Are you not listening to me? Window's isn't goint to crash for NO REASON. Either you installed some shitty McAffe Crash Guard software or you've got bad hardware. Granted, the system will prolly slow down after a few days because of memory leaks, etc, but it's not going to crash for NO REASON. Software by third party vendors can make Windows unstable by corruption, like netscape for example, but generally, if you don't install shitty software, your windows box isn't going to crash.
What the hell kind of an argument is that. You're just acting like a two-year-old who can't express their feelings with words. How about some fact to backup your argument? Keep in mind, microsoft charges no more for it's os at comp usa than a retail version of linux.
I can't stand by and listen to everyone rip on Microsoft. I may not like their corporate tactics, but I do have to admit, they make great products. Windows NT, for instance can be very stable if you have good computer parts and take the time to install it correctly. I can't begin to tell you how many times, a friend has been complaining about how unstable their system is, and all it turns out to be is a crappy install. Now I also like linux. But for the average user who can't learn how to "double click" or how to "go to the file menu and click print," linux isn't the answer. That's why there's iMacs and windows 9x. Linux isn't quit at the dumbass level, like Mac and Win9x, yet. I can sit here all day and say that my linux box crashes all the time, but I know deep down inside, the memory may be bad, and I probably did a bum job of installing it. That's not anyone's fault but my own. I'm not going to take a class action suit to red hat, bitching that I can't get my computer to work. And how some say there are consumer victims of microsoft... that's absolutely ridiculous. If a computer was shipped to someone without an OS, what the hell would they do? They'd go to some IT and say, "it keeps saying no operating system found when I boot up. Help me.." People seem to jump on the bandwagon when it comes to bad mouthing microsoft (kinda like falcon's fans). Just chill out people. Those of you who get so upset about "this OS is better than this OS" are almost as bad as those people on campus trying to push bibles into your hands every two minutes. Give it a rest. You're not a victim of Microsoft. If your computer crashes, chances are, it's either a hardware problem (not microsoft's problem) or it's a software install problem (which is also not microsoft's problem). Give it a rest, my ears are bleeding.
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Are you not listening to me? Window's isn't goint to crash for NO REASON. Either you installed some shitty McAffe Crash Guard software or you've got bad hardware. Granted, the system will prolly slow down after a few days because of memory leaks, etc, but it's not going to crash for NO REASON. Software by third party vendors can make Windows unstable by corruption, like netscape for example, but generally, if you don't install shitty software, your windows box isn't going to crash.
What the hell kind of an argument is that. You're just acting like a two-year-old who can't express their feelings with words. How about some fact to backup your argument? Keep in mind, microsoft charges no more for it's os at comp usa than a retail version of linux.
I can't stand by and listen to everyone rip on Microsoft. I may not like their corporate tactics, but I do have to admit, they make great products. Windows NT, for instance can be very stable if you have good computer parts and take the time to install it correctly. I can't begin to tell you how many times, a friend has been complaining about how unstable their system is, and all it turns out to be is a crappy install. Now I also like linux. But for the average user who can't learn how to "double click" or how to "go to the file menu and click print," linux isn't the answer. That's why there's iMacs and windows 9x. Linux isn't quit at the dumbass level, like Mac and Win9x, yet. I can sit here all day and say that my linux box crashes all the time, but I know deep down inside, the memory may be bad, and I probably did a bum job of installing it. That's not anyone's fault but my own. I'm not going to take a class action suit to red hat, bitching that I can't get my computer to work. And how some say there are consumer victims of microsoft... that's absolutely ridiculous. If a computer was shipped to someone without an OS, what the hell would they do? They'd go to some IT and say, "it keeps saying no operating system found when I boot up. Help me.." People seem to jump on the bandwagon when it comes to bad mouthing microsoft (kinda like falcon's fans). Just chill out people. Those of you who get so upset about "this OS is better than this OS" are almost as bad as those people on campus trying to push bibles into your hands every two minutes. Give it a rest. You're not a victim of Microsoft. If your computer crashes, chances are, it's either a hardware problem (not microsoft's problem) or it's a software install problem (which is also not microsoft's problem). Give it a rest, my ears are bleeding.