Not a recommendation, but I don't intend to upgrade from Windows XP until I absolutely have to (ie can't use the internet anymore). Everything still seems to work with it, even with Windows 8 on the way, so I just don't see the point in upgrading. I tried Vista and Windows 7, and they didn't seem any better. Heck, they were worse in some respects. I won't judge Windows 8 until I get a chance to try it, but I haven't seen anything yet that makes me want to rush out to get it.
Still, If I had to choose between the two, it'd be an easy choice of Windows 8. I've never liked Mac, and it's incompatible with certain programs that I need.
I've had a long history w/ Windows...mostly bad memories. 7 was the first Windows I didn't recall saying "COMPUTER!!!!!!" over 1/3 of the time. 8 might be okay. We'll see. Macs are extremely expensive, it's the only reason I haven't ever switched.
I've had a long history w/ Windows...mostly bad memories. 7 was the first Windows I didn't recall saying "COMPUTER!!!!!!" over 1/3 of the time. 8 might be okay. We'll see. Macs are extremely expensive, it's the only reason I haven't ever switched.
I've been looking online, and it seems like it's shaping up to be Windows 8, Mac OS X Lion, and Linux Umbutu. Linux is actually stepping their game up this generation, and almost compares to Windows 7. What do you guys think about it?
Not a recommendation, but I don't intend to upgrade from Windows XP until I absolutely have to (ie can't use the internet anymore). Everything still seems to work with it, even with Windows 8 on the way, so I just don't see the point in upgrading. I tried Vista and Windows 7, and they didn't seem any better. Heck, they were worse in some respects. I won't judge Windows 8 until I get a chance to try it, but I haven't seen anything yet that makes me want to rush out to get it.
Still, If I had to choose between the two, it'd be an easy choice of Windows 8. I've never liked Mac, and it's incompatible with certain programs that I need.
How's 7 worse than XP? XP was slower than a snail to me. 5 minute bootups, 15 minute freeze-ups, and no search box. Now Vista was much worse than XP; double that bootup time, shave the freeze-up time in half, add a search box, but w/ glitches galore and compatibility issues for icing on the terrible cake, and you've got Vista. At least it looked nicer than XP. 7 has less compatibility issues, less glitches, and it's lightning fast. It rarely freezes up, but its pretty vulnerable to viruses. Even w/ Norton, my computer got taken over by a hacker. He streamed crappy heavy metal music full-blast at 12:30 am. A few days earlier, I checked what the Windows security updates were, and it was supposed to protect me from just that: a hacker taking over your computer. I didn't check any weird sites either. That's my only problem: it always takes several updates to finally fix any issues. Recently, I had to download updates for what happened to my computer, to prevent it from getting taken over by a hacker. Not like XP was virus-proof either. The computer caught several viruses before they did any damage. One actually did. Apple's only Windows 7 argument, there's tons of viruses, is a good one. It probably would cost more to get one mac though. My computer's working okay now, and Microsoft would have to be crazy to have 8 so virus-prone. So probably 8.
Yeah, chrome has google music. I use that for music storage and google docs for word documents/ppts/spreadsheets. The only problem is when you lose internet access...
For now, I prefer Windows 7 for compatibility purposes, okay reliability, and PC gaming. But I still like Mac OS X Lion for it's intuitive and very reliable software (although they could do better in providing a good ergonomic mice for desktops). I want to test out Ubuntu and Windows 8.
Not a recommendation, but I don't intend to upgrade from Windows XP until I absolutely have to (ie can't use the internet anymore). Everything still seems to work with it, even with Windows 8 on the way, so I just don't see the point in upgrading. I tried Vista and Windows 7, and they didn't seem any better. Heck, they were worse in some respects. I won't judge Windows 8 until I get a chance to try it, but I haven't seen anything yet that makes me want to rush out to get it.
Still, If I had to choose between the two, it'd be an easy choice of Windows 8. I've never liked Mac, and it's incompatible with certain programs that I need.
How's 7 worse than XP? XP was slower than a snail to me. 5 minute bootups, 15 minute freeze-ups, and no search box. Now Vista was much worse than XP; double that bootup time, shave the freeze-up time in half, add a search box, but w/ glitches galore and compatibility issues for icing on the terrible cake, and you've got Vista. At least it looked nicer than XP. 7 has less compatibility issues, less glitches, and it's lightning fast. It rarely freezes up, but its pretty vulnerable to viruses. Even w/ Norton, my computer got taken over by a hacker. He streamed crappy heavy metal music full-blast at 12:30 am. A few days earlier, I checked what the Windows security updates were, and it was supposed to protect me from just that: a hacker taking over your computer. I didn't check any weird sites either. That's my only problem: it always takes several updates to finally fix any issues. Recently, I had to download updates for what happened to my computer, to prevent it from getting taken over by a hacker. Not like XP was virus-proof either. The computer caught several viruses before they did any damage. One actually did. Apple's only Windows 7 argument, there's tons of viruses, is a good one. It probably would cost more to get one mac though. My computer's working okay now, and Microsoft would have to be crazy to have 8 so virus-prone. So probably 8.
My computer is fast enough. Speed more has to do with the programs you installed than the thing itself, as far as I know. I just found it very difficult to use. Also, my computer rarely freezes unless I have too many programs going all at once, and I've never had compatibility issues. The layout and everything was just plain confusing on Windows 7 - nothing was where I thought it should be. I used it for a week, and by the end of the week, I still didn't know where everything was. XP wasn't as hard to figure out for me, even though I was less computer savy when I got my computer.
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