NaiyaShamiso
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Okay, making sure there. I didn't want to put you out, just wanted to make sure you saw the good things about it. DOS is still usefull, just wouldn't use it as a consumer or main OS LoL
I'm wondering if Sirloynes is a pseudonym for a certain Ms Borman...lol
I Just read a few posts from Andrea Borman....It makes me wonder how one becomes a Senior Member. Thinking IE could be taken out of Windows by deleting an exe. Not being able to add extensions to a web browser. Not having simple understanding of how to use software. I don't want to get rude or crude so I will leave it at that. But if that is who you are talking about, I think I kinda get it. LoL
I think he should get a W7 pro machine, put his copy of XP in a virtual box or in 98 or 95 or heaven help us DOS 6 or windows 3.11. I think he would be able to live in the past to his hearts content. Progress go forward if you do not go forward with it, you will soon wither on the vine and drop to the ground as rotten fruit.
it does most of the same things as newer OS's but its like comparing those damned frozen excuses of yorkshire puddings to real home made ones... just leaves a really hollow tasting experience in your mouth
that example looks like the frozen ones I refer to...lol now this is a yorkshire pudding as it's ment to be
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I don't know why you guys continually act like people don't know what their talking about, granted that some may not but instead of just being biased offer a solution or at least an explaination.
The main problem in my opinion and this probably will continue to be a problem in future versions of Windows is Microsoft constantly changing everything. New frameworks, platforms, hardware, programming languages are comming out constantly.
It used to be you by a computer and it, for the most part, worked and sure you get errors but software actually ran and you didn't need to update every couple months. I've been using Windows since v95 and so far I have possibly had the most issues with my Windows 7.
It is a beutiful OS with many new features but it just sucks with all the changes done many applications just cannot run on it. When average people buy a computer they have always expected everything to run and all software for Windows to work on Windows. This is no longer the case because many still in use legacy apps run on Win95/98 and sometimes up to XP. Now you have to make sure it's compatible with Vista and or Windows 7
and the many .net frameworks and hardware wise (x64). Address space layout randomization (ASLR), DEP, and the rebasing of many important APIs make it hard for me to do what I want (although they are supposed to protect apps)to do not to mention they can break software.
Plus the multitude of API changes has made it almost essential to reprogram and compile all your software to continue on the MS train. This is why we are here 2+ years past Windows 7 initial release date and about a year away from the release of the next version of Windows and we are still having compatibility issues.
Not to mention has anyone ever had the compatibility mode actually work for them? So it really sucked to go out and buy this computer and once starting it up I wanted to put some of my favorite applications on it only to find out most experience wierd problems or their not supported. Take for instance you want to develope a piece of software and sell it but you don't want people pirating it so you decide to look for a software packer/protector. Good luck finding a decent one out of the hundreds that work on Win7 x64. Most are just starting to get support for x64 and .net.
Oh yeah and the next version of Windows is going to change all the same crap again and add more development platforms. They started to learn off Google (copying as usual) by seeing simple stable designs work, hence the theme of Windows 7 is simple.
All in all they got to decide on something because this changing it up all the time is getting hard to keep up for everyone. I'm really not excited anymore to find out why they changed the name of the Start button or a "Personal"/"Library"/whatever it's called now folder. Make something that works and stick with it! KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
All said, Windows 7 and upcoming versions do show promise but lack in stability.