Don -
The one thing the author doesn't discuss is what happens when Windows XP's registry gets so fouled up you have to do a clean reinstallation of the operating system. You will also have to reinstall every application you use. Every game, every browser, everything. Enjoy your weekend doing that, and then enjoy the next several weeks trying to figure out how to get everything back to exactly the way you had it.
I have a Windows XP system where this has happened. I've been through the same thing many times with every version of Windows since 3.1.
Personally, I think there's something drastically wrong with an operating system that works like that. The mere fact that there is an entire software category devoted to removing other software from Windows computers says a lot.
Windows XP is better, in a lot of ways, than any OS Microsoft has written before. It's more stable, and most things work easily. However, there are a lot of ways in which it's a step in the wrong direction.
I don't think it's zealotry that makes me shy away from Windows and embrace the Mac. After more than ten years with Windows, I'm just sick of reinstalling applications and dealing with arcane registry fixes for problems that shouldn't be there in the first place.
Can a person have a great time using a PC? Sure. Should everyone own a Mac? Probably not. But to say that there's effectively no difference anymore is simply wrong, in my view.
- Allen |
