Windows- the most un-user friendly product ever created

[randomsix]

My main complaint is that with the Windows 7 64 bit release candidate. Ever since I installed it, whenever I run OCCT to test an overclock, I get a BSOD instead of a little error message. It's not that bad, but it is annoying if I can't stay by my PC the entire time because if there is an error, there's no way of knowing when it occurred.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

-snip-

Without derailing though, if you finished that dungeon first time in under two hours, you're a monster.

It's really not that hard, it's just a case of exploring and remembering where things are!

Put me in a hardcore COD4 match however and I will be dead within seconds...

 

[MiracleOfSound]

If Windows is the most un-user friendly product ever created, why hasn't the proletariat overthrown the world yet?

Because we can't understand the overthrow command code

 

[cleverlymadeup]

this might come off sounding harsh but really it's the truth if you've been using windows for 19 or so years, you must not be able to read things very well. the thing with the errors is they are written in VERY plain english or whatever language you have as the os lang

they aren't very hard to interpret and if you can't figure it out, well there's this thing called google and it allows you to search for things.

computer errors are NOT hard things to figure out. all it takes is some a bit of reading and comprehension.

how hard it it to figure out "there was a problem with "C:\program files\some dir\some file" and we are closing this program"? really it doesn't take a tech to figure out what went wrong there. as for the windows errors, there's a TON of info on the net about the various errors

 

[NeutralDrow]

If Windows is the most un-user friendly product ever created, why hasn't the proletariat overthrown the world yet?

I like how you think!

Because we can't understand the overthrow command code

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Dammit, I hate it when I'm accidentally too vague.

 

[Dys]

If Windows is the most un-user friendly product ever created, why hasn't the proletariat overthrown the world yet?

I like how you think!

Because we can't understand the overthrow command code

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Dammit, I hate it when I'm accidentally too vague.

I like it, that's going to be quoted next time a mac user claims windows is the worst product going

 

[the_dancy_vagrant]

No OS is flawless (even Linux so just shut up already, it's better but I doubt a lot of people could use it much less install Linux on their own*). Mac doesn't have many flaws but its hard to do something wrong when you don't [i/]do[/i] anything and I personally have has almost no problems with Vista. Yeah and the error report is just a scheme to get people to stop getting on tech support.

*I've been flamed by Linux users since I got here so don't bother.

^
This. There's always going to be some kind of issue with any OS that comes out. I don't like Mac OS because of the price for the compy that runs it, I don't like winblows because it's programmed by overworked computer scientists that wouldn't know ease of use if it reared up and bit them on the face, and I don't like linux/unix because it's very time consuming to learn to use it properly.

On the other hand, I like Mac OS because it works exactly as advertised, I like windows because I'm familiar with it and there's tons of programs available for it, and I like linux because (or so I've heard) it is ridiculously stable and has tons of completely free applications for just about anything you could ever want to do.

 

[wwjdftw]

It think that you cant have a perfect OS for everyone. The hard part for the developers is trying to find the perfect balance between user friendliness and functionality. One one end of the spectrum you have mac OSX, which is dummied down to the point where you only have one mouse button. On the other end you have linux, Witch you can do practically anything on, but press control-alt-f1 on a linux box and you'll make inexperienced users cry. Windows is some where in the middle.

What does ctrl-alt-f1 bring up anyways?....

This

I live here.

from what i gathered this is either a joke orthe problem was fixed >.>

 

[Donbett1974]

Please think of any O.S. as a party. Microsoft lets anyone in while apple won't let anyone in unless they follow strict rules. Bigger the party more likely something will go wrong.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Please think of any O.S. as a party. Microsoft lets anyone in while apple won't let anyone in unless they follow strict rules. Bigger the party more likely something will go wrong.

What are these rules, prey tell?

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Please think of any O.S. as a party. Microsoft lets anyone in while apple won't let anyone in unless they follow strict rules. Bigger the party more likely something will go wrong.

What are these rules, prey tell?

No 3rd party allowed. I guarantee you most 3rd party download are made for windows. And 3rd party programs have viruses. And if you download a virus bad things happen. On a Mac, your not downloading 3rd party anything anyways so what are you going to catch a virus from?

 

[Syntax Error]

Linux. Get someone to install Ubuntu into their computer. They should not know how Linux works, for this prank to work. Tell them to go to the Terminal and type "rm *" without the quotes. Laugh maniacally afterwards.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Please think of any O.S. as a party. Microsoft lets anyone in while apple won't let anyone in unless they follow strict rules. Bigger the party more likely something will go wrong.

What are these rules, prey tell?

No 3rd party allowed. I guarantee you most 3rd party download are made for windows. And 3rd party programs have viruses. And if you download a virus bad things happen. On a Mac, your not downloading 3rd party anything anyways so what are you going to catch a virus from?

This will sound ignorant but bear with me as I'm clueless...

Does this mean that Apple only works with certain web browsers or websites?

How is it that you can get a virus from a site on a PC but the same site will not give your mac a virus?

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Please think of any O.S. as a party. Microsoft lets anyone in while apple won't let anyone in unless they follow strict rules. Bigger the party more likely something will go wrong.

What are these rules, prey tell?

No 3rd party allowed. I guarantee you most 3rd party download are made for windows. And 3rd party programs have viruses. And if you download a virus bad things happen. On a Mac, your not downloading 3rd party anything anyways so what are you going to catch a virus from?

This will sound ignorant but bear with me as I'm clueless...

Does this mean that Apple only works with certain web browsers or websites?

How is it that you can get a virus from a site on a PC but the same site will not give your mac a virus?

You can only get a virus from a website if something is downloaded from that website to your computer. The same way you can't get HIV by talking to a girl with HIV but you can by banging her. (totally putting that in my metaphor thread)

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Please think of any O.S. as a party. Microsoft lets anyone in while apple won't let anyone in unless they follow strict rules. Bigger the party more likely something will go wrong.

What are these rules, prey tell?

No 3rd party allowed. I guarantee you most 3rd party download are made for windows. And 3rd party programs have viruses. And if you download a virus bad things happen. On a Mac, your not downloading 3rd party anything anyways so what are you going to catch a virus from?

This will sound ignorant but bear with me as I'm clueless...

Does this mean that Apple only works with certain web browsers or websites?

How is it that you can get a virus from a site on a PC but the same site will not give your mac a virus?

You can only get a virus from a website if something is downloaded from that website to your computer. The same way you can't get HIV by talking to a girl with HIV but you can by banging her. (totally putting that in my metaphor thread)

So... does Apple stop downloads from any site that is not in thier party list?

 

[pantsoffdanceoff]

Please think of any O.S. as a party. Microsoft lets anyone in while apple won't let anyone in unless they follow strict rules. Bigger the party more likely something will go wrong.

What are these rules, prey tell?

No 3rd party allowed. I guarantee you most 3rd party download are made for windows. And 3rd party programs have viruses. And if you download a virus bad things happen. On a Mac, your not downloading 3rd party anything anyways so what are you going to catch a virus from?

This will sound ignorant but bear with me as I'm clueless...

Does this mean that Apple only works with certain web browsers or websites?

How is it that you can get a virus from a site on a PC but the same site will not give your mac a virus?

You can only get a virus from a website if something is downloaded from that website to your computer. The same way you can't get HIV by talking to a girl with HIV but you can by banging her. (totally putting that in my metaphor thread)

So... does Apple stop downloads from any site that is not in thier party list?

EDIT I read it wrong: There aren't nearly as many downloads for MACs as PC so the overall error ratio is going to be heavily staggered in PC's direction.

 

[Deadman Walkin]

Well, I am 15 and I don't really have problems with my Vista other then it being a little slow sometimes. Is it just me or does system restore not fix pretty much 99% of all software problems? I know more then just system restore but it is just......so......amazing.

 

[Skeleon]

To be honest, my Windows XP has not crashed on me once.
Sure, sometimes an individual program will crash but never the whole operating system.
I'm very content with it, actually.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

There aren't nearly as many downloads for MACs as PC so the overall error ratio is going to be heavily staggered in PC's direction.

But say for example if there was a virus attached to a video on some porno site like porntube, or a dodgy file sharing site, could that virus only affect PCs and not macs? Would the mac prevent the video from being downloaded or would it just not even come up on the mac browser?

I'm so confused...

 

[Mekado]

Please think of any O.S. as a party. Microsoft lets anyone in while apple won't let anyone in unless they follow strict rules. Bigger the party more likely something will go wrong.

What are these rules, prey tell?

No 3rd party allowed. I guarantee you most 3rd party download are made for windows. And 3rd party programs have viruses. And if you download a virus bad things happen. On a Mac, your not downloading 3rd party anything anyways so what are you going to catch a virus from?

This will sound ignorant but bear with me as I'm clueless...

Does this mean that Apple only works with certain web browsers or websites?

How is it that you can get a virus from a site on a PC but the same site will not give your mac a virus?

No, but the core of Apple OSX is Unix, which is a totally different architecture than a windows-based system (and slightly different from a Linux core) it only means that some "parts" needed to make some viruses works aren't present in a Unix Core, or are different enough so that it dosen't work.

The Unix core is slightly more secure but the real reason there's less Mac viruses than PC ones are just numbers, if 80% of the world are using Win-Based computers, the virus maker will make it for them.There are some Mac viruses but most virus-makers just don't bother with such a small userbase.