Isn't it simply beautiful?

And yet isn't it the most widely used OS in the world?
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It is but as tlarkin said that doesn't mean it's the best.
Most viruses, most crashes, least security, and most expensive. Windows, pound for pound, is the worst OS you can put on a system.

The registry, I mean it is the only OS that uses such a thing, and no other OS uses it, it is clunky, convoluted, and not efficient at all.

Self contained apps is where it is at!
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I agree there are security issues but it's not like it was. Plus a lot of stuff comes from usability, imagine what tech support would be like if Joe 6-pack had to use a linux shell to do everything. I know the *nixes have a GUI now but would computers be as popular as they are now if everyone was running some falvour of linux through the 90s?

And crashes aren't necessarily Windows fault, it's the crappy software devs writing programs for it.
 
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It is but as tlarkin said that doesn't mean it's the best.

I agree there are security issues but it's not like it was. Plus a lot of stuff comes from usability, imagine what tech support would be like if Joe 6-pack had to use a linux shell to do everything. I know the *nixes have a GUI now but would computers be as popular as they are now if everyone was running some falvour of linux through the 90s?

And crashes aren't necessarily Windows fault, it's the crappy software devs writing programs for it.
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Have you ever called Microsoft support? Believe me, support from anywhere sucks, and is not worth what you pay for it. I could go on for many posts about my conversations with support people.

Look at NeXT which is what OS X is based off of. It was Unix that never required the user to run the command line, unless they wanted to.

Now look at Windows, and look at how they are shifting. Windows Vista and 7 are so much more "Unix-like" than ever before. Look at the powershell they developed and released, why did they do such a thing if there was not a need or demand for it?

The thing about Windows is there is no standards with it, which is why you have such crappy apps out there. With Apple, and yes I keep using them as an example, they have more strict guidelines. There is a duality to this. Some developers don't want to be told what to do, and some want to make a product according to existing guidelines. So, while other platforms have more strict policies when developing software, their quality in general is higher. However, that may also limit the scope of your application base. One very large example is Autodesk, and how they don't release any Auto CAD apps for the Mac, yet. However, they did announce recently they are finally thinking of developing for the Mac, but that is just talk.

Like I kind of pointed out earlier, it is a give and take situation. Windows 7, from what I have used of it, is a pretty good OS, however not worth it's weight in gold by any means. I feel it is way too expensive for what you are getting. I also absolutely despise the built in DRM Windows has now.
 
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When I call customer support, I hope to GOD that I don't get someone from the middle east, and low and behold I get a **** Pakistani that gets pissed when I can't understand him.

Now when you get help from Brazil... that's AWESOME! They are so helpful, they WANT to help you, they are polite, have class, and, here's the best part, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THEM!! Seriously, I called customer support for Xbox and got India and I got pissed, and they reconnected me to Brazil and I got the 800pts. I was requesting because the Iraqis didn't understand where I was coming from.

WHEW! That was a bunch of run-on sentences!
 
NeXT never really took off though. I guess you could say MS already had most of the market share but if Unix was going to be everyone's home OS in the 90s I don't think NeXT was going to be the flavour.
 
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NeXT never really took off though. I guess you could say MS already had most of the market share but if Unix was going to be everyone's home OS in the 90s I don't think NeXT was going to be the flavour.
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Well it was either that or Q-nix, remember that OS? Look at what Apple did with NeXT. Look at what ubuntu has done with debian.

It is very possible to accomplish what we are talking about, but the problem is no one is willing to spend the time/money to develop it because it is too much of a risk in the current market.

Now that we are starting to see some shifts, and MS is losing market share in some areas maybe some more competition will pop up, and thus drive MS to make a better product. Which is part of why I think Windows is becoming more Unix-like every release now.
 
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