Everyone seems to be mentioning Mac OS X but what about Linux as an alternative to this disaster? (better known as vista)
youd be better off duel booting Windows XP and one of the main linux distros (eg Mandriva, Red Hat, SUSE etc etc). The windows XP would just be for gaming and programs that MUST have windows, basically offline activities, and therefore no internet connectivity so no need for constant updates and patches to be downloaded to keep viruses and hackers out. The Linux distro would then be used for internet word processing speadsheet etc (through openOffice which comes FREE with linux)and in reality emulators like WINE can run alot of windows programs so the need for windows is further reduced.
you couldnt pay me to use Vista after the experience with a friends new laptop last week. The extra security is just an annoyance. The constant darkening screen and asking for permission is no more than "treating you like a child". Im an advanced user and dont need this garbage! and as for the "user friendlyness" what user friendlyness? it 99% forces you to use wizards just to assign a static IP
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Everyone seems to be mentioning Mac OS X but what about Linux as an alternative to this disaster? (better known as vista)
youd be better off duel booting Windows XP and one of the main linux distros (eg Mandriva, Red Hat, SUSE etc etc). The windows XP would just be for gaming and programs that MUST have windows, basically offline activities, and therefore no internet connectivity so no need for constant updates and patches to be downloaded to keep viruses and hackers out. The Linux distro would then be used for internet word processing speadsheet etc (through openOffice which comes FREE with linux)and in reality emulators like WINE can run alot of windows programs so the need for windows is further reduced.
you couldnt pay me to use Vista after the experience with a friends new laptop last week. The extra security is just an annoyance. The constant darkening screen and asking for permission is no more than "treating you like a child". Im an advanced user and dont need this garbage! and as for the "user friendlyness" what user friendlyness? it 99% forces you to use wizards just to assign a static IP
forget windows use Linux or MAC OS X