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More nails in the coffin? This is one of the last companies that charges a ton of money for a consumer OS that is at best still in beta every time their stuff gets “gold master” status and then to “prevent piracy” they make everyone who uses it prove their legitimacy by requiring serial numbers all the time. For all Windows bitching I hear, it amazes me how many people are too lazy to take a little time to load up an alternative.
Using a computer should be a flawless experience. You should never have to reboot it. It should never crash. Everything should function in a way that allows you to carry on peacefully and get your work done. AND you certainly should not have to engage in an elaborate dog and pony show to use what you have already paid for.
Well Careb, I hate Windows but any OS one uses will have bugs that cause some bombs. It’s hardly a “flawless” experience in OSX though it is much easier and efficient to use than Windows.
“you certainly should not have to engage in an elaborate dog and pony show to use what you have already paid for.”
Yes, and you should also be allowed to install it as many times as you wish as long as it is for your own personal use.
SomeguyinKorea,
Amen to that, brother.
Careb,
Although that would be great, it’s never going to happen with any OS. Too many variables out there (different hardware vendors with their specific drivers, third-party software we add on and let’s not forget user-caused problems).
You know this wasn’t really a Mac/PC comment I was making. The most stable OS experiences I ever had were the BeOS, Windows 2000, and then OS X (in that order).
OS X is a severely flawed pain in the ass for in file management. Not crashing, panicking, or having apps foobar stuff it has no business touching is good, but it’s still not enough.
More than any other group, it’s Windows users that always take it in the ass over stuff crap like this. It’s like an army of docile sheep nodding to their masters for the permission to use their own computer. Or in this instance, waiting patiently beside the big quiet box for the masters to fix broken stuff at headquarters so the sheep can have the privilege (not the right, mind you) to use their systems.
“It’s not a bug, it’s a feature” has become so mainstay that we hardly ever sit back and say ‘wow, this is really fucked up!’
The notion that this is the way it will always be is old world thinking about the limits of a user experience and the demands that we are allowed to make on the software.
Users should demand a flawless experience, the technology has progressed at least that far. There are just too many lazy people in every aspect of the equation to facilitate change.
Careb, just what have you been running in OS X to get so many kernel panics? I have had only one in all the time I have run it and I use the tool often. BeOS is very nice and I would have preferred it to OS X but the creator was a bad businessman.
I do agree that Windows is a liability and not a solution.
Just another reason why the next computer I buy will be fully Linux-compatible.
Me too: OS X full time for three years, one kernel panic. Turns out I had some bad RAM. Pull the DIMM, no more kernel panics.
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I think Careb was saying that OS X rarely crashes, kernel panics, allows apps to corrupt the OS installation, etc. The “not” applies to everything that follows, unless I’ve completely misread him.