SF Gate columnist: 'Why does Windows still suck?'
Yes, this is indeed a very good question. But perhaps maybe a more pertinent question would be, why do Mac Users STILL have to use Windows crap? I've come across MANY web sites that require a Windows box for them to work right. Wasn't part of the whole idea of web based applications CROSS PLATFORM interoperability?
One of the ridiculous applications that still requires Windoze is PayPal's shipping label printing program. Obviously, this is a ridiculous limitation given that the USPS site to which PayPal supposedly merely provides a front end to, works just fine with Macs. So, rather than continue to use my husband's ONE machine in the whole house that runs Windoze, I bought Virtual PC. Within its first month of running on my Mac, it broke with a "boot.ini" fatal error that could not be fixed even after deinstalling and then reinstalling the software. So I guess not only does Windows itself still suck, but even its emulators suck.
In an article detailing his experiences with both Macs and Windows-based PCs, SF Gate columnist Mark Morford asks, "Why Does Windows Still Suck? Why do PC users put up with so many viruses and worms? Why isn't everyone on a Mac?" Morford goes on to say: "As every Windows user knows, PCs are ever waging a losing battle with a stunningly vicious array of malware and worms and viruses, all aimed at exploiting one of about ten thousand security flaws and holes in Microsoft Windows... [MacMinute]