Sturdy amigas!

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I agree with what most of you are saying about WinXP... by far the most stable OS I have used on the PC.  If I do experience a problem it's because I did something stupid or went to a crap filled website.  I really think people that criticize it just have a hatred for Microsoft in general.

Side note and off topic: those of you having spyware problems on the PC should really switch to Mozilla Firefox for a web browser.  I haven't had a pop-up or new spyware since I made the move.  Get it at www.mozilla.org

Back on topic: There is no way I'd ever try to take anything away from the Amiga either.  My A1200 is amazing.  I still get misty just thinking about the days when I first started on the Amiga.  My PCs tend to last about 3 years before I off them on some nephew or such... but I'll never dump the Amiga.  If anything I'm going to be investing more in it!  :-D

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Martyn wrote:

That's really strange.  I've heard everyone say this about XP, yet, I've just had a new PC at work with XP installed and it's crashed more times in the past 2 weeks than my w2k box has in the past year.  It's awful, I hate it.  I'm considering installing 2k on there.

Martyn.

One thing you should really make sure you've done is get all of the critical updates from Microsoft using Windows Update.  Sorry that this is getting a bit off topic, but I hope this might help in your situation.  I support 150 computers at work all running either Win2K or WinXP and I think that both operating systems are really very nice.  I despised the PC at one point in time (early 90s), but they have really become great machines in the 2000s.  

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While it is true that Amiga enthusiasts aren't coming here to talk about the windows OS I think it became a topic through a comparison made about how sturdy the Amiga is compared to the standard PC.  It's a valid discussion.  I think just about everyone agrees that the Amiga has amazing durability and on the other side of the coin some were just pointing out that the PC has definitely grown in the last decade into a very usable system.  As with anything (Amiga included) there will be exceptions and some people will get a lemon.

Why WinXP takes a long time to shut down?  One of the biggest reasons is it is saving restore points so that if something is wrong next time you use it you can return to a previous point in time when things functioned.  You can turn that feature off if you want.

Anyway, I'd like to say: sorry that my own posts have strayed away from the Amiga being sturdy.  It wasn't an attempt to toot the windows horn... I was just trying to lend some helpful hints to another forum member.  I wouldn't be here at all if I wasn't an Amiga enthusiast.

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k-disk wrote:
Am I on the wrong site here?
I thought amiga.org is a site where people
who love the Amiga-computer, come together
for help, tips and to pick on PC's.

Guess there are a few Amiga-haters/traitors
on this site who are defending the PC with
heart and soul. It's better they move to another
site like 386dx.org or something like that!
There they can adore and worship the PC as much
as they want!

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Greetings to all REAL AMIGA lovers!   :pint:

I'm not sure if I should even be taking your comments seriously.  If you really think that enjoying another computer platform makes you a traitor to the Amiga then I know this discussion is a worthless waste of my time.  You are obviously entitled to your opinions and I wouldn't even begin to try and change them, however, I also won't defend whether or not I or others on here are Amiga lovers.

One final note... you are correct... this is amiga.org, however it isn't pchaters.org or destroymicrosoft.com either so before you start telling people they should be leaving the forum perhaps you should re-evaluate your attitude.  It seems to me that you are only trying to light a fire anyway.

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FastRobPlus wrote:

Of course, k-disk might just be joking, it's hard to read that poker face...

I agree.  I think he's just messing with us and we're all falling for it.