LXer: 10 Days as a Windows XP User: A GNU Perspective on Things
LXer: 10 Days as a Windows XP User: A GNU Perspective on Things
As if we need any reminding of the dangers of using windows - the tale of woe of a Linux user’s experience of installing windows XP on his machine
I do not consider Windows ready for the desktop. I found it difficult to use, buggy and lacking in security. I also found technical support lacking.
While Windows captured a significant portion of the desktop market, the product is clearly not a good fit for consumers who do not understand the risks associated with logging on to the Internet. The costs of providing aftermarket products can run higher than the price paid for the hardware.
As a gloating Mac user, I can definitely confirm that I have had a very similar experience when trying to sort out my brother’s laptop which was infested with spyware, viruses and trojans and is still disinfecting itself nearly two weeks later. My brother is virtually technically illiterate and so was not aware of the dangers of connecting to the internet. He was so fed up with the level of infection of his old Windows Me laptop that he went and bought a Win XP machine from Dell and was attacked within 30 seconds of connecting to the Net - how bad is that??
