Topic: Operating Systems

I started thinking about this topic after seeing this video on digg, and watching a few others like it (beware if you look for more yourself; 90% of them are fake).

I wouldn't call myself a Microsoft fanboy, although many may disagree with this. I am currently using Vista Home Premium, and I have had virtually no problems with it that I couldn't have had with XP. Maybe I am just very lucky. I do disagree with many of the turns Microsoft is taking and I don't use all of the annoying features that Microsoft keeps bloating their operating systems with. I resist as much as possible to use any built-in system for controlling the user, such as UAC and the "users" folders (my documents and such) because frankly, when it comes to operating systems, I am a control freak. There are so many things I would change about Vista if I had a team of around 400 caffeinated programmers at my bidding (possibly more on this later).

That said, I have yet to find an operating system better suited to my needs. Yes, I have tried a Mac, both a desktop and a laptop (not Laopard though), and I don't like it at all. From my experiences with Macs it seemed like they are trying to control everything you do to the point where you have to force yourself to think in less technical terms to get around. They only really tell you what you have to know, and they try too much to tailor things toward someone who knows little or nothing about the inner workings of a computer. Also, Apple has an annoying habit of locking users into their little niche, so that they cannot escape without giving up everything. Take iTunes for example - it is one of the last music stores that still sells their music loaded with DRM (yes I understand that it is no longer a requirement on the store, but that doesn't mean there is no longer any DRM on iTunes)

I have yet to try the new Ubuntu or any form of Linux, but from what I have heard those are not really for gamers.

Well I am not sure if I have made a point here or not but I will end this post now and possibly fix it later. =/