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[Alestance]

After a lot of thought, I'm likely going to migrate back to Windows for a good while. The convenience, basically. I'm going to go to business/tech school in April, and I'll want Windows cuz of the compatibility with the software they use(even though there are alternatives to said software.) That, and network issues I'm having are no longer tolerable. I've put up with network issues for a good year, and I'm tired of it.

[Koopa]

Um ... if they're network and not OS issues, how will switching to windows help?

[Eurysilas]

Well, actually, if memory serves, either his Ethernet or his WiFi is not very compatible with Linux.

Not Linux's fault, really. You're lucky if it works out, if you just buy any ol laptop/desktop and then install Linux after the fact. The Linux experience works best if you do some hardware research, or, ideally, build your own system. I'm lucky on my old HP Pavilion that it works at all.

All this being said, though, I'm sorry it didn't work out, Alestance. Maybe another time.

[Eddard McHorn Van-Schnuder]

I chose "I haven't had any issues with Windows, so I don't see any reason for changing"... while I HAVE had problems, like crashing once in a while, it's nothing that happens too often, and it never bothers me that much, unless I loose something I've just done... like a long document in word. I save a lot though, so it's not a big deal.
I'm not saying Windows is perfect... because it isn't... not by a long shot. But you know that, so I won't go into detail.

On the second, I chose maybe.
Thing is, I already DID upgrade to Vista Ultimate... but now, I wish I hadn't. I'll be installing XP on it once again... sometime... but right now, I can't be bothered. It works, and I'm okay with it for the moment.

On the third, I chose that I wouldn't like to dual-boot.
Simply because my mind works really simple, and I like to have things around me work simple too... if there's more than one hard drive, I get confused. (THAT easily)
So yeah, I'll probably be using Windows for my stationary computers for a long time... I do have this little Asus Eee that runs on Linux though... so it's not that I don't WANT to use Linux... it's just that I' fine with Windows the way it is. Right now...

[Alestance]

Um ... if they're network and not OS issues, how will switching to windows help?

Its not just that, though it seems to be the OS doing it. Also, the convenience of having access to the software I'll be using primarily while I'm in school is going to help.

Well, actually, if memory serves, either his Ethernet or his WiFi is not very compatible with Linux.

Now its both.

Wifi works decently, and Ethernet doesn't work at all(recent problem). DVD drive is busted, so I can't fix the Ethernet via reinstalling. I'm just junking this laptop anyway. Getting a good ole desktop computer.

[Koopa]

If you haven't got the latest version of network-manager yet on your Linux, try upgrading.

With an old one I used to have, wireless access was a matter of luck and the ethernet one needed regular "reminding" from the command line when it went down. With the newest one, it all works a treat.

[Alestance]

Wireless seems to be a permenant and unfixible problem. Ethernet just doesn't work anymore. I don't know how to fix it, all I know is that it stopped working after I uninstalled KDE.

[nicklegends]

I voted "Other" for the first part. My experiences with Macs at school have been absolutely terrible. Switching to them almost killed our yearbook because we couldn't use the memory-intensive program to make the book for more than a few minutes before it quit unexpectedly. Sometimes computers froze up all-together, not even allowing cursor movement. Their interface is somewhat clunky (I want to click on something on the bottom of the screen, not bring up my dock, etc.), and I am strongly repulsed by the personalities of so many people I know who use Macs, so there's a psychological element, too.

Windows is far from perfect, but I've had significantly fewer problems with it.

[Ben]

I voted "Other" for the first part. My experiences with Macs at school have been absolutely terrible. Switching to them almost killed our yearbook because we couldn't use the memory-intensive program to make the book for more than a few minutes before it quit unexpectedly. Sometimes computers froze up all-together, not even allowing cursor movement. Their interface is somewhat clunky (I want to click on something on the bottom of the screen, not bring up my dock, etc.)

Sounds like the school is using very old versions of the Mac OS on very old Macs, then. o_O;

Seriously, that kind of experience puts you in a tiny minority. I know it's all you have to judge by, but really. Macs aren't like that and haven't been since OS X Panther in 2003.

[Koopa]

There's one complaint I have against OS X - though it's a matter of taste. I don't like icons or bars that pop up/down and move or resize when I move the mouse. I find it easier to have the icons stay in one place; they may highlight when I move over them but not move or jump around. For all the eye-candy, I think there's something to be said for simplicity too.

(At one school I went to, we had macs and they were set up so all settings were reset whenever you logged in, so you couldn't even turn off all the whizz and keep it that way. Though that's not OS X's fault.)

[Lemmy Koopa]

I run Windows XP.
I just got this computer and it comes with a Vista CD as well, but I would never install it unless I can duel boot it with XP.

Vista has problems running some old programs. It can't even run Game Maker 6 EXE files.
I use a lot of home brew applications from people, for stuff like hacking ROMs.
I don't want to not be able to use it just because Vista has some stupid problem.


I've been on a Mac before at my school. If I had money I'd probably get it and multi boot to it. I'd like to use some of it's programs and all.

I've grown up with Windows, so it's my main OS. From my experience of 98, to XP, it's all good.