The Win7 vs Win8 battle continues :)
As some of you know, Monkey had a major battle with Windows8 after buying a new LT ... well, here's the resolution for anyone interested. I finally got the Window7 disks - and because we're on the ...
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wintersun wrote:
Windows 8 was designed to compete against Apple's iOS and Google's Android (using code stolen from Oracle Java) on tablets and smartphones. It provides no advantages over Windows 7. Windows 7 has been out for more than 3 years and it still requires weekly patches and bug fixes so it makes no sense to go with Windows 8 which is 3 years behind in this respect. By the way I get a security patch for my Apple computers on average once a year.
Most people would be better served with an Apple computer once they add in the cost for utilities and anti-virus software and the time to keep their computers up and running. I have both Windows and Mac computers and 99% of my fixing time is spent on the Windows computers and my wife and I were both pro IT people.
Many places sell computers to businesses and they have desktop and laptop and netbook computers with Windows 7 installed as well as with Windows 8. I always go for the older operating system that has had more patches released and always after Service Pack 1 has been released.
Suppose MS Windows suddenly got deleted from every computer in the world by a crafty Apple lover’s mal-app, and the OS can never be reloaded.
Now that your ecstatic reaction has subsided a bit :), consider the probability that Linux would quickly be implemented as its replacement, as it has been an eternal Windows cloner as far as productivity apps go.
As to all those MS security patches required over the life of a Windows OS vs the rare need for one in Apple OSs, if I am wrong in my Linux assumption and Apple’s OS replaces Windows on all the world’s machines, and thus Apple’s market share rises from 5% to 95%, do you still think only one security patch per year would suffice?
