I am in basically the same situation as you, and suggest that you try BeOS. Yes I know that there is very limited hardware and software, but otherwise it is as easy/easier than windows.
I am always suspicious when scientists take elegance into account in their analysis of data. It doesn't bother me as long as they don't allow it to turn into bad science, though, which I doubt it does.
Sorry to just be nit-picking, but to an educated person, with access to the right literature, it was pretty obvious. They also didn't have the scientific method back then.
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I am in basically the same situation as you, and suggest that you try BeOS. Yes I know that there is very limited hardware and software, but otherwise it is as easy/easier than windows.
I am always suspicious when scientists take elegance into account in their analysis of data. It doesn't bother me as long as they don't allow it to turn into bad science, though, which I doubt it does.
Sorry to just be nit-picking, but to an educated person, with access to the right literature, it was pretty obvious. They also didn't have the scientific method back then.