Re: The Ubuntu Experiment

Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
Windows XP doesn't crash? That's the first time I've ever heard of that
one. :) As a person who works on computers of all kinds, including those
running Ubuntu and other Linux-based OS's and Windows 2000 and XP, I can
tell you that XP definitely crashes. It gets spyware that even the best
antispyware programs can't fully clear off. Performance degrades over
time as you use it even if you turn it off whether you get spyware
and/or viruses or not. Not to mention the fact that Microsoft
conveniently eliminated the blue screen of death so that XP just
suddenly reboots for no apparent reason and any work you did prior to
the reboot is lost....


Umm, wrong. XP still gets the BSOD.

Now, I much prefer Ubuntu myself, but I can't complain about my Win98,
W2K & WinXP installs over the years. Fairly solid. Crashes were rare,
and usually because of something silly I did. Now I am a computer
support professional myself (for 10+ years) which has a lot to do with
the Win installs being stable. Right now I've got XP on a Thinkpad A20p,
Inspiron 5150, and in VMWare on Win Server 2003. Not a problem on any.

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