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My Windows User Experience
Amid all the cries of “I got another virus!” or “It crashed again?!” I can only shrug my metaphorical shoulders.
What would you use to describe your Mac? Easy to use, secure, and the ever famous “It Just Works ™? Well, you may be surprised, dear readers, to find that I would use that, and more, to describe my experience with Windows. You heard me. Amid all the cries of “I got another virus!” or “It crashed again?!” I can only shrug my metaphorical shoulders. Viruses? Just a scary myth. Spyware? MS Antispyware (widely regarded as one of the best out there) has never reported a single piece of spyware. Crashing? I left that when I left Windows 98.
Here’s another detail that may surprise you. My main browser is, you guessed it, Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 2. I keep Firefox for those shady sites that I may come across during my browsing adventures. Other than that, I find that IE fits my needs perfectly. It displays web pages, and blocks pop-ups. I really don’t much care about the stuff that IE doesn’t support, but I will get IE 7 the second I can. A site like Deep Thought makes heavy use of elements that may or may not be supported, but I can still use it.
I also have all of the features I need. Image editor? Paint.NET. Photo Manager? Picasa. Everything I need, I got for free. I have also spent exactly $0 on maintenance, contrary to the belief that Windows costs money to maintain. I guess they were talking about Windoze, a Windows imitation, by one of the worst software companies out there: Micro$oft (not to be confused with Microsoft, the developer of Windows.)
Usually people say that Windows impedes productivity, and that you have to work for it, but I don’t feel that way, strangely. I don’t feel like day-to-day using is tedious. I can get things done quite easily. Everything Just Works ™.
Now I’m not a Microsoft shill. I’m just a user tired of hearing how my platform of choice is bad, and how I’m completely stupid for choosing it. Another thing I’m tired of hearing about is how I’m supporting “The Man”, and how that is the worst thing anyone could ever do, but that’s for another entry.
I do have some gripes with the Windows platform in general, but yet again I will save that topic for another entry.
So if you ever come across a site where someone is making a blanket statement about how horrible the user experience of Windows is, just point them here if you need some proof that they are wrong in some cases.
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| Liam | comments | views |
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The graphic of the computer in the pop-up window. Since you asked this question, I’m guessing you don’t see a Mac, but a PC, which means it’s a dynamic graphic depending on which platform it sniffs.
The image I get is a “mirror” G4 with a Cinema display and a Mac keyboard. The Apple logo can be seen on the side.
So really, why don’t you use IE for “shady sites”? What would happen? 
@SogniX: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/High command/screencapture002.png
@ Mac Fan: I get your typical beige-box PC.
Regarding shady sites: I don’t know what would happen, which is why I use Firefox. Firefox was updated less than a week ago. IE was updated last year. Once IE7 comes out, I think, if it’s good enough, I’ll switch over to it full-time.
I define a shady site as one with a HUGE amount of ads, with a URL that looks like a misspelling of a more established site, etc.
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| Nov. 30, 2005 | |
| Liam | 6:12 pm |
Regarding shady sites: I don’t know what would happen
So why are you not using IE for those sites?
Mac Fan,
Don’t you ever get tired of digging up funk’s old comments? People change over time, you know.
| Nick | Nov. 30, 2005 | |
| 8:15 pm |
“I don’t have viruses or spyware on my OS X Mac either. I’m like every OS X Mac user, not amazing.”
Yeah but I must be amazing if I (and a few others on this forum) have no viruses or spywares on our computers. It surely doesn’t fit the the myth that you believe in does it? So what gives?
“why don’t you test your computer and see if it really has no viruses or spy/adware without using any protection?”
I tried it and my browser refuses to run the tests. Maybe its because Symantec is a company that makes money off making exploits, after all, if you were hacking company wouldn’t you prefer to make money off 98% of computer users than just 2%?
“So why are you not using IE for those sites?”
“Because I just feel a bit safer with a more recently updated browser. “
Same here. IE hasn’t been worked on like Firefox has in recent years and people upgrade their computers all the time. Unless you’re Mikael.
“Mac Fan,
Don’t you ever get tired of digging up funk’s old comments? People change over time, you know.”
And it was in 2002!
Geez some people have a massive chip on their shoulders!
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Why? What is a “shady site”, how do you know which sites are “shady”, and what happens if you visit them with IE?