A Linux install goes flawlessly and has all the drivers I need. The only thing it can't do yet is play DirectX games. Half of which crash while playing anyway.
Not to my experience. I remeber my linux experiences as a time spent scrolling down page after page to find any solutions to my problems...
Or just to add new features to the os.
On windows machines i have rarely had the necessity to read page after page of forum sites to find any solutions. And if i had to, it have always been well documented.
Still have Windows 7 and XP plus a USB stick full of drivers that have to be installed.
Plus all the DRM. e.g. If you want to play a DVD, Microsoft directs you to a commercial software link. Even though there are free versions.
That is one annoying thing. the need for drivers. but then again. you just install it once. Or if you use custom install software it will do it for you.
I have never seen anything to the DRM stuff people are talking about.
i use mediaplayer classic. The hardware though, I have had to sett the zone on my DVD-rom manually once. Just sett it to zone-free-mode (in lack of better words) and it has never bothered me again.
Windows was fine for office environments, but I don't think it is good enough as a consumer OS.
Not just that. If you go for the "Home" editions you may experience som difficulties. I always go for enterprise or ultimate editions.
Just a little tweaking, installing custom drivers and I'm done.
I'm no programmer, im not a hacker i just want to enjoy a clean system that i can enjoy playing my games, watching some movies or tv series and just simply works. Windows is that to me.
I still have some computers running XP, but my main system is a W7 machine. it runs like a Swiss clock, and i have never had any glitch with it.
Not even a blue screen.
