Have you ever wondered what an OS will be like in 10 years?
Have you wondered what they will be capable of, how fast will they be, what they will be able to offer?
With the mess from vista where people were basically forced into using it, and with it being 'non-user-friendly' which has been publically stated by Microsoft executives, the public distrust in Microsoft has, in another way, opened the possibilities of 'being king of the mountain' in the Operating System (OS) world to be available to other groups, such as Mac and Linux.
Already, in countries such as China, Linux is the mainstay, as well as pirated copies of Windows. It seems that people can only afford so much for a basic OS, so the public go where they can afford it.
Here at the Sim Outhouse, we are united by Windows, only because it runs FS2004 and FSX and CFS 1, 2, and 3. But perhaps the day is coming with other OS systems will be able to run similar games (well, these sims), and we will be able to choose what ever we wish for as a OS.
Being one that has taken a step into the land of choosing a new OS (for other things aside from FS), I have found Mac OSX to be incredible. It boots up faster then XP (I love XP, so for me to say this is alot), and it has the coolest little features. I am overwhelmed by it and only wish it could run FS9 and FSX.
Second, I use business software for business, (as well as media for playing music and podcasts, yes, I am a podcast freak or geek and hope to make my own podcasts someday). I purchased Windows Office a couple of years ago, and loved it, but couldnt afford the full package, so I have had to live with a basic version all this time. Well, Apple seems to know what people can afford, and offer 'one' (1 as in one) Office suite called iWork, and it sells for $79.00. Pretty cool compared to $250.0. And, the iWork programs (there are 3 programs in the suite), interact with each other, meaning if you become fluent in one, the other runs quite similarly).
Now, get this. MS Office was available for Mac, (and still is) but at a hefty cost of over $400.00 a copy. They recently lowered it to $250.00. (Four hundred dollars! Dang.. Does money grow on trees?)
Now my point is not to promote Apple, but to see that there are options. Options give you an alternative route. If a supplier starts to 'pull things on you', do you wrong, mess with your way of life, and they think that no one else offers what they have, they will have a power over you... But if you have options, you can say, 'Hey! take a hike man! I'll just go with this group.'
In checking out Mac, (well, becoming addicted), I have now become interested in OS systems. As a matter of fact, my Nephew was over the other day, about 15 years old and a brilliant kid and will be what will make America in the near future, if not already), was asking me.. 'What does it take to make an OS?' I hadnt been talking to him at all on these things. It was a question from out of the blue, so he had been thinking on it already for some reason.
So I wonder if the world of one main OS on the top of the mountain is about to become 'many OS's all over the world. What if a new sensation of multiple OS's occur. Remember when we only had a couple of Net Browsers? Netscape was one of the only ones..
Now with the kids of today growing up on computers, learning computer languages in grade school instead of college, by the time they are 20, surely they will have ideas for better OS systems that will be far more faster, better, complex, and perhaps even more simple then we had ever imagined....
Think of it... Being able to go with a OS that is half the cost of 'another' that does 3 times more, and for $15.00 more, you can have it on 3 other computers in the same house...
Affordability, easeability, functionality, and sweet freedom.... Freedom to choose. No more 'buy this or else we wont cover you, and you have no where to go.... '
Now.... Dream of what an OS will be like 10 years from now.....
Bill
Have you wondered what they will be capable of, how fast will they be, what they will be able to offer?
With the mess from vista where people were basically forced into using it, and with it being 'non-user-friendly' which has been publically stated by Microsoft executives, the public distrust in Microsoft has, in another way, opened the possibilities of 'being king of the mountain' in the Operating System (OS) world to be available to other groups, such as Mac and Linux.
Already, in countries such as China, Linux is the mainstay, as well as pirated copies of Windows. It seems that people can only afford so much for a basic OS, so the public go where they can afford it.
Here at the Sim Outhouse, we are united by Windows, only because it runs FS2004 and FSX and CFS 1, 2, and 3. But perhaps the day is coming with other OS systems will be able to run similar games (well, these sims), and we will be able to choose what ever we wish for as a OS.
Being one that has taken a step into the land of choosing a new OS (for other things aside from FS), I have found Mac OSX to be incredible. It boots up faster then XP (I love XP, so for me to say this is alot), and it has the coolest little features. I am overwhelmed by it and only wish it could run FS9 and FSX.
Second, I use business software for business, (as well as media for playing music and podcasts, yes, I am a podcast freak or geek and hope to make my own podcasts someday). I purchased Windows Office a couple of years ago, and loved it, but couldnt afford the full package, so I have had to live with a basic version all this time. Well, Apple seems to know what people can afford, and offer 'one' (1 as in one) Office suite called iWork, and it sells for $79.00. Pretty cool compared to $250.0. And, the iWork programs (there are 3 programs in the suite), interact with each other, meaning if you become fluent in one, the other runs quite similarly).
Now, get this. MS Office was available for Mac, (and still is) but at a hefty cost of over $400.00 a copy. They recently lowered it to $250.00. (Four hundred dollars! Dang.. Does money grow on trees?)
Now my point is not to promote Apple, but to see that there are options. Options give you an alternative route. If a supplier starts to 'pull things on you', do you wrong, mess with your way of life, and they think that no one else offers what they have, they will have a power over you... But if you have options, you can say, 'Hey! take a hike man! I'll just go with this group.'
In checking out Mac, (well, becoming addicted), I have now become interested in OS systems. As a matter of fact, my Nephew was over the other day, about 15 years old and a brilliant kid and will be what will make America in the near future, if not already), was asking me.. 'What does it take to make an OS?' I hadnt been talking to him at all on these things. It was a question from out of the blue, so he had been thinking on it already for some reason.
So I wonder if the world of one main OS on the top of the mountain is about to become 'many OS's all over the world. What if a new sensation of multiple OS's occur. Remember when we only had a couple of Net Browsers? Netscape was one of the only ones..
Now with the kids of today growing up on computers, learning computer languages in grade school instead of college, by the time they are 20, surely they will have ideas for better OS systems that will be far more faster, better, complex, and perhaps even more simple then we had ever imagined....
Think of it... Being able to go with a OS that is half the cost of 'another' that does 3 times more, and for $15.00 more, you can have it on 3 other computers in the same house...
Affordability, easeability, functionality, and sweet freedom.... Freedom to choose. No more 'buy this or else we wont cover you, and you have no where to go.... '
Now.... Dream of what an OS will be like 10 years from now.....
Bill
Many users are still grappling with, or never use 50-90% of the features in the current version.
