by, the way, if you bought a Mac because you wanted to actually be able to use your computer (implying that a windows machine was too hard for you to figure out how to use), if you weren’t stupid enough to need to join the Mac cult because you didn’t even know how to get your PC to work, maybe you are better off there. Too badk is costs so much money to be stupid.
Jul 6, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Quote:
“There is a way that Microsoft can have its cake and eat it too with regards to legacy software and that is with virtualization… What if Microsoft were to do something similar?”
Microsoft has “free” virtualization software called VirtualPC which is available for download. Older and current 32-bit Windows OSes and probably other ones can be installed on it. For most people who have older Windows software I believe this is adequate:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx
Jul 6, 2008 at 10:11 pm
“Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor”
Right off of Apple’s website. Good job Adam. You fail.
Jul 6, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Oh, btw, that was the tech specs for OSX
Jul 6, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Apple is evil. Microsoft give as the freedom to choose and upgrade our hardware. LINUX took it a step further and give as the choice of free OS that runs on hardware that we choose. That is a progress. What Apple gives you is no choice at all. You might argue that is stable and just works. It works because is the pure incarnation of evil and monopoly. Is secure because is 3% of the world PC market and no sane person will spend his time on exploiting OS that unpopular. Is more of a trend than functional OS.
Jul 6, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Nom;
Virtual PC is nothing compared to Parallels. Its seamlessness causes any PC user to quiver in their tubes. I am not a MAC user. But none the less, PC’s… - (Why do we say this?) - Windows is still better.
P.S. Appearance is everything, Apple knows this well.
-J07
Jul 6, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Wow! Looks like a second grade recess break in here! “My daddy is better than your daddy”…
I say, if it works for you and you like it… whatever it is… you are better off than most of peeps posting on this page.
Jul 6, 2008 at 11:41 pm
Fred, the reason why the discussion is so heated (and anti-Apple, also) is because the blog post writer is so blatantly biased in the first few sentences:
“I am upset with Microsoft. Windows Vista is a terrible operating system. It is bloated and unwieldy and the taskbar looks ugly.”
What the heck is that!?! Vista is much better than XP overall and is the future of Microsoft’s OSs…(NOT XP, which is essentially dead). Even if you don’t like Windows, you’d have a hard time saying OSX is superior to XP…and if that’s the case…and Vista IS better than XP (more secure, the OS future software will be designed for, better looking, etc.), than it can be said that Vista is STILL superior to Mac OSX.
I mean, this post was meant to stir up discussion — the BSOD image is just retarded (it doesn’t exist in Vista, sorry bub and Vista rarely just 100% crashes…unlike Mac OSX…which suffers from the Gray Screen of Death) and once again, Mac Fanboys’ first cut against anything MS is how it looks “the taskbar is ugly”. Well, you know what? I think that the Dock takes up too much space, is piss poor at what it does and was designed to ONLY be Eye Candy. The finder in OS9 was superior to OSX’s Dock. Geez.
Finally, I use Parallels quite often at work because I’m a Web Designer who is forced to use a Mac but needs to test out web stuff in Windows (the little OS 90+% of the computers in the world run on)….it is NOT that great of a program. It’s okay, but no better than Classic Mode in OSX. I hate the idea of loading up Windows in a Window on a Mac when I should just be using Windows by default and not even having Mac OSX anywhere in the equation.
But that’s artsy-farty idiot design/faux chic people for you…they are exactly what Apple targets and sometimes dumb companies put them in charge of buying hardware.
Jul 6, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Hey has anyone else noticed that in 10.5, when you see a windows machine on the network, its icon has the blue screen of death? haha
Jul 6, 2008 at 11:50 pm
“I write this from my ca. 2001 Power Macintosh G4, the Sawtooth model, that came out of the factory a 400MHz machine. With a couple of upgraded parts over these MANY years, it chugs along happily as my daily driver.
And here it is, running Mac OS X 10.4, all up to date.”
I actually have your same computer and it’s painfully slow. I can’t even watch anything with Flash, it just pigs out. It’s now awaiting being sold on craigslist for $100. I’m also running XP SP3 on a dell latitude from 1998, big deal.
BTW, I have a macbook and a fast Dell PC with vista and I love both - each has its plusses and minuses! I’ve never had a problem with the PC, nor have I with the Mac. The Vista machine is more of my powerhouse while the macbook is just a web browser for me. I switched to a PC desktop because I wanted the ability to upgrade later on without having to spend money on a 2800 dollar mac pro. I love the freedom my PC gives me, as well as the lessened cost.
Jul 7, 2008 at 12:09 am
I have a few computers , one with XP Pro, one with 2000 pro, and one with the dreaded windows me, which should have been called windows 95 version 5. windows 98 was a service pack sold as an OS ,same as Win-ME a beta test of windows restore sold as an OS ,performed worse than win-95. and Vista is about the same as windows ME not any better than the previous OS. slower and bloated. I ran it in beta all the different releases, and the final wasn’t any better than the 1st public preview , I think it( the final) was/is slower ,I had it running on a high speed PC that when booted into XP it smoked, and when booted into Vista it looked like XP on a 486 DX2-100. they should have named Vista “ESCARGOT” the slow as a snail OS.
I’m no fan of Mac or Linux ,my software won’t run on those without windows and whats the point of buying a mac to run windows.
Microsoft needs a OS like XP that runs faster and uses less resources and costs under $100. for the Pro Version.
Happy Trails and to those that flame ,May they get Burned. ——–Sahlazmrarjeus…….
Jul 7, 2008 at 12:38 am
Who gives a crap which OS is better. Get a life and at least kiss a girl you whinny little tards.
This issue will never end. Never. If your puter works for you then good for you.
How about this…Instead of spending your nights ragging on OS’s, Take a shower, go out, and find some POONTANG!!
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Jul 7, 2008 at 12:50 am
That not good! Buy Windows XP and you will have no problems with this product.
Here secret for Windows XP boot to reduce time more fastest than Vista!!! XP is 5-10 times faster than Vista. Don’t you believe that? Serious!
Copy and paste from other someone that send me an tip for Windows XP boot up faster. I so SHOCK and very happy to have tip here. You must have Windows XP to use this!!! Vista can’t do that!
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Only ones I know of I have posted mate. I know in XP you can set the timeout as low as 3….which most my systems are at. Never tried this but a friend of a friend ’swears’ on this:
Start - Run…
1 - Run regedit
2 - Go to HKEY_LOACAL_MECHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex
3 - Find the Key titled “Startup Delay”
4 - Double Click On It
5 - Click Decimal Now its Default Value Is 4800000
6 - Change The Value To 40000
7 - Close regedit and reboot
8 - Enjoy
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Tested and working perfect! Long live Windows XP!
Shame on Vista Operating System! People hate Vista and love XP forever.
I stick with Windows XP forever.
You need be happy to have Windows XP. Throw Vista away and keep XP.
Jul 7, 2008 at 1:01 am
Someone once said to me in 1997-98 - “UNIX is dead. NT killed it”.
It’s still echoing in my ears. I’m not sure why.
Jul 7, 2008 at 1:24 am
“Who gives a crap which OS is better. Get a life and at least kiss a girl you whinny little tards.
This issue will never end. Never. If your puter works for you then good for you.
How about this…Instead of spending your nights ragging on OS’s, Take a shower, go out, and find some POONTANG!!”
Jay, you’re pretty slick. It must’ve been hard for you (pun intended) to fight of the hundreds of women who are flinging themselves at your massive manhood in order to post on a tech blog.
You’re not “kewl”, you fail at sounding “edgy/superior” (if that was your intention and I sure hope to God no woman tries to create offspring with you…the last thing the world needs is another idiot.
In other news, I think the tech community has spoken: Microsoft and its products are superior to craptastic Apple’s…and any argument Mac fanboys try to throw our way will be quickly deflected because, hey, “us slow compooter folk” know our OS is better, hands down.
Now go buy another iPod and get some Kleenex and Lotion ready for Jobs’ next press conference.
Jul 7, 2008 at 1:40 am
You asked: ‘How Can Microsoft Get Right by Me and Blow OSX Out of the Water?’
The answer: They can’t and they can’t.
Microsoft is NOT going to change anytime soon. They can’t. Too much legacy. Too much bloated code. Wrong culture.
Microsoft is NOT going to blow OS X out of the water. They can’t. If they could, don’t you think they would have done so eight years ago when OS X was introduced? OS X continues to gain market share while Windows continues to lose market share. (According to IDG).
Will Microsoft get get it right? Eventually. They’ll be forced to, not by the DOJ (Dept. of Jutice) or other governmental agencies here and abroad, but by market pressure. Non-competitive companies die. Even very large ones. As Microsoft’s monopoly continues to decline, at some point it’s critical mass will fail and Microsoft will find itself having to compete on equal footings with other software manufacturers. They’ll be forced to make better products to stay in business.
As Apple continues to upgrade OS X with features that will appear in 2009 (Exchange Support, Multiple core and multiple processor support, a true 64-bit OS with support for up to 16TB of RAM, and much more), we will have to wait to see if Microsoft Windows 7 can continue to add features that consumers will want that also don’t run afoul of regulators.
Just as a sidebar here - Anyone who still thinks that Apple hardware is more expensive than say, Dell, needs to stop smoking those funny Mexican cigarettes. When you compare similarly configured products from major computer manufacturers (not Bob’s Computer Corner, or your own ‘white box’), you’ll see the cost differentials are about $20. Go here for more info - http://systemshootouts.org.
Bottom line - One of the reasons that companies are in business is to increase their stock value to their investors. Do a five year look back and compare Microsoft’s stock prices to Apple’s. Ask yourself which would you rather be, the larger company (Microsoft) or the more profitable (Apple)?
Jul 7, 2008 at 1:46 am
this has degenerated to flame wars *sigh*
i have xp, kubuntu, and hackintosh on my pc
i use xp for games
i use mac for professional stuff aka work/school
i use linux for everything else
*windows is a shitty os, but has DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS (aka huge software base), and its what people are used to, so they are reluctant to try anything else
*Mac is a very professional system with less bs and a nicer smoother system that is much nicer to deal with, but sometimes can be a bit annoying at times when it tries too be too easy to use (Much better than windows in that regard though)
*Linux is fun, but requires lots of reading and learning, it can be amazingly fun or amazingly infuriating, but if you get a thrill out of solving problems, and love to program: Linux is for you
I also have a macbook
btw macs get faster with every .1 upgrade, except leopard, that one is a combo breaker,
also, macs ARE more expensive, but not that much more so, their pricing is much better than it used to be now that they are less proprietary.
one last thing,
I still have an imac from 1998 that runs 10.4 very well
Jul 7, 2008 at 1:53 am
All I have to say is that Apple is now a status symbol. Kind of like a hummer. Now here comes Apple chugging along at a whopping 9 miles to the gallon. Up comes the PC which is like a corolla doing 32 mpg. Which one will most consumers choose when the gas prices are $4.11 a gallon?
I just bought a $2400 dollar Dell XPS laptop. I do a lot of traveling so I would like to not have to lug a desktop around with me. I know I could have bought a MAC, frankly I think the OS looks better however I will never buy a MAC when I don’t have a choice on which components I can remove and replace.
Jul 7, 2008 at 2:15 am
This article has been written by somebody who has no clue what he/she is talking about! Vista is this…vista is that! Have you ever use Vista in actual business environment where it counts! I am doing tech support every single day and let me tell you something: I wish that other operating systems work well in business environment as Vista does. I get millions of calls every day because some idiot tried to use Mac OSX or some rare version of Linux at work. The junk is not compatible with a lot of custom software that is used every day. Please stop writing junk that you know nothing about!
Jul 7, 2008 at 2:36 am
One-sided arguments about Mac vs. Windows are pointless. I’ve used Unix for 34 years, Windows for 20 years, Macs for about 4 years, both as an end user and a software developer. If you are worrying about which one is better you are missing the point. We have a video studio and we shoot gaming videos. We have 8 Macs, 10 PCs, a rack full of Linux boxes. I would never edit video on a PC. I would never run high-end games on a Mac. I would never use my PC or my Mac as a router or firewall or streaming media server.
Comparing these things requires understanding. Underneath they are different, right down to the core. What makes one better than the other is complicated, and “better” requires a context. They all have liabilities too, and the best thing you can do is recognize fully what the weaknesses of what you’re using are.
I love revealing arguments about facts related to engineering, architecture and reliability. If you don’t have one of those, shut up please.
Jul 7, 2008 at 3:21 am
Dalmation 28, I would like to think that after 20 years or so of using Microsoft products I have a small idea of what I am talking about - and if you ask me you sound incredibly ignorant for someone in Tech Support.
I would say that it isn’t a problem with other operating systems, it is a problem with incompetent techs that do not know how to incorporate other operating systems.
Is Vista better for business? At this stage it is because it has more developers behind it, but then again it depends on what your business is. I write - which works equally well on any system, but I also do tracked change editing on papers that are written with a variety of language settings. My Windows PC struggles to deal with symbols in double-width fonts. My Mac, on the other hand, has no problem with it.
In my day job we use XP and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Vista sucks and if I can admit it then you can.
Jul 7, 2008 at 3:42 am
To be honest, I have nothing against macs, to each his own. I think they have their uses that put windows to shame, but for some people (gamers) it just can’t do it. Even if u got windows on your sleek mac, you can’t beat a $1000 windows gaming pc. You can practically get just about anything you need to blow away any game you play if you shop right. That’s the advantage of windows or linux, you can build your pc from the ground up. You have many more options as far as upgrading goes. As far as the vista is faster than xp thing… I’m not gonna lie, its really bs. Maybe for a few things it is, some vista exclusive games, but tests have shown that a windows xp sp3 pc loads basically anything faster then a vista sp1 pc. Why? one of the reasons is that just by turning on your pc with vista you use a much much larger amount of ram than xp. You can have a xp idle with some antivirus around 200-300 mb of ram used, with vista thats just not gonna happen. If you got a ton of ram and a good processor, just use both, best of both worlds. Use your DX10 for some games but use xp for stuff like photoshop and alot of video stuff cause that will be a heck of a lot faster. anyways just my input to this topic, i dont hate vista at all, looks nice, just too many annoying things to tweak it to your liking for me, but i guess xp is the same way. But personally i use my xp with the zune theme you can dl and its vista enough for me.
Jul 7, 2008 at 4:53 am
I have come to the conclusion that people seem to be getting dumber. Blah, blah, blah, vista this and vista that, applesauce, linux, umbutu. People get a life. Vista works so shut the up. Gee, you would think that the world was ending. This is a money maker, apple users buy new computers and pay for upgrades and complain about them also. Rich and elitist buy apples and the poor buy pc and use linux. These are toys people, why don’t you complain and get upset about something useful. like how obsolete the automobile is. You are screwed into buying new no matter what system you use, don’t like it buy a new abacus………………
Jul 7, 2008 at 4:57 am
I don’t know why people bother posting their views on vista, unless they’re 100% positive, anymore… all you’re gonna get is these ‘pcnut’s and ’scott’s talking about how the elitistmacfanboyjobslovers suck, and how 90% of the world hates them.
of course they don’t realize that nobody gives a shit about the opinions of people whose favorite activity is to troll articles of other peoples opinions in order to start flame wars. But hey. they’re all really lifeless 12 year olds anyway.
Jul 7, 2008 at 5:17 am
What you need to do when comparing Windows Vs. OS X is this
how much is you time worth.
If you are a person that has the extra time and patience to deal with re installing a Windows operating system because you just can’t get it to work, then you should consider buying a wintel box.
That’s not to say that macs never crash, they certainly do. but the fact is that I have never had a mac just completely die on me. I’ve had several wintel boxes that have simply stopped being functional after less than six months of normal use.
The other thing to consider is initial investment cost vs and total usefulness you will get out of the product.
I purchased a blue and white g3 in 1998 and it still does just about everthing i need to do. runs os x 10.3.9 and in only now being challenged by a few websites, that are really mostly badly designed, most people do not own macs or intels that can do all the bells and whistles that the latest web technology can provide.
Any pc that old will not run vista or xp for that matter without out being insanely slow.
so go ahead by a pc, save a 500 to 1000 dollars. but I guarantee that you will be spending far more time dealing with crashes, and lost data. and you investment will be absolete in five years. or by a mac, spend a little more, save yourself more headaches (because and system is bound to give a headache once or twice) and use it for a decade before you upgrade (if you really think you need to watch your hd movies while doing a spreadsheet).
In other words, how much is your time worth? if its alot buy a mac.
Jul 7, 2008 at 8:19 am
@ant in sd
I guess you just have had bad experiences with PC’s! I too have never had a PC die on me. I have a compaq lt5400 laptop from 1996 still running win 98, a dell from 98 running XP, and a celeron tower from around 2000 running windows 2K3 server R2.
Also, it seems you’re comparing hardware and trying to make a point that mac’s are higher quality. That’s simply not the point, and futher proof that you’re just indulged in the sleek ads and styling of the mac’s.
They actually all use the same hardware. Same intel, ATI, or nVidia graphics card, same HDD’s, same ram manufactuters. They just look prettier, that’s all.
My company is an all mac shop. Our OSX server crashes at least once a week. We have a MacMedics (a mac hardware support group) come in weekly to do updates, maintain software/hardware, and fix any of the numerous issues my colleagues face everyday: mail programs not working, constant freezes, not being able to mount shares, etc. My workstation needed to be completely reinstalled with Tiger as I would randomly loose desktop icons. Also, the battery in my macbook is faulty (and dies after an hour), whereas the battery in that Dell from 98 still gets 2.5 hours out of a battery.
Now, I’ve also used Leopard for over a year, at home, and I do admit it’s a sleek, sexy OS. However, that’s just by itself and that’s all I’ll do with it. I’ll carry it around to coffee shops or wherever I need to browse, or write something, or do some email stuff, but for actual work and gaming, I’ll stick with my XPS.
Jul 8, 2008 at 10:45 am
“jd “Rich and elitist buy apples and the poor buy pc and use linux”
You are total idiot…
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