[quote]You produced three good arguments why XP is the better OS, and two of those were related to old technology.<hr></blockquote>
It can run DOS applications, it has fast and transparent backwards-compatability. (better than Classic)
Win2k is more stable than any MacOS and it is most definitely a compliment.
[quote]The other, although it may make your job as a lab admin easier, is a very real security threat if not deactivated.<hr></blockquote>
Deactivated?
Read up on how Remote Assistance works.
[quote]Meanwhile the ability to turn off Luna is hardly a feature worthy of praise.<hr></blockquote>
WindowsXP is easy to customize. Not everyone is the same.
[quote]OSX does not offer the ability to turn off Aqua because unlike Luna, it doesn't suck.<hr></blockquote>
The thousands of MacOSX users out there trying to get different skins would disagree.
[quote]In your own words you have praised parts of OS X that are completely new, and that when fully implemented will provide a far superior user experience to anything that's possible in XP or any future NT derived OS.<hr></blockquote>
Whether or not it provides a better user experience is 100% dependent on the user.
[quote]Windows OS development is inherently limited in that 90% (my conservative estimate) of Microsoft's user base requires the element of familiarity to cope with any particular upgrade, thus the inability for Microsoft to make more than incremental changes to the way the UI works. UI-wise it's always going to be the same old stuff with more eye candy and added "features".<hr></blockquote>
What has changed so dramatically UI-wise from OS9 -> OSX that wasn't simply a way to get around which was a glaring problem with OS9 and earlier?
You asserting that nothing has changed UI-wise in Windows is ignorant. Use Windows 95 and Windows XP and see how much of it is the same.
[quote]Let's take another look in five years. I bet OS X will prove its superiority in the long run.<hr></blockquote>
You know little about Windows as it stands today and obviously even less about what direction Windows is heading in the future.
It pains me to see what I think may be more and more the case, at least until OS X, proves itself, cleans up, becomes visually adaptable, and compatible --namely, to see once staunch Mac users switching over to Windows (I'm assuming Groverat was one once a Mac-head -perhaps I'm wrong)
I advocate Macs, just not in situations where everyone wets themself over OSX while saying XP is a pile of shit. Put me in a room full of Windroids and I'll be a "Mac advocate".
XP is an ungly interface. It is trying to be more Mac like (look at the Mac ripoff icons) but it cant. Its like they dont understand what colors go with what and what dont. Oh well. XP is like OS X with no class.
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It can run DOS applications, it has fast and transparent backwards-compatability. (better than Classic)
Win2k is more stable than any MacOS and it is most definitely a compliment.
[quote]The other, although it may make your job as a lab admin easier, is a very real security threat if not deactivated.<hr></blockquote>
Deactivated?
Read up on how Remote Assistance works.
[quote]Meanwhile the ability to turn off Luna is hardly a feature worthy of praise.<hr></blockquote>
WindowsXP is easy to customize. Not everyone is the same.
[quote]OSX does not offer the ability to turn off Aqua because unlike Luna, it doesn't suck.<hr></blockquote>
The thousands of MacOSX users out there trying to get different skins would disagree.
[quote]In your own words you have praised parts of OS X that are completely new, and that when fully implemented will provide a far superior user experience to anything that's possible in XP or any future NT derived OS.<hr></blockquote>
Whether or not it provides a better user experience is 100% dependent on the user.
[quote]Windows OS development is inherently limited in that 90% (my conservative estimate) of Microsoft's user base requires the element of familiarity to cope with any particular upgrade, thus the inability for Microsoft to make more than incremental changes to the way the UI works. UI-wise it's always going to be the same old stuff with more eye candy and added "features".<hr></blockquote>
What has changed so dramatically UI-wise from OS9 -> OSX that wasn't simply a way to get around which was a glaring problem with OS9 and earlier?
You asserting that nothing has changed UI-wise in Windows is ignorant. Use Windows 95 and Windows XP and see how much of it is the same.
[quote]Let's take another look in five years. I bet OS X will prove its superiority in the long run.<hr></blockquote>
You know little about Windows as it stands today and obviously even less about what direction Windows is heading in the future.
Not surprising.
BTW I hope your not trying to state WinXP is more stable than OS X grover.
I advocate Macs, just not in situations where everyone wets themself over OSX while saying XP is a pile of shit. Put me in a room full of Windroids and I'll be a "Mac advocate".
<strong>XP is as stable as OSX</strong><hr></blockquote>
I'd agree with that to a certain point.
-evildead