Verily I say unto thee, that chrisv spake thusly:
> Megabyte wrote:
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>> From my own experience I can confirm that Linux does perform a bit
>> better but performance of Windows 7 is quite acceptable unlike
>> Vista prior to the SPs.
>>
>> The focus on performance also fails to focus on a major issue which
>> is the apps that run natively on the platform such as Outlook 2007
>> combined with Exchange 2007, OneNote, iTunes, Zinio, etc.
Having had some hands-on experience of most of those programs, I can
only conclude this must be a good thing, given that they're diabolical
garbage, especially iTunes on Windows, which is a slow, buggy, bloated
pile of crap, crippled by limited media format support. Outlook is
almost as bad, with its tendency to mangle message headers, and its
proprietary mailbox format, turning what should be the simply process of
migrating data into a major ordeal. Exchange is universally derided as
possibly one of the worst implementations of an MTA ever conceived.
>> When you can't use the programs that you want
Perhaps it's time to re-evaluate what you think you "want".
>> to use a slight increase in performance of the OS is irrelevant.
I'd hardly describe Windows' crippling bloat, and creeping slowdown, as
"slight".
>> Not a single Linux Distro I have used makes use of a fingerprint
>> reader like Windows does. The Tablet PC and inking experience is
>> also unmatched.
Well since I've yet to discover anyone who even has such hardware,
whether they're Windows or Linux users, I'd suggest these are extreme
corner-cases, assuming there really is any problem beyond that which
exists BKAC.
>> Setting up a Media Center in Windows is simple in comparison to
>> Linux.
This is something else I have some experience with (both Windows and
Linux). The Windows experience was a disaster. Just getting anything to
even see then connect to the MCE was an ordeal in itself, but then this
is a common affliction amongst the entire Windows family, which is
plagued by networking problems in general. Playback was stuttery, when
it happened at all. And of course there's that limitation on supported
formats ... again. Thank God I didn't have to pay for any of this crap
(it was my sister's system) or I would have demanded a refund.
The Linux solution was a case of sticking a Mythdora LiveCD in a spare
machine, then booting up. It doesn't get much easier than that. Oh yes,
there were some configuration options too. Scary.
>> All of these things end up being more important than a slight
>> increase in OS performance.
I'm sure.
> If only M$ could solve their security problems, and stop with their
> immoral, anti-competitive behavior, their new OS might be a fine
> choice.
If Windows was blessed by God as a pillar of virtue, it'd still be a
steaming pile of junk, from a technical standpoint.
--
K.
http://slated.org
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| Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of
| the word liberty; and precisely the same difference prevails today
| among human creatures." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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