I've had it with Microsoft Windows

[gerryattrick]

I changed my desktop from Windows to Ubuntu a year back because it was running so slow and crashing a lot, despite following all the usual advice and increasing the memory. So far it's been great, booting up in no time and running quickly with no problems.

I kept Windows on my Laptop as an alternative source of software but now I've had enough. Updates take forever, it crashes for no reason, and I can make a cup of tea and toast in the time it takes to boot up, so I'm putting Ubuntu on that too.

More than enough good software about, usually free, and no problems ( for the time being) with viruses etc.

 

[Barneyballbags]

I gave up on Windows a couple of months ago. I'm using a Mac now and I love it

 

[cyfa2809]

Im fine with windows.
Id go to any as long as it looked and went through the menus and whatnot the same as windows.

 

[Raging_Bulls]

Never had any problems with crashes etc in any version of Windows, but then again I do regular system maintenance.
Half an hour every month will save you a lot of trouble.

Ok, it actually takes a few hours sometimes, but only needs about half an hour of your time.
I usually launch CCleaner, tell it to do its thing and go for lunch.
Then I tell ClamWin to do a full virus scan and go out for a ride. By the time I get back, the PC is cleaned and tested.

There is of course the difference in performance. Ubuntu barely needs any resources, so any PC will be a lot faster. It's also more customizeable than Windows.




Main PC is running Vista + Ubuntu in dual-boot. When I use it for work, I need Windows-specific programs so I will run Vista most of the time. When I use it for myself, I'll usually run Ubuntu.

My main laptop runs Win7 only, because there are no decent tweaks to get the touchpad working in Ubuntu. It's one of those HP affairs where the buttons are part of the touchpad itself. :cry:
Then again I only use that one for work, so I need Windows on there anyway.

My netbook has XP, Vista, Win7 and Ubuntu in quad-boot. But that's just a plaything really.
I'm currently experimenting (with a different HDD) to get OSX and Android running on that thing. Once I succeed, I'm going for a hexa-boot.

 

[tintin40]

I can understand why.

 

[silverclaws]

I gave up with windows and went to mac, just like so many others did after experiencing Vista, but Mac is not a barrel of laughs either, especially seeing as some Mac's have problems that Apple are ignoring to include dodgy wifi and problems with video websites, youtube etc.

But I fired up my old vista machine recently and found it was actually faster on the net than the Mac, but then it is stripped bare of programs other than a web browser and my creative zen software, as Mac won't recognise the Zen either.

The only thing I will say about Mac is in two years, I have not been hit by spyware or viruses, but then on the Mac, I run a security suite.

 

[Raging_Bulls]

Funny how so many people switched to mac because of Vista. Vista has never let me down. I'm tempted to call it the best OS Microsoft ever made.
It's Win7 that prompted me to explore Ubuntu.

That being said, every OS s#cks. It's just that some are better at hiding it than others.

 

[gerryattrick]

I used to regularly run Ccleaner, virus scans etc and all updates on Windows, but I must admit to being very impatient with machines, and want them to do what I want, when I want to, without spending a lot of time sorting them out ( ironic really for a Retrobiker ).

I'm no computer expert and have no interest in computer games so I've found Ubuntu brilliant. It's reliable, fast and fairly simple to use once you get used to the different screen and approach to directories.

I can see that if you need specific or specialised software it might not be the answer, although I find the free stuff such as Gimp graphics package does everything I need

 

[legrandefromage]

I've rarely had issues and most of my hardware was built from stuff scrounged at the tip. Vista has been fine, the PC is left in standby overnight so updates can er, update and the laptops run 7 in a similar way.

 

[cyfa2809]

My main laptop runs Win7 only, because there are no decent tweaks to get the touchpad working in Ubuntu. It's one of those HP affairs where the buttons are part of the touchpad itself.

Mine has that too, what were they thinking! You get used to it though although it still has its moments.

I have splashtop on my laptop which i have used probably once as the cursor was soooooooo slow and i emailed them, they said they werent putting in a setting anytime soon.

I think its something like 20 seconds to web from off. (Think its a form of linux).