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Story: Windows Longhorn: more details emerge

Posted by: Nikos (Tuesday 12 April 2005, 8:30 PM)

Hi my name is Nikos

First of all let me start by saying that characterizing a group of people as pathetic while offering no argument as to why (probably because of your ignorance and blind compliance with an OS like windows) is clearly not a smart move of a wise person.

I have been a windows user for many years and it was only by the strong advice of a friend that does computer engineering as part of her degree that I started to explore the world of the Mac OSs.

What I discovered was that apple has elements in its operating system that make it extremely more user friendly form the point of view of the average consumer and as for the compatibility issues I saw very few with exception as in regards to the gaming sector.

I was stunned to see my friend coming into my house, with her Mac, where i have a wireless network set up and immediately without any effort connecting to the network, internet and printer!!!! Within seconds!

I also started exploring the new operating system by apple the OS TIGER and I read all the features before seeing this review. I got to tell you that new storage system of the windows and the way you can look up files looks a lot like the new search method of apple as in regards t the system looking the meta information within the files.

My biggest concern about the upcoming windows OS is the hardware it would require to actually run efficiently without pushing you t the edge of a nervous breakdown. If all of what Bill Gates is expecting to happen so that long horn can run actually come true then that would mean that the 90% (and constantly being reduced figure) of users that currently run windows will have to upgrade seriously their systems if not throw them out of the window.

Maybe that is what many will do and throw the windows out of the window.

It is undeniable however that Windows is offering many great tools (the one I love the best being the Office) to make our lives easier but it offers them in an environment constantly being more and more complicated and technically difficult to handle. The spaghetti code does not seem to be getting away any time soon.

I think the only reason today the Microsoft operating system has the market dominance it has is because of the period dating back the early nineties where Microsoft used a bad operating system with a good interface to capture the first big consumer chunk and ever since rely on that consumers fear of change to preserve its dominance. As a consequence applications were built for that OS and so on and so forth. The fact that apple is slowly regaining ground is a testament to the quality of its OS and if consumers just spared a few moments to think about it they would change at an instant.

I am not the most technically expert when it comes to assessing OSs but maybe that is why me liking the apple environment more makes my opinion useful to other average computer users. I think the strongest value retained by the apple OS is the fact that it utilizes efficiency of coding instead of quantity. That gives it flexibility to become a lot more compatible with future applications and a lot more user friendly.
I also think that the power of the velocity processors is amazing and delivers power when and where needed and not wasting it away on preserving the 3D interfaces. I think that Microsoft is trying to recreate the early nineties situation by offering again a spectacular interface with true capabilities being left on the side. After all Microsoft is a marketing oriented company.

It is late hours after midnight and I am a bit tired so I will end this opinion by saying that all the reviews I read from interest groups such as official sites retailers and online stores give apple a very good review but reluctantly reserve their "excitement" for pc's (probably gasping while they write the review) however all the user reviews are raving about the Mac OS and the computers that carry it which by the way are build by the same com