In article <PbVre.56785$PR6.41265@tornado.texas.rr.com>, "Will-Lee-Cue" <n5wrx@stx.rr.com> wrote:
> Do you think there are more G3 computers in use or more G5's? > Do you think OS9 or OSX has more actual users?
I dunno. I have a 500 MHz G3 and consider it plenty fast. I'm running OSX on it, which I GREATLY prefer to OS9. The only thing I really dislike about OSX is running old OS9 apps under Classic. That's a nasty kludge. I have some speed-of-execution issues, but they're only related to how long it takes programs to load and switch. That tells me it's a physical memory limitation, not my processor at fault.
> BTW ... where is the G5 laptop? > > > "fudo" <fudo@spamblocked.invalid> wrote > > > "Will-Lee-Cue" <n5wrx@stx.rr.com> wrote: > > > >> "Hugh Gibbons" <party@my.house.com> wrote > >> > >> > 1. OS X must remain clearly superior in the user interface. > >> > >> Hugh, I have run both Apple and PC's since before there was a Mac. > >> How do you figure OSX is superior to Windows?
It's personal preference. I have been using Macs since they were introduced and have owned several since 1994 (Systems 7, 8, 9 and X). I have used Windows machines continuously (Windows 3.1, NT, 2000 and XP Professional) since the early 90s. Never at any time has Windows had a superior UI as far as I was concerned. Apple's was always better.
However, I must say that running Classic on a OSX machine is shameful kludge and harmed Apple's reputation.
> > Security, security, security. Well, that's not UI, but it is a > > difference.
I think this must be true. There have been no significant malware penetrations of MacOSX, compared to hundreds if not thousands for Windows. I can't imagine that would be the case if Windows security wasn't sloppier.
It could be that the prevalence of Windows machines effectively has protected Macs from penetrations, because the same attacks don't work on both platforms, so Macs end up being isolated from one another at least for viruses by intervening windows machines that won't spread the bad code. However, the I would think that trojans would still be written and Macs would still expose themselves via the web.
Symantec's recent dire warnings appear to be purely an attempt to sell its nonfunctional product.
