The first OS I bought with my own money was DOS 3.0. It was a huge upgrade from my Sinclair (which was like a TRS-80 that connected to a TV - just a BASIC interpreter).
I've been through every Microsoft OS since. I don't know everything, but what I DO know is since I bought this Mac it's taken me out of the malware game like something fierce. Between stability, malware and ease-of-use--- I'll never buy another Microsoft OS again with my own $. With someone else's, sure
I hear ya, Dave. Just so you know, just because I spieled a bunch of "how to troubleshoot Microsoft" tips in that post, I'm not a Microsoftee myself. As I mentioned, I run Sun Solaris and Linux at home. (I actually come from the "big iron" Unix days -- big, and I mean BIG Sun Enterprise server boxes from the early 1990s, with Silicon Graphics workstations. And before that, UniSys -- merger of Sperry and UniVac -- VAX multi-bayed mainframes in the Navy. But I digress...) On my laptop, I actually Windows in a VM (virtual machine) under Linux. I only run needed Windows apps in that VM. The rest, I run from inside of Linux. Windows pisses me off? I just motion the Bronx one-finger salute to the Windows screen, switch to Linux, kill the entire Windows VM (love doing that!) and restart it, while doing other things in the host/native Linux OS.
As for newbies and non-techies, I do agree with you that in many cases, Mac might be a better fit. What I don't think is cool, however, is when someone comes on with a tech question about a Windows system they already have (and it might be easy question, but I'm not sure about the OP's question without more info), but the Mac zealots jump in and start bashing the user for not buying a Mac. I'm not saying you do this, Dave -- it's just something I see everyday in my industry. I think you know what I'm saying.
I hope the tips posted thus far in this thread help the OP out.
"AZB GeekSquad" to the rescue.
-Sean
