Windows looks more like Ubuntu every day

[Chris]

ps the give away was "back in the day"
poke!

2011/1/29 Dorian Douma <agreatwhitebird at gmail.com>

> I do web design and I was studying online behavior stats... and yeah,
> teens and young adults IN GENERAL are not super savvy.
>
> 2011/1/29 Chris <candive1 at gmail.com>:
> > Yes but age has nothing to do with computer savvy these days.
> >
> > 2011/1/29 James <james2432 at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Sometimes when I look at this list I doubt 1/2 of us are over the age of
> >> 16 T___T
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Dorian Douma <
> agreatwhitebird at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> (GIVING AWAY that I am over 16)
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Chris <candive1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > Giving away your age?
> >>> >
> >>> > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Dorian Douma
> >>> > <agreatwhitebird at gmail.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> There's the look and then there's the feel. I find that all 3 OSs
> are
> >>> >> looking more glassy, smoky and holographic all the time, but I think
> >>> >> that Apple is the only one who's bucking the trend a bit. Recent
> >>> >> versions of MacOS have become less glitchy-feeling and less electric
> >>> >> looking and now they feel a bit more like using really old, smooth
> >>> >> metal machinery. Ubuntu these days feels like using melting plastic.
> >>> >> Definitely a computer-y feel. But to me it's the most neutral of the
> >>> >> bunch.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> It's also the most flexible in appearance... it's easier to
> download,
> >>> >> install and use themes than it is in Windows, and there are NO
> >>> >> built-in options to make MacOS look different.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> My favourite era of OS esthetics was MacOS9 vs. Windows2000. I even
> >>> >> remember how beautiful OS 7.6 and Windows 95 looked back in the day.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> It's like it follows car fashion.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Vaughn Male <keino_9 at hotmail.com>
> >>> >> wrote:
> >>> >> > On 11-01-28 08:35 AM, Chris wrote:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Hi all,
> >>> >> > Is it just me or is Windows 7 Ultimate looking more like Ubuntu /
> >>> >> > Linux
> >>> >> > every day?
> >>> >> > Chris.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > --
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> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Every time I get someone to try Linux the first thing I always
> hear
> >>> >> > is,
> >>> >> > "it
> >>> >> > looks so weird!." It would be nice to not hear that anymore.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > Also, it would make the transition from Windows to Linux easier,
> >>> >> > which
> >>> >> > is
> >>> >> > never bad.
> >>> >> >
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