Windows Vista - Brilliant!

[xoggoth]

Until Vista I thought the scenario of the entire PC locking up went out with DOS. Also slow, why does it take 20s+ to delete a shortcut on the start menu? it canes the disk for ages after startup

Some things are ok, no probs with drivers, just plug my old things in and they seem to work.

Vista still needs a lot of work too.

[angusglover]

Until Vista I thought the scenario of the entire PC locking up went out with DOS. Also slow, why does it take 20s+ to delete a shortcut on the start menu? it canes the disk for ages after startup

Some things are ok, no probs with drivers, just plug my old things in and they seem to work.

Vista still needs a lot of work too.

Yep, I don't remember the launch of XP being so bad...I remember 98 was a PITA though!!

[scooterscot]

Possibly the one thing I like about Mac OS X 10.4 since moving away from XP as my main platform, is the speed. Even replying to mail is speedy I go back to my outlook and whirrr before it's open, ah another update is required... always intrusion in your day to day working with software updating another security updated required, using OS X 10.4 actually alows me to do my work.

[angusglover]

Possibly the one thing I like about Mac OS X 10.4 since moving away from XP as my main platform, is the speed. Even replying to mail is speedy I go back to my outlook and whirrr before it's open, ah another update is required... always intrusion in your day to day working with software updating another security updated required, using OS X 10.4 actually alows me to do my work.

And the time from power on to log in is so much better. You can actually work and not worry about it crashing. ...

I take the MAC with me when staying in the hotel and use the remote control to go between iTunes etc.,....very funky cos I am dead lazy...lol

[chicane]

MAC

Poor timh, you're really going out of your way to make his life difficult.

[angusglover]

Poor timh, you're really going out of your way to make his life difficult.

Jeez, I always write it like that...

MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC MAC Mac...

[chicane]

And the time from power on to log in is so much better.

This is what kills me about Windows as well, especially OEM installs loaded with crapware - which of course you can't get rid of because you only get a "restore" disk which restores the OS, drivers, and of course the crapware. My Windows laptop takes around 5 minutes from switch on to being usable, and every additional application installed makes this wait longer.

My other machine, with linux installed, is usable in about 30 seconds from switch on, and considerably more responsive during use as well.

[scooterscot]

And the time from power on to log in is so much better. You can actually work and not worry about it crashing. ...

I take the MAC with me when staying in the hotel and use the remote control to go between iTunes etc.,....very funky cos I am dead lazy...lol

total. The graphics are cool I have the 24" iMac; sit back with the remote scroll through tunes or photos I've taken recently or even a movie with such smoothness in the image - Imagine a PC doing that without sounding like a 747 preparing for take off.

[andy]

Those of you who use Mac what do you use to replace microsoft office suite ?

[scooterscot]

Those of you who use Mac what do you use to replace microsoft office suite ?

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/product...pid=office2004

work's fine looks like something out of an early learning centre at times. It's never crashed on me.