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Originally Posted by tld221
well i figured it was the 7th OS. apparently im too young to remember 3.1 (i wouldve been 11 when Win95 came out, plus my elementary schools used Macs then, Apple 2e - why do i remember that?) and blanked on ME altogether.
i hate that the nomenclature is inconsistent. as is Windows general awesomeness.
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well come to mac where everything is named after predatory cats!
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ETA This Morning: Why come out with new OSes? Well that depends on who you talk to.
Some say that Microsoft never really got XP right although XP is the one OS (as well as NT) that most businesses still use because of the stability.
Most did not adapt to Vista because of the incompatibility with drivers in some PC manufacturers which was way worse than it was when XP first came out.
Then there is the Linux issue which I cannot claim to fully understand albeit to say when you have an open source and FREE OS (as well as Ubuntu and other) that a few have adapted to, to get their PC running in any way they see fit.
Then of course there is the Mac issue. Me personally, I am in the camp that says the Microsoft made a good attempt to rip off the Mac OS and did a 1/2 @ssed job at doing so.
One good guess at the reason why Microsoft came out with Windows 7 is they want an OS that is stable and one they may hopefully won't have to patch so much (altho people have already found ways to break it HA!) as well as compete with Apple and to really make up for the failure that was Vista. It's one thing when consumers buy it but when businesses refuse to let go of a nearly 10 year old OS means that you effed up you bottom line.
Keep in mind however, the biggest difference between a Mac and Windows machine where the OS is concerned is that Apple uses pretty much the same parts for their machines across the board with fewer exceptions then Microsoft.
Meaning in short, on the MS end of things you can take 3 different brands (HP, Acer and Dell for instance) and they all have the similar specs but you will find differences in how they perform (remember this is the short version and I don't want to make it too confusing) whereas 2 macbooks with the same factory specs are the same macbooks until you do aftermarket upgrades.
Microsoft is picky about what they give their blessings to certifying particular PC parts,which has caused issues with their OS and machines being wonky,Apple just builds it all themselves w/o the hassle of 3rd party manufacturers (ltho there is a case pending:
Apple sues Psystar) and thus they are capable of producing more stable machines.
if you have any further questions PM me.
/end of hijack...we now return you to your previous thread w/o further interruptions.