Sorry !! you should have got yourself an Apple iMac.

Windows 7 just another vain virus ridden attempt by Microsoft to copy Apple iMac operating system.

I do apologise for stating the obvious in your case, but do seriously think about it.

What utter and total B O L L O C K S

What utter and total B O L L O C K S

Oh come on that's not fair, the items you've mentioned have a use, but an opinion like the one given is totally useless.

As such I think you're doing said items a disservice. :p

Sorry !! you should have got yourself an Apple iMac.

Windows 7 just another vain virus ridden attempt by Microsoft to copy Apple iMac operating system.

I do apologise for stating the obvious in your case, but do seriously think about it.

What a constructive post. Well done.

Apple. The solution to everything. Allegedly.

What a constructive post. Well done.

Apple. The solution to everything. Allegedly.

Make sure you buy yourself a time capsule, because form never wins over function :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/nov/04/apple-time-capsule-failures-early

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/jul/12/apple-time-capsule-recall-replace-fault

To be fair, my post was not that constructive

But as both a Mac and a Windows user, I accept that both OS's have faults, and some OS's are better at certain things than others. As said many many times before (I can hear Carl sighing in the distance) if you have exclusive control over the platform your OS is being deployed on, then how hard can it be to make it stable. My iMac (27" I7) has been the most unreliable computer I have ever owned, and the people who bought it paid a premium for it. My old MacBook Pro was 100% reliable, but no more reliable than the Alienware M15X that replaced it (running Windows 7).

My Windows gaming rig cost a lot less than the iMac, in fact half as much and is totally stable, and it is faster than the iMac to. It runs an old Q6600 Core2quad, with DDR2 RAM and it wipes the floor with the iMac and it's Core I7 and 8GB DDR3.

I would own another MacBook pro tomorrow, for no other reason than it's a change of scenery, but I doubt I will buy any other type of mac computer based on my experience with the iMac.

I have owned;

MacBook

MacBook Pro

Mac Mini

Apple TV (That really was dire and went on ebay within a week)

3 x iPhones

2 x 27" Core I7 iMac (First one replaced after doing battle with Mac directly in the states, second one suffering different faults)

Numerous iPods, all of which have been inferior sound quality wise to other MP3 players owned by various family members

There are plenty of myths surrounding Mac reliabilty, and they do have their flaws, it just seems that the Windows Community is prepared to concede that it's not a perfect Operating System, whereas the vast majority of Mac Users flatly refuse to accept that it has any flaws at all.

Since the move to Intel platforms, mac reliability seems to have taken a dip, to me backed up with my own experiences and the amount of them you see on the refurb store.

Microsoft do not control the platform that people use the Operating system on, which is surely a good thing as it stimulates competition between hardware vendors and keeps costs down. This also means they have no direct control of people chucking dodgy far eastern sourced hardware into the machines, with little to no driver support and then blaming Windows for the crashes. I had a Dell XPS with USB ports that where some crappy brand in it and that was really dire, but it was down to a crap USB controller.

Edited 23 February, 201115 yr by fluffmeister

My mother had a lot of problems with Win7 when it came out. It turned out to be caused by conflicts with some older "XP" based programs.

Not just BSOD's but programs refusing to work correctly or even data files refusing to open, claiming User account problems.

So is that the OS's fault, or the fault of the individual application?

Discuss.

I have many computers and run Win7, Linux and Mac. TBH the Mac is second to Linux but only just

I have run and used Windows for years and to be honest, quite liked it really. I have lots of lovely programmes and have it flavoured just so, exactly what my tastes desire. My reason for this thread was, everything came to a grinding halt with the new O/S. I am sure the new O/S is a splendid bit of work and is 'better' than what went before, it is just in my case I find it to be totally obstructive and the new look to 2010 Office is not to my tastes. It is a retrograde step for me and I imagine it will be many motnhs before I have things the way I want them and no doubt will have to buy a few new programmes to do this. :(

Just wish with Office 07/10 you had the option to use normal toolbars. That would quell most of my issues. I know the 'ribbon' design is supposed to increase efficiency but that just seems like BS to me. It didn't need a re-design, as efficiency was good - because I knew where everything was. Catch-22?

When Microsoft carried out research to find out what new features they should put in Office 2007 they once again found people requesting features that were already in previous versions of Office which is why Microsoft understandably decided a re-design was needed. Admittedly I'm not convinced as my experience with a large Office 2000 to 2007 migration was that people who were quick with Office before struggled with the new interface and those that weren't good with Office before still weren't any good with the new version. Still over time people got back to speed with the new interface and similarly for me it was a bit odd to begin with but didn't take long to get used to it.

I've been genuinely surprised by Vista x64 and Windows 7 x64, I had a new machine with 8GB ram which I needed for its application and therefore 64 bit was the only option so I was expectly a lot of teething issues and for the machine to really only be used for rendering. However there's hardly been any issues with it nor with 7, the only problems have been some particularly old hardware which is no longer supported but then that's not a surprise either.

John

I have run and used Windows for years and to be honest, quite liked it really. I have lots of lovely programmes and have it flavoured just so, exactly what my tastes desire. My reason for this thread was, everything came to a grinding halt with the new O/S. I am sure the new O/S is a splendid bit of work and is 'better' than what went before, it is just in my case I find it to be totally obstructive and the new look to 2010 Office is not to my tastes. It is a retrograde step for me and I imagine it will be many motnhs before I have things the way I want them and no doubt will have to buy a few new programmes to do this. :(

Boo

How did you get on with old skool menu bars thing I suggested as a hackaround?

I must admit I found Office 2010 waaay over the top and counter-intuitive. I use OpenOffice now; it has a couple of quirks I havent figured out yet, but overall I find it much nicer to use then the mega bloat MicroSoft offer these days.

Boo

How did you get on with old skool menu bars thing I suggested as a hackaround?

Haven't had time yet I'm afraid, as I have't had a day off for 9 days and I wont have a proper break for another 8. I don't want to do it till I have enough time to undo it if I **** it up.

hmm, maybe try and back up the registry settings for the changes. Quicker to change back then.