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Is Vista the New OS/2?
An anonymous reader asks: "Well after the long torturous wait, Vista is finally out. Is it just me or do others see similarities between Vista and the OS/2 launch back in the '80's? I mean you need new hardware to run the new OS (Just like OS/2). Even on the best '386 system OS/2 still ran like a dog. Older apps sometimes didn't work (DOS penalty box). And most important, what was the compelling reason to upgrade? Add to this an interview I saw with Ballmer, some time ago, where he was talking about how he knew OS/2 was doomed when IBM kept talking about OS/2's KLOC's (thousands of lines of code), and how bloated OS/2 was. Now I see an interview with him where he talks about how great Vista is due to the, yes you guessed it, the KLOC's of code in it. So is Vista going to see the same fate as OS/2?" This is kind of a hard sell seeing that Vista has Microsoft's might behind it, rather than against it. Still, how long do you think it would take a good percentage of computer users (say 80+%) to migrate to Microsoft's latest and greatest OS?
Show us someone who got fired for buying the "IBM Compatible" Windows PC and you might actually have a point.
In my dual roles as devil's advocate and Captain Obvious, I gotta ask:
If you've never used any legit spyware detection software..... how're you SURE you've never been infected? Not ALL malware pops windows up all over the place/acts in the obvious manner.
All your browsing habits are belong to us.
Don't tell me to get a life. I'm a gamer; I have LOTS of lives!
I think GP was saying he had never used a malware protection or malware removal program, but I assume he has still scanned his system for malware and no infections were present.
Have you tried a GUI on *nix anytime recently? They ARE intuitive, enough for people that aren't tech savvy to use, and I have first-hand evidence to back that statement up.