switch to Mac or stick with Windows

But not 3rd apps : Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, OnyX, Monolingual, etc.

Read the sites. It's much like Windows /w a registry tweak except that it uses more memory.

I really do hate Windows because it eventually always crashes. You could have a computer running Windows not connected to the internet for years and it would eventually get the BSOD.

Theres alot of really stupid problems i've had with windows, such as: Integrated video, going to put in a new one. Turn the integrated video off in BIOS, put new card in. Won't boot because the integrated video driver is still there. Now if you turned it off wouldn't you think Windows being the high-tech OS it is would remove that driver? Nope, you have to remove it, turn off the integrated and then put the card in. And even after that Windows on a few occassions put that driver back.

One of the main downfalls of Windows is that it never changes priorities. You can load a full screen game where you can't even see the GUI and the priorities DO NOT CHANGE. It should decrease the priorities for the GUI, and turn off the services in the background that do things that are useless when your in a full screen game. Instead they stay the same and your game is left with what is left over.

I hate autodetecting to. It constantly monitors for new devices using RAM. Linux autodetects stuff like your monitor, mouse, keyboard on the install, everything you need to get into the GUI and set everything else up. Now you could make Windows like that and save RAM. And in Windows it would be easier to do. Add New Hardware, put in your driver disk, there ya go.

I have also heard people say that Windows BSODs eventually because it gets lost with in the mass amount of code and files it produces. Look at all the files windows builds up, icon cache, prefetcher, indexing, the MFT, System Caching (which can be changed in the registry) using all the available memory to cache by default. Think about that, having say 2GIG of memory and your systemcache using all the extra and your program loading slow. I have a batch file made to clear most of these though.

Then the crapload of useless services that run in the background on windows eating RAM as well.

Windows has the idea really, they just have stupid setting for most of these options (which really aren't options if you dont know what regedit is like half the people that use computers). Most of those options can be changed. Sadly prioities can't be. If it could i'm sure i could run games on Windows just as good as i do on Linux.

I have no opinions on Macs.... never used one. I've seen the GUI and it looks pretty sexy.

Speaking of GUI everyone talks about how KDE or GNOME or whatever are so customizable. Well if you've ever tried the Windows GUI is to, My desktop has a toolbar underneath the regular one with all of my drives, run, my documents, ect. on it. Then my quicklaunch has 17 icons in it(i just counted them) with all of the programs i use in it. They say the most common button clicked in windows is the start button, well not for me.

Windows is more customizable than you think, hell my start button says "Stop" i thought that was amusing.... Editing the explorer.exe .
Theres even a way to get rid of the recycling bin. I always hated that because XP almost offered a clean desktop with no icons but you always had the recycling bin. It can be done through regedit

The only thing windows really lacks is different sizes icons for toolbars and more color choices for the toolbars and transparency. Which probably eat RAM as well. I have my taskbar set to autohide so it looks like image preview when i dont have anything up.

But really you get my idea, if Windows made a new edition that was made for performance with all of the things i've stated changed that way and probably a hundred or more more than that it would be a great OS. I mean hey the computer illiterate might have a hard time getting used to it(or they could stay with XP) but i would get high FPS in my games

Ok i'm done blabbing.

Switch to Mac or keep Win? RE: lost time -Malware??

First person who offers a basic bundle of browser, Email client, word processor and data base that is malware resistant for $49.95 is going to make LOTS of money.

Call me spoiled, but twice daily headlines like this are getting tiresome.
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Critical Word Vulnerability Uncovered
By Nate Mook, BetaNews
May 19, 2006, 5:47 PM
Security researchers have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word, which is already being actively exploited by hackers in China and Taiwan. Microsoft's Security Response Center says it is working with antivirus vendors to prevent attacks and plans to release a security patch on June 13.
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Windows has certainly become THE target.

Mozilla is part way there.

They just need to add a W.P. and database that are bulletproof.

What is your idea of a RELIABLE alternate suite to Windows?

Billy Gates is doing his best to be nice to me, [the little guy], but he is too successful and thus a main target.

I need a low profile alternate so as not to waste so much time on cleaning malware.

I see a mess of unfinished possible alternates out there, Redhat, Ubuntu, Mac, Mozzilla, what would you choose? TG

I would probably go with Linspire. There are no alternatives to Windows that are as easy as Windows though, be prepared to learn some bash if you do go linux.

Ive had my Windows PC for over 6months now and it's on 24/7 and it's crashed once and that was due to hardware problems, not problems with windows.

Which interface? There are tons of them. (KDE, Gnome, XDM, Xfce, iceWM, WindowMaker, Afterstep, Enlightenment, etc.)

yea because there arnt any viruses for the mac their all for the windows os because more people use windows.

I would say the only thing macs are used for and good for is Video editing thats just were all the good video editing software is I have know Idea why???

sorry, urban legend but also not so. With the FreeBSD(Unix) at the core, OS X 10.* is now exposed
for Unix style bugs ... eg; the zlib buffer overrun.

umm dont know if windows just hates you or something like that b/c i have been using windows since 3.1 and well heres a rundown

3.1: not really to much to crash on this OS

95: fairly reliable, much nicer UI compared to 3.1 (also loved the "start" menu)

98 and 98SE: upped reliability even more when compared to 95, interface is pretty much the same except they added "active desktop"

Windows Me: i will admit this was the absolute worst OS ever created, upgraded from 98SE and within a week removed Me and re-installed 98SE

Windows 2000: used on my office computer, very reliable and stable never once had a crash on 2000

Windows XP SP2: this is by far the best OS ever that microsoft has created, extremely stable on my system, never crashed much nicer UI than previous versions

Base Specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
1GB PC3200 RAM
160GB HD
Nvidia GEFORCE 6100SERIES


oh and by the way if u have many "backround" programs running then why dont u just end them???

ctrl alt delete, press "processes", then end the process you dont want

They are ended, permanently.

Go into the Windows forum and then tell me that windows is reliable.

On a new topic. VISTA! Sngx just installed it and tells me its slow as hell. Anyone have any feedback?

Windows Explorer turned to Internet Explorer also.

I've only had problems with XP SP2 computers, but 98SE and Win2k machine with no hardware problems are very stable. The XP machine with problems seem to have trouble with hardware, but it was OK with 2k.

Maybe SNGX has hardware or driver problems?

I ran Win2k for years on the same machine ---> SLLLOOOOOWW! (I just upgraded the RAM since. Not as slow as Win2k on a Pentium 150 with 64MB of RAM, I did it too. 6 hours just to install it.)

Weak points seem like the CPU and amount of RAM. What does Vista say about your RAM, is it always full? As for a CPU... picking up an X2 4600 in August wouldn't do any bad!

About audio, if it's Realtek, they've got drivers for Vista. What about chipset, cool'n'quiet, sata drivers?