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Originally Posted by toefer
I have nothing against Windows, but I always thought the sort of permission feature thing they added in with Vista was a bit pointless.
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Which can be turned off.
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Originally Posted by toefer
Why do I have to "allow" a program to be installed?
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If you want exact answer, then programs can initiate install and unless you confirm it can be a security problem. I agree it can be annoying, but then again, it can be turned off.
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Originally Posted by toefer
If I tried installing it, doesn't that mean I want it installed?
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Like I said not necessarily. I.e you may not have tried.
Now, can you explain to me, how that "allow" thing which is annoying, I agree, but can be turned off, is any worse than OSX prompting me to enter admin pwd every time I run executable to install something including from Apple sites. Apple did make fun of that allow feature in one of their mac vs. pc, but it is exactly the same on OSX. How is prompting admin pwd every time is better? That can be turned off as well, to be fair.
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Originally Posted by toefer
Apple gets this right by requiring a password when installing most programs or making significant changes on the computer.
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Yeah, that one... So, hitting allow once is annoying, but typing password
and then hitting ok is better? That's what you call Apple getting around?
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Originally Posted by toefer
If Windows is so great, and Apple is such crap,
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I didn't comment on Win 7 except the fact that it does support old hardware dropped by brand new snow leo...