7 Myths About Windows 7

Yahoo! Finance ^ | 10-22-2009 | David LaGesse

[Knitebane]

Funny, but I’ve yet to have a problem with Windows (running XP on my work laptop and Vista at home) - this goes back to the days when I was in College too (early versions of Windows).

Funny, but most people that say they've never had problems with Windows just don't KNOW that they have problems with Windows.

That's why the vast majority of spam on the Internet comes from infected Windows machines.

[grey_whiskers]

Vista is Fxxx’d.

That must be the Redmond-approved spelling of "fixed".

Cheers!

[AFreeBird]

Funny, but I’ve yet to have a problem with Windows (running XP on my work laptop and Vista at home) - this goes back to the days when I was in College too (early versions of Windows).

Man, I've been using windows since it's early days too. Sorry, but the only way I can see your statement to be valid would be if you turned it on and watched the screensaver, and possibly played solitaire, and that's it.

I've had more crashes, BSOD's, lockups and all sorts of other annoying crap dealing with windows than I care to recount.

And yes, I have Vista that came with a laptop, and it sucks. I've also been running W7RC, it's okay, sure as heck runs better than vista, but I run it in a virtualbox on Linux so I can run iTunes and sync the iPhone. That's all I use winders for anymore. I've been running Linux for years now, and I love it, I don't miss windows at all.

[Swordmaker]

Myth Number 7—PING!

7. Mac users should abandon Apple. The Mac is still the standard for a computer that "just works." Apple has more control over the end product because it also assembles and sells the hardware. The Mac system is also more secure, if for no other reason than that a smaller market share makes a smaller target for criminals. Windows has to run on any batch of hardware that a maker or user throws together. That's one reason Windows requires more tinkering. But Windows also comes from a culture that is more influenced by techies who like tinkering and think everyone else does. Macs cost more. But they also benefit from the aura of success that surrounds the iPhone and iPod. Windows 7 may cut into the momentum behind the Mac, but it alone is unlikely to reverse Apple's gains.

Number 7, The "Perfect" Windows7 Myth Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[BenKenobi]

Vista, has been a mixed bag. It’s much more stable for me than ME and XP ever were. I have had a few BSODs, but for the most part, it does what I need it to do, and I don’t have to restart/reboot as I had to do all the time with my XP laptop.

Out of the box, it was difficult to work with, but then so was IE 8. The only real time I’ve had to deal with BSODs is when I had a harddrive problem, and that had nothing to do with Vista.

I get why people didn’t like it, and preferred other systems, but I’d rather have a system I can customise to my needs rather than pay double the cost for the equivalent apple system.

[tacticalogic]

Apple is going to miss Vista.

[dayglored]

> ... Windows has to run on any batch of hardware that a maker or user throws together.

NOT TRUE.

Windows is not guaranteed by Microsoft to run on anything that doesn't match their requirements.

Granted, their requirements are wide enough to accommodate a lot of nice hardware and a lot of crap hardware. But as a "user", go ahead and "throw together any batch of hardware" and then try to get support from Microsoft when Windows won't run on it.

Microsoft pushes that support back onto the user, or the manufacturer of the components or system.

Microsoft is responsible for what Windows -IS-, and how it runs on the hardware Microsoft supports. How Windows runs on anything else is a crapshoot.

So the real MYTH here is that "Windows has to run on any...". BS.

[Don W]

Smug and self-important because they are SOOOO much smarter than we plebian Windows users.

Sort of like the mindset LIEberals have.

[Knitebane]

Smug and self-important because they are SOOOO much smarter than we plebian Windows users.

We'll you are certainly entitled to your opinion, no matter how ignorant or misguided it might be.

It's not smug or self-important to point out that Windows is a seething cauldron of malware and that if you don't like spam and you don't like viruses and you don't like bots you may want to look at something else.

The Windows 7 update is like going from hitting yourself in the head with a 10 pound hammer to hitting yourself in the head with an 9 pound hammer.

As I sit here and watch all these people go, "Oh! That feels MUCH better," I can't help but point out that what you really need to do is STOP WITH THE HAMMER.

Sort of like the mindset LIEberals have

I'll point out that William H. Gates III is a proud donater to the UN Population Fund (which supports forced abortions in China) and gave generously ($10,000) to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Buying Microsoft software lines the pockets of dozens of high-end socialists like William H. Gates II and his son.

I can understand the need to use Microsoft operating systems because a) certain applications require it or b) your company put it on the laptop they gave you but failing that most people can use something else, and should.

Microsoft has been claiming for 10 years that they finally understand that security is important to users. Since the number of owned Windows machines spewing out spam hasn't decreased in 10 years but has actually increased it's pretty obvious that they don't.

[SoldierDad]

Hmmmm. Don’t know what to tell you. I use Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and various 2nd party programs for my work. The only problems I’ve had have come from web based viruses that have infected my computer from time to time.