Windows Vista is everyone's favorite tech punching bag, and not without reason. But the reviled operating system has some amazing potential and with some tweaks and a few utilities, you can do what Redmond didn't: make Vista great.
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Member since:2005-10-10
I hate to break it to you buddy, but linux users get over 2 billion free support calls just via a different channel.
And linux doesn't play up at all except for third party drivers like windows.
So like windows, if your drivers are borked then you're up the creek with no paddle, it doesn't matter what OS you use!
At least with linux if it's super important, you can employ someone relatively cheaply just to fix your issue, I've not had the same luxury from windows!
Member since:2005-08-11
I hate to break it to you buddy, but linux users get over 2 billion free support calls just via a different channel.
wtf? I wasn't talking about Linux, I was addressing a point about Windows support. Try reading. The support options for Linux is irrelevant to my point. Oh, and what channel would that be? I don't see any support numbers for Debian or FreeBSD.
And linux doesn't play up at all except for third party drivers like windows.
Yeah right, whatever. I use them both, and I have had problems with both and fixed them both. Linux isn't perfect. All OS's suck, they all just suck differently. I've had X die, I've had dependency issues, I've had bugs. Grow up.
So like windows, if your drivers are borked then you're up the creek with no paddle, it doesn't matter what OS you use!
uh, no. if your drivers are "borked" fix them. With Windows you can use system restore, the repair console, or safemode. With Linux you can boot to single user mode and fix them. If your first reaction is to reinstall the OS because a driver is screwed up, then you don't know what you are doing.
At least with linux if it's super important, you can employ someone relatively cheaply just to fix your issue, I've not had the same luxury from windows!
I'm not sure what you mean, there are lots of places, both cheap and expensive, to get a Windows box fixed. That sort of support for Linux does not exist.
Edited 2008-10-16 15:24 UTC
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2005-08-11
"I don't want to dissent any other part of your comment. But can you please stop telling this myth?"
Businesses want support, and are willing to pay for it. The old saying still holds: Nobody ever got fired for buying MS (used to be ibm).
Every retail version of Windows comes with 2 free incidents. Just because people don't use them doesn't mean they are not there.
"Every time Windows gets broken the only real "solution" most people have is a reinstall"
Theres a myth YOU should stop telling, That hasn't been the case since Windows ME. NT based systems just don't act that way, especially XP or Vista. They are much more stable. They also don't need to be reinstalled every 6 months either.
It's not 1998 anymore.