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Post by Urbz on Jun 6, 2007 7:38:02 GMT -5
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Post by gdi on Jun 6, 2007 12:06:00 GMT -5
Yeah, vista won the networking category. Right. I believe it. No really, I do.
Not.
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Post by Urbz on Aug 2, 2007 21:05:52 GMT -5
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Post by kajaah117 on Aug 30, 2007 0:54:38 GMT -5
Vista is still in it's early stages though. Did XP have a smooth launch? No. Has any Microsoft OS have a smooth launch into a marketplace? No. Let's wait until a couple of Service Packs are released for the Operating System before we pass judgment.
That said, right now Vista sucks. A lot!
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Post by Urbz on Sept 1, 2007 11:20:32 GMT -5
Vista is still in it's early stages though. Did XP have a smooth launch? No. Has any Microsoft OS have a smooth launch into a marketplace? No. Let's wait until a couple of Service Packs are released for the Operating System before we pass judgment. That said, right now Vista sucks. A lot! Early Stages?! It was super late coming out! Yes, Windows95 was lightning in a bottle and I was there to witness it. M$ has been trying to recapture that time over and over again. I do not agree about Service Packs being the savior for a bad product. SP1 for XP was a nightmare, and SP2 had to re-released before it kicked in. During that time, Apple released 3 major upgrades to its OS and Linux REALLY grew into a force. When Cnet, PCWorld, etc all backtrack on their lovefest for Vista, something is VERY VERY wrong with the product. M$ gives those rags a LOT of moolah to say nice things. Furthermore, Dell went BACK to selling XP, since so many customers complained about Vista. No other OS has ever been THAT bad on its release, and we are in the year 2007, not 1987. Windows ME was awful, and most people stayed with 98SE and the industry stayed with NT, and then went directly to 2000. |
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Post by kajaah117 on Sept 1, 2007 16:12:15 GMT -5
Vista is still in it's early stages though. Did XP have a smooth launch? No. Has any Microsoft OS have a smooth launch into a marketplace? No. Let's wait until a couple of Service Packs are released for the Operating System before we pass judgment. That said, right now Vista sucks. A lot! Early Stages?! It was super late coming out! Yes, Windows95 was lightning in a bottle and I was there to witness it. M$ has been trying to recapture that time over and over again. I do not agree about Service Packs being the savior for a bad product. SP1 for XP was a nightmare, and SP2 had to re-released before it kicked in. During that time, Apple released 3 major upgrades to its OS and Linux REALLY grew into a force. When Cnet, PCWorld, etc all backtrack on their lovefest for Vista, something is VERY VERY wrong with the product. M$ gives those rags a LOT of moolah to say nice things. Furthermore, Dell went BACK to selling XP, since so many customers complained about Vista. No other OS has ever been THAT bad on its release, and we are in the year 2007, not 1987. Windows ME was awful, and most people stayed with 98SE and the industry stayed with NT, and then went directly to 2000. I completely agree. Vista was delayed multiple times so there really is no excuse for such a poor launch of an OS but I'm just saying that we shouldn't pass it off as a failure just yet. Microsoft aren't really known for releasing perfectly stable software right off the bat, albeit they're software launches usually are not nearly as bad as Vista's. But really, they tend take a long time(too much time really) to patch their OSs and update them until they finally run smooth. I don't agree at all with their strategies and I hate the way they run their operations over at Microsoft but as a gamer I don't have many options. That said, I have no intent on getting Vista until DirectX 10 really proves it's importance. Until then, I'll stick with XP and DirectX 9. |
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Post by Urbz on Oct 8, 2007 21:53:29 GMT -5
www.macworld.com/2007/10/features/lockup_others/index.phpWhen it comes to security, you may be your own worst enemy. What puts you at risk is not so much the firewall, antivirus, or other security software you do (or don’t) use as much as the bad habits you may have picked up. Careless computing puts your data, and even your identity, at risk. So what are you supposed to do about it? Start developing some new habits. That’s why we’ve assembled the following security manifesto for Mac users: five promises you should make to yourself to avoid compromising your security.
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Post by Urbz on Nov 7, 2007 15:06:09 GMT -5
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Post by kajaah117 on Nov 7, 2007 21:29:08 GMT -5
Also, the sky is blue.  Seriously though, this is no surprise at all and anybody who thought Vista could stack up to Leopard needs to get shot in the foot. Leopard is awesome. Time Machine is one of the craziest most elaborate things I've seen in an OS. If I wasn't a PC gamer I would easily buy a MAC. |
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Post by Urbz on Nov 7, 2007 21:33:02 GMT -5
I must warn early adopters of Leopard... it has serious bugs (even Time Machine is messing up), so be forewarned!
My pro apps do not work in Leopard (Final Cut Studio 2 and Aperture).
Rapdweaver is also struggling.
However, Adobe CS3 works quite nicely.
Now.... after all that... the new features (except for the "fanning") are pretty good. The new firewall is bringing a lot of discussion, good and bad, and Stacks are ... "eh"
Speed on an Intel mac is excellent, even for my tastes. Mail has a few quirks but very usuable and friendly. Gmail IMAP is having some issues on both ends I have found.
There is more... but for another day.
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Post by Urbz on Nov 13, 2007 17:51:38 GMT -5
www.electronista.com/articles/07/11/13/mac.up.win.down.in.japan/Mac claims more Japan OS sales than Windows Microsoft's has taken a bruising in the Japanese marketplace just as Apple's Mac OS X Leopard was released, according to a new report by the country's Business Computer News. The publication notes that while sales of Mac OS X increased dramatically between September and October, climbing from a rate of 15.5 percent year-over-year to 60.5 percent, Microsoft suffered from the reverse effect. Sales growth of Windows plummeted from 75.3 percent to 28.7 percent. The sudden switch provided Apple with about 53.9 of the total OS-only marketshare in Japan during October -- a breakthrough for the company, BCN says.
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Post by Urbz on Sept 8, 2008 12:22:53 GMT -5
www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#090808cSeveral readers responded to last week's report of Windows Vista 32-bit version crashing a Mac (Boot Camp) with 4-MB of RAM. Although these readers did not have the crashing problem, the did verify that Vista only reported 3 MB in a Mac with 4 MB or RAM. As we've previously reported, Windows Vista and XP reserve a certain amount of RAM for addressing video memory, which means Windows "can't see" the rest. It turns out that Vista Service Pack 1 changed how Vista reports RAM. Although it cannot address any more RAM, SP1 now reports a full 4MB in a 4MB Mac. Apple Insider has an article that mentions the change:...
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Post by Urbz on Sept 11, 2008 9:59:59 GMT -5
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Seriously though, this is no surprise at all and anybody who thought Vista could stack up to Leopard needs to get shot in the foot. Leopard is awesome. Time Machine is one of the craziest most elaborate things I've seen in an OS. If I wasn't a PC gamer I would easily buy a MAC.