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[gertsy]

Originally Posted by persia

OS X is just smooth, it just works, iOS and OS X devices just communicate with each other to print, share files, share video, etc. Everything is interconnected. There's a polished feel. Compare that to Windows 8, where you get this guy interface where everything get's a box no matter how insignificant it is and there's this jarring desktop that pops up when you run non-metro programs. Not that you can actually do anything with the desktop, mind you, except drop some shortcuts, but it's still there. The whole thing feels unwieldily.

Bit off topic, but I've always been of the opinion that popular OSs should have two interfaces one for the advanced user and one for the general public. I guess metro will be the start of that for MS

Advise not to buy a computer for a pending sfw release.

[smerf]

Hi,

@Iggy,

of course not,

You own a PC, and from what I see, a pretty modern one. With a pretty darn good graphics card, but come one "Windows Vista". That went out with the G4 MAC you are using, as a matter of fact if I had my druther's I would druther the G4 MAC.
Hey type in Windows 8 download on your search engine and give it a whirl, I took Windows Vista off my machine and totally use it now. Much better. Hope you know how to burn an ISO. If you don't give me a call, I will help you out.

smerf

[Digiman]

Originally Posted by takemehomegrandma

But the Mac OS can start Wondows from within OSX, right? At least it could do it before (and that was kind of cool).

I almost made the loony decision of getting a Mac and then just to install Windows on because for a brief 2-3 month period the Intel C2D 64bit Mac had the most powerful GPU of any laptop in the world. Normal service soon resumed with Dell XPS 17" range wiping the floor with everyone (as usual) on GPU features on a laptop.