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Re: My new iMac rocks (and so does Windows 7)

Michael — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:14:20 -0000

May I ask how did you manage to let iMac automatically import all your items from your macbook wirelessly? with Migration Assistant via Time Machine?

Re: My new iMac rocks (and so does Windows 7)

raysasso — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:35:23 -0000

I've run Windows XP on over a dozen desktops since 2001, and am currently running it on 3 machines.

It's rock-solid stable. None of my machines have crashed in years. I only reboot monthly for Windows Updates. All of my software runs very well on these machines, and since they are built from the ground-up from the Microsoft CD's, there's no vendor crapware to slow things down.

There's no reason for me to move to 7 that I can see, and no one who's written about their 7 experience in the blogosphere has put forward any useful reason.

I've been using a Mac since my 128K in 1984, starting with System 1 and upgrading all the way thru Mac OS 9, and then OS X since 2001 and the Intel Mac's since 2006. Each version of the operating system has come out with features that I use, and are worth using--including Snow Leopard--which I upgraded on both my traveling MacBook Pro and my everyday desktop Mac Pro in early September.

Re: My new iMac rocks (and so does Windows 7)

Sid — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:43:50 -0000

I think it's funny how we congratulate Microsoft on how little Windows 7 crashes compared to Vista/XP.

Re: My new iMac rocks (and so does Windows 7)

YOUDONTWANTTOKNOW — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:03:11 -0000

I have a vista on my comp for over 2 years and crashed once. That was because of a bad driver. You sir are a liar.

Re: My new iMac rocks (and so does Windows 7)

Tomáš Bleša — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:26:21 -0000

"Win7 runs faster and hasn’t crashed in two days... Congrats to Microsoft." Two days? WOW! Can't believe it.

Re: My new iMac rocks (and so does Windows 7)

niels — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:06:40 -0000

Show us your desk and post some pics! :-)

Re: My new iMac rocks (and so does Windows 7)

AdamPieniazek — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:23:50 -0000

Better than reams of paper, old college textbooks. Sturdier and no longer necessary (never know when you'll run out of paper and boom, there goes your monitor stand).

Re: My new iMac rocks (and so does Windows 7)

Alex Hugo — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:18:19 -0000

Thanks Robert, I want one now :-/

Re: My new iMac rocks (and so does Windows 7)

barrkel — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:35:31 -0000

Windows XP is also very stable - I generally only reboot for Update Tuesday, and it never crashes.

Recently I even had an overheating graphics card, which was causing games to stutter and eventually crash, but the machine was still responsive, logging in with ssh when necessary.

Windows 7 x64, which I've got on the new machine I've just built, is quite a change from XP. The fact that it's a change means it starts out at -100 - change, on its own, is not good. My scanner doesn't work. I'm still waiting for the IT helpdesk to find a VPN client. I know from various game review sites that classic games like Thief don't run on it. This hassle adds up to maybe -200.

On the positive front, it's got a whiz-bang new interface, worth maybe 30. It's a properly supported x64 OS, so I can use my 12GB, that gives it a good 60.

It's got more support future ahead of it, and that's probably the real win - if I could have a 64-bit XP that worked transparently (not all this magic System32 directory, hidden Sysnative alias, magic ProgramData / My /Documents / etc. redirections), and didn't break any apps or hardware, I'd choose it in a heartbeat over Win7. But I can't, because MS must justify the price they charge for the OS, and compete with Apple for the people who like shiny fascist things.