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11/12/09
In the end everyone copies from each other at some point. Personally I don't think Win7 resembles OSX much but that's just my opinion.
Also to pre-empt any snarky Apple fan spinning that opinion into something negative I don't think that it being dissimilar is a bad thing. Windows has its perks over OSX and vice versa, neither is unanimously superior so get over your damn god-OS complexes already. #windows7mac
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Now, I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but I think that's something that we can all agree happened.
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Unfortunately the majority (or at least the vocal majority) of Apple users sees OSX as their Messiah and defend it zealously. Anyone who doesn't worship it is a heathen and an idiot. It's a stupid way to think. There's no perfect OS, OSX has its flaws just like everything else.
You use what you like or what suits you, just because you like it doesn't automatically invalidate the competition. I'm primarily a Windows user, always have been and probably always will. Why? It's not because I believe Windows is the saviour of all mankind and Microsoft can do no wrong and that Apple is the devil. It's because it suits the things I do with my computer and I like it. As a gamer and a .NET developer I just can't see myself using anything else as my primary system.
I don't hate OSX because I don't use it. I don't think it's bad because it doesn't suit what I do. It's definitely a comparable OS but it's not incredibly better than what I currently use.
The level of Apple fanboyism out there though borders on zealotry and it's crazy sometimes. I mean before I came to Giz I thought Windows users ragging on Mac users were bad. Turns out the reverse is a whole lot worse. I can barely bring myself to look at any of the comments on Microsoft articles on Giz because they're just filled with seething hatred and bias.
Take the recent article on the Microsoft Courier. I found it to be an attractive interesting looking gadget, well worth my interest. When I looked at the comments though, the majority were just about how Microsoft sucked and how the Apple tablet Courier.
It's bizarre. I personally couldn't give two shits about the Apple tablet right now. Why? Because it's an Apple product? No! Because it doesn't even have a substantial existance. All it is right now is a bunch of fan made concept images, a couple of patents and a smattering of rumours on the wind. It's a freaking phantom of a product. Yet there are people out there willing to call an interesting and infinitely more substantial device rubbish because of it. It's mind blowing.
This is directly addressing any over zealous Apple fanboy that reads this:
I've since reconsidered the thing I dislike most about Apple (that's not to say that I hate Apple, I just have things I don't like about them and this is one of them), and it's the fanboys. Your close mindedness, ass kissery and superiority complexes bring not only shame upon yourselves as human beings but shame upon the company and products you adore. Congratulations, you're a plague upon what you like most. Morons. #windows7mac
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mmmm... taste the savings. #windows7mac
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In the future if you find you are having trouble with tech speak, jargon or acronyms please feel free to visit the following site: [www.netlingo.com]
Otherwise to keep from looking foolish in front of the tech savvy community here at Giz I would humbly suggest not posting and simply enjoying the content. Lastly, this is a rhetorical adresment and any attempt to 'out-wit', 'grammatically correct', 'rebuttal', or 'debate' will result in your own further embarrassment.
-I'm not a bot Michai #windows7mac
11/12/09
Or at least follow the accepted spelling of the word from which it derives. Thus, even though addressment is still not a word, it is how it would be spelt if it were.
It is not enough to assert that any attempt to 'out'-wit', 'grammatically correct' etc., will result in further embarrassment when you, yourself, make errors.
A little hint: those little red dots underneath a word indicate a spelling error. #windows7mac
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duh! he's a pagemaker, as everyone knows. #windows7mac
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NEVER turn UAC off unless you're doing so for compatibility reasons. UAC is a good thing and turning it off makes your OS about as secure as XP (see: not at all)
And it was stable a year ago. The only thing that lead to instability in Vista were graphics cards and other poor driver sources. the NT6 kernel is INCREDIBLY stable. #windows7mac
11/11/09
UAC is good at keeping the computer illiterate from getting themselves into trouble. If you know what you're doing you're fine with it on a very low setting or out of the way completely.
My UAC has been off since day one and AV+Firewall+Common Sense has kept me out of harms way for years now.
[blogs.zdnet.com]
[lifehacker.com] #windows7mac
11/11/09
I believe Lifehacker had an article on this just today.
Yeap, here it is. [lifehacker.com]
Middle of the page. So let's not call people morons unless you know what you're talking about. That's just uncalled for. #windows7mac
11/11/09
You mean like how UAC completely mitigated conficker? Or how it mitigates drive-by driver installs that were embedded in flash applets that change enough that only heuristic scanners pick it up? Those same scanners that have a high false-positive rate? Those same applets that were on completely innocuous sites because they were embedded into a series of bad ads?
Common sense is not a good idea. UAC is more than just a prompt, it is an entire compatibility system, a security system and provides far more protection than you think. Not only that, but the article you linked? Yeah, the source actually didn't post any of their testing metric. #windows7mac
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"Not only that, but the article you linked? Yeah, the source actually didn't post any of their testing metric."
It does not say the extent that the malware functioned, did it execute and do its thing in a virtualised environment? What was the functionality of each piece of software?
I never said that UAC replaces other methods, but turning it off is EXTREME foolishness. #windows7mac
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UAC is not a DEPENDABLE security feature. #windows7mac
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And yes, it IS extremely foolish. Just because you have anecdotal evidence doesn't mean you're right. And when a drive-by is one of the most common virus distribution methods (and one that doesn't even require clicking and can be on otherwise safe sites), you don't have to be a "click-happy) user.
And when I say normally safe, I do mean safe. Wikia had a string of drive-by ads on their sites for a while. So did Wowhead.com and a few other gaming sites that rely on something other than internal ad placement. #windows7mac
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