Why you should never buy a Windows PC
I was once a staunch supporter of Windows - I stood up for the brand against the better Apple Mac computers and the much cheaper Linux experience. More recently, my loyalties changed as I bought a Macbook and every use of my PC after that seemed slow, cumbersome and boring. After yesterday, I’ve had enough of Windows altogether!
I was part way through a game (for those of you who MUST know, it was Age of Empires 2 - not exactly a great game, but I don’t claim to be a gamer). Suddenly, the screen froze and before I knew it, the blue screen of death had flashed before my eyes, and then the PC restarted. This is was really random, but it has randomly restarted before a few times, so I just thought I’d have to wait the extremely slow 5 minutes for the computer to start up, and then restart the game.
Not so. As I logged in, I was confronted by “please activate Windows”. What?! I’ve been using the PC (2GB RAM, 3.0Ghz Intel P4 processor, Windows XP MCE 2005) for a year or more and it’s been fine - the software is a genuine legal edition. What’s this rubbish about activating now?!
I clicked through to see what I have to do and it’s a choice between using the web or dialing a number, so I chose the web. Of course, Microsoft isn’t simple and doesn’t work, so it told me I had to have a direct dial up connection to activate - I’ve been using LAN for ages, and before that, a Wireless connection. Why can’t this be as simple as my Mac setup, which literally took 5 minutes with no stupid verification procedures? (it found my network instantly)
I haven’t yet bothered to connect up to the internet using dial up since the phone line is in another room and I’ll have to move the whole tower unit to have access. Furthermore, I think I took out the dial up modem a while ago, so I don’t even know if that will work. Of course, if I am able to get it connected, or if I call the call centre, I’ll probably be told that the version has already been activated and that I’m using an illegal edition, because I activated it/verified it when I set it up in the first place!
I agree more now than ever with the age old saying, “Get a Mac - it just works!”
September 16th, 2007 at 10:26 am
Sorry, yet again i have to disagree. come on you have to understabd no matter how much you hate MS why this all happens.
and i wil b LMFAO when macs do finally start getting some standing and the hackers and virus makers start making their viruses for Macs and suddenly the whole population of mac users will be wiped from the face of the net until a fix is made
Mac maybe smoother but if you know what your doing you have a load less control and hardware compatibility.
I have found vista to be much better, and it seems they have taken the Macs good points and put them with their OS to make a gd clean AND editable enviorment.
Btw, i bet you a Tenner i could fix your PC XD
hehe
Dan
September 16th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Firstly, this was not caused by a virus. This could easily my Microsoft’s fault and probably is.
Secondly, Microsoft in a typically unreliable fashion was fine when I next turned it on - what sort of stupid Operating System randomly restarts, then tells you you can’t use it because it needs to be activated and then doesn’t even say anything about this the next time - it’s hardly a reliable way to stop people from illegally copying their software.
Mac on a whole is more secure than Windows anyway as its Unix based, plus it is more efficient than Vista
September 19th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
I’m with the other Dan on this - if Mac ever pick up speed and become popular, it’ll be a nightmare for their owners. But that’s neither here nor there. It’s like saying Copyscape is cool. Ya, but Copyscape being cool isn’t what crashed your computer and broke the “did you pay for it” code. Microsoft actually wrote a programming article on how you can’t break your “did you pay for it” code and letting you tap into theirs.
But all SEO Experts know if you use Windows Google will ban you.
September 19th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
John, it’s amazing how you were able to use 5 brand/product names in one post - more than the average spammer lol
September 22nd, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Unfortunately, the world runs on windows. Many other operating systems are more powerful and/or user friendly, but if you do any kind of developing - you need to conform to the Windows standard. it sucks. I think this has potential to change with rootkits becoming more and more a requirement to run games, and alternative OS’s like Ubuntu and OSX(or whatever the Mac people call it) becoming more and more popular.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:11 am
To be fair. Windows is gay. But i cant live without it.
Mac for the win tbh
September 27th, 2007 at 8:15 am
Oh, yes Windows took the good point s from Mac…haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIUkwPybtM
They took way more then that with Vista. They copied the whole operating system, and did a shitty job of it! Once Leopard comes out, Microsoft will spend 5 years trying to copy it as well, no creative minds their!
Mac OSX is built of Unix, not DOS! It is much more stable, and safer then Windows.