Reply #32: why are you running Windows?

[mike_c]

Is there a particular app that's keeping you from migrating to linux? I keep one "legacy" computer with Win XP on it because there are a couple of programs that still don't run well under any of the win/linux solutions, but not many. I also keep one dual boot machine, but the Windows partitions on that one haven't been booted in over a year. All the other computers in my lab, home, and office are linux machines. Even an old P1 is still quite usable for lots of things.

I know, this isn't really the answer to your question, but maybe it is. My students joke about how I cuss and fume whenever they force me onto a Windows machine and it crashes, or an app hangs, or it just plain sucks.