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Originally Posted by Merkwürdigliebe  eh? I do a reinstall every month or two because it's the most efficient way of getting your system to be "lean" and clean really quick, rather than going through all your files, cleaning up folders, defragmenting, uninstalling/installing apps, getting rid of spyware/spamware, cleaning up the registry, etc etc. The more software you install, Windows just tends to get bloated a little and I'm willing to do a reinstall every month or two to get that extra degree of snappiness that comes with a fresh install, however, I'm NOT saying it's necessary! It still runs fine a long time down the line with adequate maintenance. Although I admit, I did say that "everybody" should do fresh re-installations in my initial post, but that's not exactly what I meant and I'm sorry for only that much. As a gamer, I'm picky about even the smallest increase in performance, because that small increase of 5 fps, or that decrease in load time means a lot, and I like Windows to be extra snappy, it's no more than about an hour's worth of work to get it installed and set up.
Besides, I've argued the whole security issue with Macs before, if Macs ever do get widespread acceptance, they'll definitely have issues with security once the hacker community realizes there's a larger demographic to mess around with. Macs are not secure because of some kind of advanced technology, but because of lack of interest and infection potential (ie Low population of Mac users...) |
Yep, if one day os x becomes mainstream(not gonna happen in our lifetime)it'll be just like windows in terms of viruses, spyware, etc...
That is one reason why Mac won't do os x on pc's.
As far as reinstalling windows often....well, it's true when u say the more software u install the more it gets bloated.
I usually reinstall xp or nowadays vista once a year.
BTW, I recently installed os x 10.4 on my pc(sig) and it runs pretty fast and snappy. But I have no sound, ethernet, nor does it allow me to run my desktop resolution at optimum performance....it's stuck at 1024x768. Oh well.