Mac Question

[HotelUser]

That's why you abuse me from going Windows > OSX > Windows.

I do, because that's just really really weird!

[N!ck]

I do, because that's just really really weird!

No it's not. Windows 7 > Snow Leopard.

[GommeInc]

If I posted like this in your Windows section you'd flame me. But I'm not that mean to do it to you



It's really weird for people to switch back. Usually when you hear about people switching, they're going from Windows to OS X.

I've heard loads of people going from OS X to Windows 7. Loads don't make the switch because they paid alot for their Macs so going straight to Windows 7 as a new machine would be pointless

[HotelUser]

I've heard loads of people going from OS X to Windows 7. Loads don't make the switch because they paid alot for their Macs so going straight to Windows 7 as a new machine would be pointless

You'd have to be pretty, erm, interesting if you wanted to install Windows and use it on your Mac. I can see how price might convince some people not to switch from PC to Mac or back from their Mac to PC in Europe, but North American Macs don't seem to be as much money, so for me it wasn't really a big factor.

No it's not. Windows 7 > Snow Leopard.

I respect your opinion, Nick, perhaps you have used Snow Leopard and Windows 7 both fairly and can say you think Windows 7 is better. My opinion just couldn't be any more different than yours. I think Windows 7 is a heck of a lot better than Vista, but I just don't think it's up to par with Snow Leopard yet.

[Agnostic Bear]

I respect your opinion, Nick, perhaps you have used Snow Leopard and Windows 7 both fairly and can say you think Windows 7 is better. My opinion just couldn't be any more different than yours. I think Windows 7 is a heck of a lot better than Vista, but I just don't think it's up to par with Snow Leopard yet.

Windows 7 is a better operating system than Snow Leopard, that's not opinion it's a fact, it's more productive, has greater support, has a better architecture, better apis, better frameworks, nigh on everything that's even remotely useful on OS X is on Windows, and it usually runs better too, developers don't whine and cry about pirating, they just understand it happens, games run a lot better on Windows than on OS X, the latest hardware works on Windows, legacy support is much much better on Windows than it is OS X, media playback is better on Windows, so are the tools used for developing applications (Visual Studio is the best application development platform without question, the debuggers and tools make Windows what it is today).

Also "the world's most advanced operating system" title isn't held by OS X or Windows, it's held by Plan 9, the successor to UNIX.

[HotelUser]

Windows 7 is a better operating system than Snow Leopard, that's not opinion it's a fact, it's more productive, has greater support, has a better architecture, better apis, better frameworks, nigh on everything that's even remotely useful on OS X is on Windows, and it usually runs better too, developers don't whine and cry about pirating, they just understand it happens, games run a lot better on Windows than on OS X, the latest hardware works on Windows, legacy support is much much better on Windows than it is OS X, media playback is better on Windows, so are the tools used for developing applications (Visual Studio is the best application development platform without question, the debuggers and tools make Windows what it is today).

Also "the world's most advanced operating system" title isn't held by OS X or Windows, it's held by Plan 9, the successor to UNIX.

Right and being a Microsoft developer you're able to give FACTS accepted by everyone why it is better, and stability, security are totally irrelevant?

How is it more productive?:S:S

[Agnostic Bear]

Right and being a Microsoft developer you're able to give FACTS accepted by everyone why it is better, and stability, security are totally irrelevant?

How is it more productive?:S:S

I'm able to give facts because I see things how they are and I don't give a damn what you think or what will happen as a result of me just telling it how it is.

Windows is stabler than OS X, and it's easily one of the most secure operating systems in existence, far securer than OS X.

And uh, just google about you'll see that I'm pretty much right.

[Invent]

I'm able to give facts because I see things how they are and I don't give a damn what you think or what will happen as a result of me just telling it how it is.

Windows is stabler than OS X, and it's easily one of the most secure operating systems in existence, far securer than OS X.

And uh, just google about you'll see that I'm pretty much right.

In what way is it more productive? You can say it's more stable all you like but I've only had 1 kernal panic in my entire history of using Mac OS where as I've had hundreds of BSODs. My windows also froze a hell of a lot more than my Mac (and that's with more RAM/HDD/etc).

After using Mac OS X and Windows 7 I can say that in my opinion Mac OS X is much, much better for web development (I only really used computers for web dev.).

[Agnostic Bear]

In what way is it more productiv?

Range of applications specialising in what you need to do and developer support adding new features to make stuff easier.

[Invent]

Range of applications specialising in what you need to do and developer support adding new features to make stuff easier.

Productivity is entirely down to the person using the machine. I'm a hell of a lot more productive on a Mac than on a Windows because the entire Mac OS X interface is easier to work with which means I get more done.