Apple v. Windows Ping!
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Now PCs just slurp up your data.
If y’all have given up on Mac (I’m Suspicious of Apple just because, but my old computer still does what I need it to) then choose Linux.
Unless you simply like a good slurping....
Operating System (OS) which is what Windows is, matters very little in my use of computers. So long as I can write my own programs to manage my personal data bases using a 2004 era data base software, I am happy.
As for surfing the net, the faster the better, which is why I do not use any virus or other blockers. They all slowdown the computer. Used computers are cheaper than a pair of new sneakers. So I use one dedicated to only 4 web sites such my broker and bank. The other computer I use to surf the net. If it picks up a virus, no biggie. I just format the hard drive and re-install the OS.
Don’t trust anything out of business insider now.
Windows 10 is many things but it is NOT better than Mac OS. Period.
You can argue better/cheaper hardware on PCs over Macs (true) but Windows 10 is subpar (and steadily growing worse)
Ping!.................
Better suit up! This is almost as contentious as iPhone vs Samsung.
I’ve said for years that if aliens came here and only knew about the US what they saw on tv fiction and in movies they would think that our presidents were either black or female and that everyone used an apple computer.
It’s kinda funny.
Cortana. Yuck! Don’t use it at all.
Linux users, you are next.
macOS and Windows certainly both have their issues. Windows is still terrible for many things, and has an unappealing development story. Macs have sub-par hardware at the moment, except for the $5000+ iMac Pro. Also, Apple doesn’t seem too focused on really improving macOS going forward.
Linux is great (I’m using it as I type this) but has been unable to attract much in the way of commercial software. Also, it’s the opposite of innovative, it typically takes ideas from the commercial operating systems. It is very nice having a stable Unix-like OS though!
The world is ripe for a new commercial computer (note: not phone) OS that takes the lessons learned over the last 50 years to produce a open, fast, lean, secure and elegant OS. Untold billions await...
I briefly tried Win10 on an extra hard drive a couple of years ago. It was a frustrating experience.
Recently, I bought a Win10 tablet, as it seems the only real alternative when my Win7 laptop and desktop bite the dust. Every time I try to do anything, weird stuff happens. I don’t know whether it is just the tablet or Win10. After a few minutes of playing with it, I get frustrated and revert to a Win7 machine.
I also have a Linux Mint laptop. Linux just doesn’t compete. I have tried nearly everything to get FoxSportsGo to work. Even WINE doesn’t do it. The only remaining alternative seems to be installing a VM. Then does that mean Win7 or Win10? Utttt! I back a Windows, so that negates the reason for Linux.
That's why I gave up my MAC in the 1990s.
I have the problem in reverse now. I have a Windows phone, but there are very few apps for it. Luckily, I think I have all I need for now.
While I use both macOS and Windows. I still prefer Windows.
I personally dislike the virus argument that is put forth when comparing the two OSs. It’s complete trash. How many servers do you see running macOS?
I will probably never swith back from Apple to PC. I hate Microsoft as much as I hate liberals. Bill Gates is devil spawn.
I’m a Windoze guy but, no way Win10 is better than Apple.
I call BS. Windows 10 sucks beyond words. My work and personal computers run Windows 7 Pro and I like them. For my kids I bought a cheap windows 10 laptop and absolutely hated it and cried no tears when they dropped it on the floor one time too many. To replace it I bought bunch of used IBM Thinkpads running XP for cheap- they run everything the kids need and the OS gives me no headaches.
A few years ago I left a company on the left coast to move back to the Midwest and as a going away gift my coworkers chipped in on a new Ipad. It was the first Apple product I used since swearing off Mac in college after losing one too many disks wiped out the campus labs (never could remember to put it in the trashcan before ejecting the disk). Right out of the box I was absolutely comfortable using it and had it doing everything I wanted with seemingly no learning curve. I have since bought several Ipads and Iphones because I love the intuitive, user friendly interfaces. Under Cook they seem to be losing focus, but it is still amazingly easy to setup and use one.
Just last night, preparing for the county fair we got a set of Lego robotics kits from our local 4H that came with Dell touchpads running Windows 10. The Win 10 touchpad devices are an absolute nightmare to do ANYTHING with. If it wasn’t 4H property entrusted to me I would have taken them out to use as target practice with the shotgun. Nothing is intuitive; nothing works right. I paused from pulling my hair out with the Win 10s and had my Ipad download the app. The kids had one kit fully programed for their presentation on the Ipad before I could get one Win10 device configured to work with another kit. I called the 4H leader about it and she said can usually get them to work OK (her husband works in IT) but most people just give up on the tablets provided and use their Ipads.
Windows 10 is crap and the author is a shill.
We know know that Steve Kovach is Swordmaker : )
Chrome OS...I first computer I had to program...it ran CP/M...
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somebody get the smelling salts
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