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In reply to the discussion: Microsoft's ongoing war on a beloved Microsoft product [View all]Heywood J
(2,515 posts)89. Give what up?
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Windows 7 has been relatively well-behaved for me, but my true love is Linux.
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#63
The biggest problem I have with Vista is the background processes that eat the machine.
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#69
M$ free for over a decade. No stress, no worries, no odious licensing, runs with
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#5
On the anti-virus thing; the core of the Linux/UNIX OS proscribes/prevents the kind of wholesale
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#62
OI? The interface? Being a scientist doesn't mean this is an area of competence for you, so don't
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#15
Windows is a user interface that is built on an operating system, in the case of Microsoft, that
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#61
Gotcha. Integrating the interface with the OS was one of M$ first and worst mistakes.
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#64
I thought you were going to mention Win8, yet another rearrangement on how to get things done.
gtar100
Nov 2012
#12
7 seems to have eliminated quite a bit of the fail that permeates Vista, but it still can't
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#37
Yup, windows versions are like the classic trek movies, every other one is pretty good.
Salviati
Nov 2012
#27
Any business that makes their website IE use only will either change or take a hit on profit.
L0oniX
Nov 2012
#39
Try Ubuntu or Mint (based on Ubuntu) Linux. There's no need to put up with MS BS and alternatives
RKP5637
Nov 2012
#53
Licensing is a "key" (pun intneded) difference between XP and everything else going forward.
MindPilot
Nov 2012
#73