Microsoft are catering to casuals and ruining computers

[Sarcasm]

I miss the good old days when having a computer was something to be proud of. You had to be hardcore if you wanted to do well with computers, you couldn't be casual. You had to put a lot of effort in to computers, it wasn't just something anyone could do.

I look at computers these days and it's so boring. The casuals have all the same things that the hardcores have. All the computers look and work the same. I want my hardcore computers back! If Microsoft hadn't catered to casuals so much then we'd be back in the good days and everyone would be happy, and we wouldn't have fuckin casuals and bads with computers.

[Kabbalah]

Microsoft doesn't have a shell.

Oh wait. I see what you did there.

[Gallador]

i c wot u did thar!

[xionkarl]

But I do the same things, I go to work, I sleep, I eat, that means I should have every right to have a hardcore computer like you.

Plus more casuals want computers, there's more casuals than hardcores so the casuals rule the computer market now.

[Memory]

I miss the good old days when sarcasm was something to be proud of. You had to be hardcore if you wanted to do well with sarcasm, you couldn't be casual. You had to put a lot of effort in to sarcasm, it wasn't just something anyone could do.

I look at sarcasm these days and it's so boring. The casuals have all the same things that the hardcores have. All the sarcasm look and work the same. I want my hardcore sarcasm back! If schooling hadn't catered to casuals so much then we'd be back in the good days and everyone would be happy, and we wouldn't have fuckin casuals and bads with sarcasm.

[Sarcasm]

Not sarcasm, or trolling. Just food for thought.

[Needalight]

I HEAR APPLE DOES BETTER THAN Microsoft THESE DAYS. You are right, if you want to be hardcore, switch to Apple.

/thread.

[Devilyaki]

I blame porn.

[Gallador]

I blame porn.

[Hevesker]

winnness

[Grudge]

I lol'ed

[Baygon]

a nice chuckle indeed, this thread has potential for some activity

[Herpaderp]

Just because they are catering to casuals does not mean it's bad. I for one dont have the time to spend all my week building and tweaking a computer. We have dell for us casuals and little stalls at computer fairs for the hardcores.

Casual =/= Bad

We all get to see the same thing!

[Kronoz]

I blame porn.

the "internet is for porn". just youtube it and there you got your evidence! xD

[Marooned]

Actually it was Apple that started it. Microsoft just mimics them.

[Fraza]

There is one main difference:

An OS like Windows is to help you accomplish a task. It is a layer between you and what you want to do. So it should be as transparent and easy to use as possible, not to interfere with the task at hand.

WoW is a game. The fun of end game raiding is the sense of accomplishment you get after beating a challenge. So the game needs to be challenging. You could make the bosses so easy that everyone can solo them, but where's the fun in that?

So if your goal is to have fun through beating challenges in the game, the game should be challenging enough for you, while the layer in between (Windows) should be easy and "casual" so it doesn't distract you from the game.

[Marooned]

Yeah computers are so easy now that my parents and grand parents can check facebook activity, browse my hard disk and etc...

[Memory]

The problem with wow is that the content for hardcore players gets smaller and smaller or just isn't there(beginning of wotlk) and the casual and child content gets bigger and bigger.
With computers you get more and more "content" and there will always be "content" for hardcore computer engineers or programmers

That's a good reply.

[Sarcasm]

Try to think a little bit longer and harder before you start a thread Sarcasm.
Your point isn't well thought out and therefore only get'a aproved by 1 sentence posters with max 6 words...

Like I said, it's not an argument.

[vesseblah]

There is one main difference:

An OS like Windows is to help you accomplish a task. It is a layer between you and what you want to do. So it should be as transparent and easy to use as possible, not to interfere with the task at hand.

WoW is a game. The fun of end game raiding is the sense of accomplishment you get after beating a challenge. So the game needs to be challenging. You could make the bosses so easy that everyone can solo them, but where's the fun in that?

Good try, but missed slightly.

WoW is a computer game and it's primary function is to provide entertainment for the masses. Some players are entertained by sense of accomplishment, some are entertained by purplez, some are entertained by soloing stuff. Making the game more casual friendly is lowering the bar to getting started, not finishing the tasks for you. Just like making computers more userfriendly lowers the bar to start doing something productive with it.

Just because newest Word is easier to use for beginners it doesn't make you Shakespeare. In the same way raiding is still hard in heroic modes and the best gear still requires raiding the hardest instances.