Re:Mac Versus PC Debate Has Never Been Clearer
by zimbabwe on Thursday July 23, 2009 @04:23PM
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There's a chance Ubuntu is better than the years-old operating system. I've had Ubuntu driver issues with all three of my attempted installs, but if I hadn't had those issues I might prefer it to Windows XP for some things.
That said, Windows 7 (and even most of Windows Vista) is more polished than Ubuntu in its current state, and its plug-and-play is much better.
Re:Mac Versus PC Debate Has Never Been Clearer
by rythie on Thursday July 23, 2009 @04:29PM
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If Windows 7 is as good as people say that it's self would take a cut into Apple's products.
Re:Mac Versus PC Debate Has Never Been Clearer
by zimbabwe on Thursday July 23, 2009 @04:49PM
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*its, not it's. :-)
Windows 7 isn't mindblowing. I actually dislike a lot about it. Microsoft doesn't have a clue regarding their design.
That said, when you plug in a mouse it works without complaining. My point was that the specific gripe ("Windows XP has a lot of noise") was taken care of in Vista and is now fairly polished for Windows 7.
I inserted a USB thumb drive, it asked me if I want to install something or other, giving some warning that Microsoft hadn't approved it or something. Then I plugged in a mouse - it did the same thing. Then I started Office and again with something about installing and then asked my name. Even that process is simplified since someone had already installed/bought Office which doesn't normally come with as full version on most machines nowadays.
To do the same on a fresh install of Ubuntu I just plug in the USB stick and double click - I never get asked anything.
I would say Ubuntu is already better than Windows XP.