Windows 7 - Already Better Than Vista?

Freak Out Requiem IV wrote:Now the Service Pack comparison is better. True, the XP services packs are better, but as far as I'm aware they've all been upgrades to fix the OS, rather than straight up improve them.

PS. yeah, Macs are expensive, and of course I'm justifying paying for mine... I think they're inifinite% better than any Windows machine I've ever used, period. Deal with it.

Bloody Mac fanatics.

Whats wrong with Mac fanatics KLEINY. Answer on a post!

Also, you can compare the brand name 'OS X' to 'Windows'. There have been six versions of Windows, but none of this matters as it's just naming.

The only difference is the way in which these products are sold, and Microsoft are moving to the Apple model, whereby product updates are released more frequently and build upon the established core, as opposed to rewriting an entire OS every 5 or 6 years.

Furthermore, the major releases of OS X have their own service packs as it is, and they're released a lot more frequently to keep up to date with changes in the product line, security issues and other improvements to the software bundled. There were eleven of these released for Tiger and the latter few were pretty substantial. Just like SP1, 2 and 3 in XP and SP1 in Vista.

You're just trying to justify paying to update your Mac.

Semantics lesson:

Updates - fixes and patches that are applied to the already paid-for software.
Upgrades - Completely new and individual versions of existing software.

Updates are normally free. Upgrades are rarely free with commercial software.
Updates fix the existing software, they don't typically add big new features. Upgrades do.

Anuerin is not paying to update his Mac, but he is paying to upgrade it. There is nothing wrong in justifying this. Unless you advocate piracy, because Windows isn't free either.

Addendum: usual suspects start Mac vs PC bullshit again. strawberry float off with the elitism.

Denster wrote:Whats wrong with Mac fanatics KLEINY. Answer on a post!

One day I'm going to send you an actual postbox, & then pay to have it cemented in your front garden.

He he. i was hoping you'd respond to that.

That would be mint actually!

Guys, guys.

Windows released an update pretty much every year in the late nineties, and expected you to pay for them. Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and all that.

Mac updates are in a similar kind of time frame. Tiger was released 2005, Leopard in 2007. Snowleopard is coming out next year.

the worst thing about buying a mac is coming out to your parents afterwards

Look KP i dont mind the paedo jokes about my daughter but calling Macs is not on.

Do you hear me.... NOT ON!

Im not a member of any community. I just love my macbook. And i'll love my new one even more!

Brerlappins little hat wrote:i love how macfags bleat on about how superior ther laptops are and how theyre a part of 'the mac community' and decry windows as being shite and a rip of off mac os's etc, without realising that microsoft owns like a 49% stake in apple and without MS, apple wouldve sank without trace long before the ipod made apple 'trendy'.

oh and



how many buttons do macs have nowadays? still only one is it?

No, the Mighty Mouse has four buttons plus the scroll ball, which can be pressed, too.

Freak Out Requiem IV wrote:

Brerlappins little hat wrote:how many buttons do macs have nowadays? still only one is it?

None now, actually.

Brerlappins little hat wrote:

MCN wrote:

Brerlappins little hat wrote:i love how macfags bleat on about how superior ther laptops are and how theyre a part of 'the mac community' and decry windows as being shite and a rip of off mac os's etc, without realising that microsoft owns like a 49% stake in apple and without MS, apple wouldve sank without trace long before the ipod made apple 'trendy'.

oh and



how many buttons do macs have nowadays? still only one is it?

No, the Mighty Mouse has four buttons plus the scroll ball, which can be pressed, too.

oh yeah, so does the mouse on my work pc. which ive had for ages... is this a new feature for macs or something thet theyre gonna charge you through the nose for? the iMouse or something?

I got one with my Mac Mini when they first came out. So about 3 years ago.

Brerlappins little hat wrote:

MCN wrote:

Brerlappins little hat wrote:i love how macfags bleat on about how superior ther laptops are and how theyre a part of 'the mac community' and decry windows as being shite and a rip of off mac os's etc, without realising that microsoft owns like a 49% stake in apple and without MS, apple wouldve sank without trace long before the ipod made apple 'trendy'.

oh and



how many buttons do macs have nowadays? still only one is it?

No, the Mighty Mouse has four buttons plus the scroll ball, which can be pressed, too.

oh yeah, so does the mouse on my work pc. which ive had for ages... is this a new feature for macs or something thet theyre gonna charge you through the nose for? the iMouse or something?

£35 wired.
£50 wireless.

Charles Manson wrote:Semantics lesson:

Updates - fixes and patches that are applied to the already paid-for software.
Upgrades - Completely new and individual versions of existing software.

Updates are normally free. Upgrades are rarely free with commercial software.
Updates fix the existing software, they don't typically add big new features. Upgrades do.

Anuerin is not paying to update his Mac, but he is paying to upgrade it. There is nothing wrong in justifying this. Unless you advocate piracy, because Windows isn't free either.

Addendum: usual suspects start Mac vs PC bullshit again. strawberry float off with the elitism.

Remind me - how much will the new Xbox 360 dashboard cost me? And how much did the iPhone/iPod Touch software upgrade to access the Apps Store cost?

MCN wrote:

Charles Manson wrote:Semantics lesson:

Updates - fixes and patches that are applied to the already paid-for software.
Upgrades - Completely new and individual versions of existing software.

Updates are normally free. Upgrades are rarely free with commercial software.
Updates fix the existing software, they don't typically add big new features. Upgrades do.

Anuerin is not paying to update his Mac, but he is paying to upgrade it. There is nothing wrong in justifying this. Unless you advocate piracy, because Windows isn't free either.

Addendum: usual suspects start Mac vs PC bullshit again. strawberry float off with the elitism.

Remind me - how much will the new Xbox 360 dashboard cost me? And how much did the iPhone/iPod Touch software upgrade to access the Apps Store cost?

$9.99 wasn't it?

MCN wrote:Remind me - how much will the new Xbox 360 dashboard cost me?

Remind me - how much is Xbox Live Gold? Not that you'll need it for that update, I just wanted to get my fix of XBL bashing.

smurphy wrote:

MCN wrote:Remind me - how much will the new Xbox 360 dashboard cost me?

Remind me - how much is Xbox Live Gold? Not that you'll need it for that update, I just wanted to get my fix of XBL bashing.

I don't pay for that. Don't need it.

MCN wrote:

smurphy wrote:

MCN wrote:Remind me - how much will the new Xbox 360 dashboard cost me?

Remind me - how much is Xbox Live Gold? Not that you'll need it for that update, I just wanted to get my fix of XBL bashing.

I don't pay for that. Don't need it.

The story is that we want it, but have the willpower to not pay it. Makes us look cooler.