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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
Just curious: Who ever said you have to use Vista or even 7? XP still works great for me even on newer computers, and until Windows 7 can start using less memory and stop freezing up on me, I'm sticking to XP.
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Apparently Windows will stop major support for XP (something along those lines) around the time of Vista's release, so it's still usable
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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
One thing these guys kinda failed to ask, what applications are you most likely going to be running?
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I have noooo clue, but when I visited the college, there were a number of Macs in use, so I'm willing to bet that most applications used there are Mac and Windows compatable
As for the windows 7 upgrade coupon, those start June 26 (yay really soon) or it's said to start around that time.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/16656...ml?tk=rss_news
I'm pretty sure both Windows and Mac have "white lies" to some extent in their computers. Mac exaggerates the problems of PC (I'm assuming), and I know theres a comparison issue with Windows. (I recall in one commercial, a lady was like, "This is the best mac available, and it only has 2 GB of RAM" then her face is like
But that's probably because it was DDR3 RAM instead, but she got a free laptop so I wouldn't complain if I was her.
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Originally Posted by whytheheckme
With regard to the "dumbing it down" comment - I would like to add that all of the BUILT-IN software provided on your mac is simple enough for ANYONE to use it (not just the snappy-minded people - have you ever TRIED to use Windows Movie Maker? Is it even possible to put text over video?) Regardless, at least a Mac comes WITH some software, as opposed to Windows, which comes with Solitare, Minesweeper, Calculator (ooh fun!), and Windows Movie Maker (the worst video editing software... ever.) Your mac will come with fun and useful things, like, Photo Booth, iChat, Chess, iTunes (runs best on a mac ya know  ) Dashboard, etc... And MANY awesome utilities like Time Machine (automatic subversioning and backup), iCal, Grapher, and a bunch of Unix tools (part of that whole no-virus thing ) |
I think it's good that they "dumbed it down" because that allows for a much easier switch from a Windows system to a Mac. I've used the one click mouse, and because I'm so used to using Windows and the left and right click, it feels funny. And I'm pretty sure Windows XP has the rollback option (analogous to the Time Machine on Mac?) but I'm not sure if that's on Vista. I agree that WMM is really bad too.
Apple seems to know what it's doing now. I remember using the old old old Macs, and despising it because it was just so strange (basically un-windows like). I mean, the iPhone is RIDICULOUSLY hyped and just about everyone wants one, but with good reason because it's fun and easy to use with a bunch of downloadable apps and what not. I'm pretty sure that if Vista wasn't so bad and that the iPod and the iPhone (whoah they aren't considered misspelled) Apple wouldn't have as much attention and I wouldn't even be considering this.
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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
(This is why getting a laptop from the college for free is just so much cooler sometimes  ) |
Lucky you :T that would make my life so much easier.
