| I agree 99% with you. I think you're doing the right thing installing Windows in your position. BUT in my opinion the reason for this is not inherent in Linux or Windows. It's the myth around them. The myth around windows is that it works. If it didn't, it would not be installed on most PCs on the planet, after all... The myth around Linux is that it's difficult to use. Only expert people choose it, after all... If a windows PC has a problem, the fact that it's Windows is last in the list of things to blame. If a Linux PC has a problem, it's he other way round. ...and don't get me started on the myth that Apple computers "just work". Sometimes they don't, just as everything that's not been engineered with NASA style of rigorous testing. And when they don't work, sure as hell you can't fix it yourself. I've been told from a "Genius" in an Apple store that I should reboot my iPad once a week. I commented the OS was quite bad if it requires that. I'm used to be proud of my server uptime... (I know about kernel security updates, and I'm making a different point, that the kernel should not require you to reboot regularly). The "Genius" talking to me completely failed to understand my point, and insisted I "need to take care of it". To summarize, I'm 99% with you, but that 1% of my opinion is that we need to dismantle a false myth. One bit at a time. Whenever we can. |