Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 11th Sep 2005 10:40 UTC
Windows More from Paul Thurrot today, as he reviews the N editions of Windows: "If you're wondering what the XP N Editions are like, wonder no more. I got my hands on both XP Home N and XP Pro N this week and gave them both a spin. The results were pretty uneventful. I can't recommend the XP N Editions per se, but I can report that you shouldn't be afraid of using these products at all. They're not crippled or broken in any way I can see."
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Re: Why?
by aGNUstic on Sun 11th Sep 2005 15:55 UTC
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2005-07-28

I choose to run an alternative operating system on my home computer because I know it is a better product.

It is a better product since I can make it work and perform better than the 250+ 'Micro$lappy' clients and 20 + servers I work with on a daily basis.

Much of my time as a systems administrator in 'Micro$lappy'-only shop is spent cleaning up 'user' created messes. This is even with group policies and user-level, restrictions in-place from the servers.

Our senior-level networking person still cannot even prevent that $pam from arriving through the 'extraChange' server to the staff and faculty's e-mail accounts.

Other systems administrators I've spoken with appear to say the same thing about 'Micro$lappy' products. We all agree that 'eXPerience' service puck two is a major step in the right direction after twenty years of the M$ product line.



Any product that continuously keeps the systems administrators and other IT specialists from serving their clients