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Originally posted by <Zombie9920>:
All sites that bash operating systems are full of shit. In the real world every OS has it's place.
All people who feel Microsoft is the best are full of shit. :cool: (And in case you haven't noticed, I do try to always begin my posts with either a mildly or overtly offensive statement. Now either read my post and quit whining or go away you fuckhead.)
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Windows = Mainstream OS that can do everything, has a huge software library, has support for about any piece of hardware you can buy, is user friendly and isgood for gameing.
Windows is now also the ONLY non *NIX major operating system. Kind of ironic that M$ used to drawl endlessly on how you _need_ M$ software for "compatibility". (An even more ironic, or perhaps moronic, statement considering the number of open standards that M$ is responsible for killing.)
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Linux = Good for servers because of it's reliability. It is good if you do simple stuff like listen to MP3s and browse the net, it is not a good solution for home users who are into gaming, multimedia, etc., It lacks mainstream software support and it lacks hardware driver support(this is not true with some hardware like NVidia based video cards, but the majority of hardware requires a person to write his own Linux driver).
Linux is also free if you want it to be, not to mention the huge amount of free software that is available only to the *NIX world (and thus is available for Linux). I would say Linux is only good as a desktop OS if you happen to have more than two functional brain cells (a rare thing these days). If you are either too stupid or too lazy to learn Linux, then stick with Winblows.
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BeOS = Excellent OS for Multimedia but lacks in the gaming, hardware, software support. It runs like a champ on old systems that run Windows slowly(like old Pentium systems w/low RAM).
I don't know much about BeOS, but is anybody else noticing how this guy is of the firm belief that if it ain't M$ it's only suitable for a niche market?
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MacOS = Good for professional photo editing, video editing and audio editing. It is a reliable OS and it has excellent hardware support(because Apple keeps Macs as a closed system architecture..therefore there is not a large variety of hardware for Macs). It lacks in mainstream app and game support, but it has enough apps to do what a typical Mac owner would want to do. Blizzard is good about making games for Mac and PC.
"It lacks in mainstream app and game support . . ." What an utter pile of bullshit. Even M$ makes their infernal piece of shit Office suite for Macintosh, and yet Macintosh is somehow lacking in mainstream applications. No, Macintosh is lacking in having five billion different choices for each task you want your computer to do, which is not really too bad.
Now, as far as games go, Mac does lag; however, in my not-so-humble opinion, they do not lag as seriously as this guy would want you to believe.
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In the end, Microsoft Windows is the best choice because it can do everything and it has all of the support a person could want from an OS. Windows NT is a good choice for servers and home desktops(especially with the new release of WindowsXP).
Okay, I've said it before and I'll say it again: There is not a god damn thing you can do on a Windows machine that you can't do on a Macintosh. What you CAN expect from a Macintosh is a computer that doesn't crash constantly, doesn't assume you are an idiot, and yet has had (right up until OS X) built in help that is easy for the average idiot to access. You can also be guaranteed that your hardware will work flawlessly together, something that is a rare treat sometimes for a PC user (especially if they build thier computer from scratch).
Windows NT is the worst choice for a server. Every time I see an NT box I just have to shake my head and ask, "WHY?? Why must the world be tormented with this???" Windows NT may have multitasking, but that doesn't prevent it from crashing if you have an extreme load (funny thing how people fix this buy getting another fucking NT box instead of replacing the damned OS with UNIX and eliminating the problem right there). Microsoft also simply does not understand security; you want proof, than go look at the sheer volume of M$ security holes compared to, say, OpenBSD (even Linux is more secure than NT for crying out loud). There are so many security problems with Microsoft's products that they are now strong-arming the rest of the software industry into joining a coalition that will prevent the knowledge of these holes from going public. And in case you think this is a good thing, it ain't. This coalition will NOT stop hackers from discovering these holes; it WILL remove pressure from M$ so they will never have to fix it.
