Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : esc
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Dec 09 2022 22:08:08

  Re: Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
  By: esc to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Dec 09 2022 04:08 pm

 es> Now that computers are front-ends for
 es> the internet, there don't appear to be many interesting differentiators. I

I don't think I necessarily agree with that, nor do I think computers should just be front-ends for the internet.  Not everything is well suited to run as a web/internet based app.  Photo and video processing, software development, and other number-crunching tasks lend themselves to having a powerful computer at home that you can use for those kinds of things.  Video games is another example.

Sometimes it seems like some software companies want us to use web apps though, as they can easily charge a subscription fee.  In some ways it seems like a step backwards - I remember hearing about people using dumb terminals connected to powerful central mainframe computers in the 60s and 70s..  As computers became smaller, more affordable, and more powerful, it became much easier to have a fairly powerful computer at home that could run software locally, and generally that was seen as a good thing.

 es> I struggle to figure out the killer feature Windows is bringing to the
 es> table nowadays in most use cases.

Yeah, I'm not sure any particular computer OS has any killer feature these days.  As you said though, Windows just being a known thing means that pretty much all types of software are made for Windows (particularly gaming).

I've seen certain programs that some people just seem to love which are only made for one platform (i.e. Mac-only versions of certain programs), but I don't think there's any limiting factor where it would really need to be platform-specific.

Oddly, I've noticed that a large percentage of people who do photo & video editing and making music (content creators) still seem to prefer Mac, and a lot of web developers seem to like working on a Mac too.  I've heard that music software for Mac in general tends to "just work" and have low latency, but (in my limited experience) I haven't seen much problem with latency with Windows music software either..  The web devleopment connection with Mac is one thing I don't quite understand though.

Nightfox
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