I don't dislike Microsoft, although people who do bash companies without knowledge of how/why their bad experiences occured are quite close-minded. It's just another company, they have produced both good and bad products.
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@Kimfu: Wow, your arguments amaze me...
Kimfu said:
Reasons why I hate Microsoft:
- Heavy GUI load, eventhought it's crap to look at (standard)
What standard are you referring to? I never knew that the way the default graphics appear on an operating system is enough reason to hate the company that developed it. Don't like how things look? There are a billion applications for changing the appearance.
*Sorry* if the default GUI for every OS one encounters doesn't satisfy the mass populace of computer users.
- Can't stand the least bit of stressing on programs (lockup, ctrl+alt+del, stop the program, wait 10 minutes, get a message that the program isn't closed properly, wait another 5 minutes, program is still active, ctrl+alt+del again, stop the process again, program stopped, Windows is still going heavy on CPU and HD for a few minutes..)
Firstly, when an external program "locks" up - there could be a billion reasons why that actually happened. That third party software could have poor code, it might be an issue with hardware, the threads might be locked up, the operating system might be sending the software a message to respond and it might not be getting one back (hence the "not responding" label), etc. I have been running windows for ages and I keep my OS clean, no unnecessary software or applications running in the background - and the only recent time I can remember my PC crashing is when my graphics locked up in a game. When you are able to press ctrl+alt+del, it is not _windows_ which is going heavy on your CPU and HD, it is the software which is actually using your system memory and cpu by creating multiple threads and for doing whatever the application does. You can select which columns to view in the windows task manager, check out what is actually hogging your computer next time the problem occurs.
- Overall attitude of Microsoft.. Hardle ever has Microsoft come up with a good idea of it's own.. Everything you see now is based or even stolen from other companies. The only reason why they got away with it and get a lot of (paying? lol) costumers, is because they're noob friendly.. Which brings me to my next point.
Your opinion, fair enough.
- Every little button in windows has the "OMG CLIEK TEH HIER 4 MAKIN PWN W0RD FIELZ" info popup going.. Every button in windows is huge, covering up precious pixels for when you're doing something related to art.
Again, all customizable. Don't like it? Change it. Hardly a reason to dislike Microsoft as a company which develops software, you're just listing small stuff you dislike about the generic windows environment. All void points.
- The lack of default security in Windows.. Windows XP has a built in firewall that doesn't work.. Only blocks the things it shouldn't block (gameports) and for the rest, it does nothing.. But what happens when you turn of the firewall? You get the "your system isn't protected, blabla" message from your systemtray for 2-3 days in a row.
The firewall is customizable, and turning it off never displayed that warning once I had clicked on it. The firewall was built in as a default security measure by Microsoft. I agree, the built in firewall isn't really advanced and not that efficient. I disabled it the day it was released, and use my own third party firewall software. But you have to realize, that there are more users of windows/computers out there: first time users, older people, people who aren't that savvy with technology and computers; what do they do? What kind of "minimum hassle" firewall should they resort to? Heck, I can't imagine xxx's grandmother sitting and configuring Tiny Personal Firewall Pro to her needs...can you?
- Having the world's worst and unsafe browser built in in Windows.. Yes, this is an "omg microsoft = virus" point, but it is, in fact, the main reason why people get virusses.. There was some commotion around this a few years ago, from browser companies (netscape and some others) that *****ed about the fact that Microsoft had this browser as default product in Windows, leaving little to no choice for new people to obtain a different browser when they get Windows.
Internet Explorer was complete **** long ago, but it's not that bad now. I myself use IE and Firefox (IE for university network traffic and http downloads and Firefox for my usual ADSL browsing), and I am extremely satisfied with both. Think a bit more about this, be objective - how would _you_ stop someone not that experienced with the internet from getting a virus? Warnings while visiting unsafe sites? Not allowing activeX or other dynamic content from running or only running with a warning? Blocking out certain content? Browsers are
tools available to users. It is how YOU use them that ultimately leads to the kind if internet experience you get. Everything can be customized, if you go and click yes on a dodgy certificate and allow activeX content to be run without warning; it is you who is jeapordizing the security of your computer (this sentence is an example).
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Cap J said:
What I find stupid is when people complain about Microsoft putting their own browser in their OS. Sure, IE sucks but it's a Microsoft product so of course they're going to put it in, they're not going to put FF in as default. Also, if they didn't put it in then how do would you expect people to be able to get onto webpages to download a different browser?
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Take into account that not all ISPs supply browsers.
Indeed *nods*.
