(April 5, 2012 at 6:47 pm)Sciwoman Wrote: How does Windows hold users back? I've always used Windows units, but have been curious about Apples.
Well first let me say that I have nothing (much) against Windows. I use it at work, and it's got some good stuff going for it. My main beef with Windows is that it lacks configurability, and a decent command line. All configuration has to be done via GUI windows, which severely limits what you can actually do to the OS.
Also, the installation process is annoying, and of course the underlying code is bloated and prone to major errors and security nightmares. The standard spiel you get from Windows fans is that Windows has more viruses because it is more popular, and is therefore an easier target. I call bullshit on that, mainly because with everything going online, and something like 70% of servers running Linux based operating systems, you'd expect that viruses for Linux would be commonplace, but they just aren't.
Linux and Mac OS X (both based on UNIX) are easily more configurable, since they use configuration files rather than depending on GUIs (although there are GUIs as well). I much prefer the Linux and OS X install process. On Linux, you can install programs by typing into a command line, or running a self-extracting package file. On OS X, you can just drag and drop the application into the application folder, or access the AppStore (based somewhat on Linux repositories, this is one area where Windows has yet to catch up).
Not to mention, I've used OS X and Linux for several years now, and have never had the equivalent of a Blue Screen of Death. On Windows, sometimes all I need to do it plug in a printer and the entire system crashes. That's just really shoddy behaviour.
