10 Jan
2012
10 Jan
'12
9:58 p.m.
Guys,
I'm someone who is not a programmer, not working in the IT industry but
does dabble with vintage computers and has enough knowledge of an OS to
tinker with settings if need be.
I've used Windows XP since about 2002. I'm still using it. I've used
Windows 7 (on one of my office machines) and that seems fine too. I can't
comment on Windows XP and 7 from a programmers point of view but as far as
a general user is concerned they are fine! Windows XP is very stable, and
I can't remember having any issues with it. Getting drivers, software and
support is usually easy for a Windows machine as the knowledge base is huge.
Yes, I have used (and do use) OS X on my wife's iMac. That's fine too.
I'm amazed how worked up people get about Windows. Sure, I used it in the
late 80s and 90s and stability was questionable (mind you, I suspect often
from badly written 3rd party drivers). Having played
with OS/2 and the Mac
Os'es of the time (System 6 and 7 etc.) I would agree they
were miles ahead
of Win 3.1,' 95 and '98 in the user experience. But hey...times move on.
The Windows of today is not the Windows of the 1990s. For the majority of
desktop users, it's a stable, very usable platform.
Terry (Tez)