Bill Wright wrote:
quoted 1 line When did I complain about the "look" and "feel" of MacOS?> When did I complain about the "look" and "feel" of MacOS?
And when did I refer to the ""look"" of the MacOS ?
I referred to the "feel" of the Mac as an aside.
quoted 1 line I think even the most staunch Mac supporter would agree that the OS crashes, a lot.> I think even the most staunch Mac supporter would agree that the OS crashes, a lot.
Well, I am a Mac user and I rarely ever have any crashes. I couldn't even tell you how often they happen cuz I can't remember the last time I had one. Freezes happen more often. On the other hand my friend's Mac crashes and freezes a lot, but maybe that's cuz all the software he uses is k's.
What I have to do often is restart so the RAM gets freed up again. That's really annoying.
quoted 1 line Win2k is basically Windows NT, with more general support for "mainstream" hardwa> Win2k is basically Windows NT, with more general support for "mainstream" hardware for applications besides business tasks.
Isn't that just Win2k Professional ? I thought Win2k ME is a continuation of Win9x.
quoted 1 line OTOH, with Win98 I ... had to reinstall from scratch the OS at least once every couple of > OTOH, with Win98 I ... had to reinstall from scratch the OS at least once every couple of months in order to avoid headaches in figuring out what some weird problem was.
See, _that's_ the difference between Windows and MacOS. I don't know any Mac user that has to reinstall their OS unless some major thing happens. I only had to reinstall my OS once after I had a disastrous crash (the cause of which I'm still not sure, but I think it might have been some SCSI conflict) after which my machine wouldn't even mount the hard drive (Norton Utilities saved my ass, btw).
Andrei
quoted 18 lines At 04:45 AM 12/5/2000 -0400, you wrote:> At 04:45 AM 12/5/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >Bill Wright wrote:
> >
> > > Windows 98 and its variants are as unstable as MacOS.
> >
> >I wasn't aware that the MacOS is unstable !? Actually, implying that the MacOS is
> >more unstable than Win98 kinda makes me laugh. I mean it's not perfect, the memory
> >allocation issues being my biggest annoyance, but overall I think it just feels
> >"smoother" and less cluttered than Windows. It seems to be more logically laid out
> >and there are less conflicting elements in the OS. I don't know, you just generally
> >don't hear Mac users complain about how the OS they use sucks, like you do from
> >Windows people.
> >
> > > Windows 2000, however, is nearly as stable as Linux/Unix.
> >
> >Isn't it kinda early to say that ? Plus I just find that hard to believe.
> >
> >Andrei
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