Good advice! (was: Re: [Ti] Windows compatable)

[Chris Olson]

On Jan 14, 2006, at 2:22 AM, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:

> Uh ... I dunno about the rest of you, but my wife's Windows machine  
> - the one her office insists on her using - crashes, seizes up, or  
> is just plain annoying, at least *ten* times more often than my  
> TiBook.
>
> I'd say that definitely makes my TiBook more of a VIABLE  
> alternative for general computing!

In my experience Windows XP is every bit as stable as OS X.  Most of  
the problems with Windows is cheap x86 hardware and having to support  
every chipset known to man.  If it ran on PowerPC under the same  
limited hardware support set as Mac, then the hardware and operating  
system would be as reliable as perceived on Mac.

So if you think OS X would be any better if it tried to fill Windows'  
shoes, you're badly mistaken.

All I have to do to crash my Mac is plug in my (unsupported and  
Windows only) Epson printer, then try to print to it.  Instant kernel  
panic every time.

Or network two Macs with AFP and start a file transfer.  Then  
disconnect one of them.  Watch the other one lock up.  Can't force  
quit Finder, can't log out, can't shut down, can't do anything.  All  
you get is the spinning beach ball of death.

I can go on an on with at least a dozen examples of how to crash your  
Mac doing normal everyday stuff.
-- 
Chris

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