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Sure, but I'm OCD
By inaphasia on 5/13/2011 5:48:17 AM , Rating: 2
I've been using Win7 for over 6 months now and can never get my hard drives to report anything other than 0% fragmented:( I totally miss babysitting my PC. My XP machine gets far less usage but still manages to "need" it's six-month customary clean-install. While all I can do in 7 is click "Clean System Files" in Disk Cleanup and delete the System errors. So while I'm sure this dude is the bees-knees, I'm guessing he hasn't used Windows in a while or heard of Security Essentials.

Anyway, I'm one of those people that are Google-shy. I loathe minimalistic and cringe at data-mining. Do I deserve a "gold"-foil hat? Sure, but I'm not falling for those spam-casserole recipes triggered by the Spam folder in Gmail. I know your "recording" me Google. And has anybody tried using Revo Uninstaller to get rid of Google Chat/Voice (or whatever it's called)? It's a scary experience.

I realize this looks like a rant (because really it deserves to be an essay, though I can't be bothered) so I'll get to the point. Since it looks like all companies are hell-bent on copying Google/Apple, there are two positives (that I can think of) to come out of this when it comes to laptop hardware. First (cosmeticly) the Cr-48 is sexy ! I always thought the Holy Grail (to even the most devout Apple-hater) that is "unibody" looked utterly retarded. Hopefully the Cr-48 will be copied to death. Second (the only compliment I can think of, to give Apple) is Apple's obsession with quality screens. Maybe that will trickle down to other companies too.

Bottom line: I ain't getting my mom a Chrome netbook. And I'm sure this will have zero effect on Google's ability to sell the things.

RE: Sure, but I'm OCD
By sxr7171 on 5/13/2011 1:41:59 PM , Rating: 1
Windows IMHO is tortuous, but Google is no better frankly. Yes they data mine your life like nobody else and between the two as much as Windows sucks, I would say MS is by far the lesser evil. I run a Windows 7 machine as a Windows Media Center and it is a piece of shit. Randomly freezing UI, all of a sudden lagging with user inputs, can't find files and suddenly finds them later. A basic Tivo or any cheap cable box shits on the whole OS and user experience. It's clear to me that MS is incompetent with anything Windows. Look at Xbox 360, the UI is perfect, and it works. Same issues with WHS, which is a retarded system that constantly balances its drives and gives dumb errors over stupid things. I come home and see that Windows 7 restarted itself in the middle of a TV recording to install updates. Its a retarded OS that only exists and thrives due to a vast majority monopoly. If there were some basic competition it would have gone down to 15% market share without a doubt. People apologize for Windows because they use it and it mostly works, but they don't see that a desktop OS should be far better, far more reliable especially one that pulls 80%+ of worldwide OS revenues.

