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Originally Posted by basswipe
Windows isn't free.You want to upgrade to the latest version you gotta pay.No microsoft product comes without some type of string attached.You being a gamer I would imagine you buy new hardware and/or a machine every couple of years?That costs money.
Yes.. I do spend $$ to upgrade my system to play the latest games... BUT.. that being said.... if I am playing WoW on linux, I still need the same RAM, graphics card, and processor... If I am working with large photo's or video's - same deal... The Gimp is fine, but give me Photoshop any day. If I were building a machine for the kitchen for just email or general browsing, then sure, maybe then linux would be sufficient, but then again, Id also want to share music etc and Samba isnt exactly childs play.
Windows is a beast that consumes a computer's resources.The OS takes up a ton of space and memory.Never mind all the other AV and spyware programs needed to protect it.
I havent used spyware or antivirus in over a year.. I go to many of the most vile reaches of the interweb. I havent been infected once in that time.. You just need to be a responsible user. Cant deny that vista and XP are both hogs though, you get a point there.
The insane amount of housekeeping that needs to be done to keep it running.Defrag,after market progs to get rid of useless unused files like out of date reg keys and index.dat files to name just a few.
Vs the insane amount of setup and housekeeping in order to setup and maintain a *nix system? Thats the main reason most people I know who use linux actually use it. They can tweak to their hearts content. It boggles my mind to see how much housekeeping they do in order to maintain their system. Granted, they are anything but standard users, but unless your messing with things you shouldnt be, then clearing out some tempfiles and running a defrag monthly isnt a big deal.
Then you have the hardware/software conflicts.You might not get that "blue screen of death" anymore but you still gotta hit the 'ol ctrl/alt/del to bring up task manager so you can end that program that's "not responding".
Or you can just deal with the fact that some hardware has no linux drivers, or the drivers are beta, or community driven so who knows what effect that video driver will have on your system. Every try to configure a 3D graphics card in linux? Cntrl-alt-del or opening terminal and ps x / kill -9 are not too different.
I'm so glad to be free of Windows.
And the community based support for Ubuntu is awesome.There's always literally hundreds(if not thousands)of people online at any given time of day in the support forums who can answer and solve any question.You'll never get that from Microsoft.
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Sure I do.
http://forums.asp.net is a MS owned site I beleive. Its more development based and developers are a bit geekier with that type of stuff. MSDN might be kinda useless, but it is a RARE occasion indeed when I cant find the answer to what I need out there for my windows problems..
But.. all in all, I cant fault you.. I just love tweaking the anti MS fanboys. If linux works for you and your needs, then I think its great that you use it. Its perfect for someone who can actually use a computer, but doesnt use it for much outside the basics. Someday it might be a truly viable competitor, but untill then, its certainly not for everyone. I work for Plumchoice/Firedog part time, and 99% of the people I talk to do not even know what an address bar is in Internet explorer or firefox. That damn google toolbar/yahoo toolbar/aol toolbar/etc is a plague that needs to die.
Personally if I were ever going to drop windows it would be for OSX
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