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xsreality
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Registry is like the about:config of firefox... there are hell lot of tweaks which can be used to boost system performance... of course such a thing is two-edged sword and it can turn into a security threat as well... but again its the way u c it.. for me its a nice windows tweaking platform!
tlarkin
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Here is the flaw with your logic, because you are comparing something like firefox which is a self contained applicaiton so its preferences are held with in its own confines, and it has its own configuration files to the system registry. Then you go to a registry file which is a shared library file that, for argument's sake say that 4 applications share. That one file goes awry and now you have 4 applications that don't fully work. Furthermore if it is a system resource then every user now has that issue in every user account.
With user level preferences and configurations and with self contained apps you get rid of the bloat of the OS, because everything is stored and run at the Application or user level. Of course there are exceptions, where something may need more resources outside, but those are generally in other directories which share data to those sources.
A registry is nothing more than bloat and security risk.
tlarkin
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No,
I used to admin 70 windows servers and 10,000 windows clients, and it was a head ache, now I manage unix users and mac users and it is a lot better in some ways.
Don't expect the registry to stay forever, MS is going to get rid of it sooner or later.
I am not a fan boy of any OS I am just objective with my views. As of right now, Vista is a pile of crap compared to every other OS out there in the same generation. It doesn't do anything really that any OS (and that includes EVERY OS OUT THERE) can't do, and it is extremely expensive and feature limiting with little to no price breaks for the consumer.
Hopefully, Vienna will do what Vista was suppose to. Microsoft has failed with Vista, which is why some companies are still offering XP with their systems.
For the record that wasn't really bashing Windows, it was bashing the registry as being something that is useful. The other poster was trying to compare it to a self contained application.
I used to admin 70 windows servers and 10,000 windows clients, and it was a head ache, now I manage unix users and mac users and it is a lot better in some ways.
Don't expect the registry to stay forever, MS is going to get rid of it sooner or later.
I am not a fan boy of any OS I am just objective with my views. As of right now, Vista is a pile of crap compared to every other OS out there in the same generation. It doesn't do anything really that any OS (and that includes EVERY OS OUT THERE) can't do, and it is extremely expensive and feature limiting with little to no price breaks for the consumer.
Hopefully, Vienna will do what Vista was suppose to. Microsoft has failed with Vista, which is why some companies are still offering XP with their systems.
For the record that wasn't really bashing Windows, it was bashing the registry as being something that is useful. The other poster was trying to compare it to a self contained application.
G25r8cer
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He wasn't bashing anything; he was explaining what could happen if a Registry entry goes awry. Explanation = bashing? I don't understand.
Could you please explain/bash to me how you draw the comparison.
Sure! He doesnt specifically say windows but, everything he is refering to is windows and he just says the good things about mac's.
tlarkin
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HAHAH
What I was referring to was Unix/Linux not a Mac. Wake up and read. The only OS out there that has a system registry is Windows. If Windows got rid of it, it would be a lot better of an OS, period.
tlarkin
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That is fine, but preference doesn't mean better though, and I was simply outlining why self contained applications and user level prefs are better. Microsoft is going to ditch the registry so I wouldn't cling on to it too much.
tlarkin
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I am not talking preference, I am explaining the down sides to a system registry which are actually facts. If one thing goes wrong and it is a shared resource then every user account is screwed or every application that uses that shared resource no longer works right. That is a fact!
I don't really see where I said my preference. You must be a fan boy though because it seems like I am hurting your precious feelings when I constructively criticize the registry.
tlarkin
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I am done after this....
What I am referring to in this thread is not exclusive to OS X, it is used by all Unix and Linux based OSes, so stop saying that. It was you that cried when I criticized the registry and said I was advertising for Mac and if you go back and reread what I said, you will clearly see I was comparing a registry to Linux/Unix and just explaining to the person who equated a system registry to a config file, which is comparing apples to oranges.
G25r8cer
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Alright im done too. I guess we are both fanboys. lol In a way everyone is a fanboy. You like what you like and most people advertise that. Nothing wrong with that I guess.
I hope we can leave on good terms, no?
G25r8cer
Active Member
Very True!! I get where you are coming from now.
Are we leaving on good terms then? Hopefully I can come to you later when I get money to buy a mac. I am getting more and more attracted to them.