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« on: 2007.11.05, 19:42:11 »
I have to boot to WinXP to do some of my graphics work. However, for everyday file management, internet, and word processing, I prefer to do it under eCS. I only use XP for the things I can't presently do when using eCS.
My XP system takes approx 4 minutes to boot up to where I can use it. My eCS system takes approx 45 seconds. It seems every program installed slows XP down just a little bit more. Although it still locks up, it does so way less frequently than any previous version of Windows. Note: I have had it lock up and my friends to where the power has had to be cut off at a surge suppressor or the battery pulled from the laptop to make XP reboot. One thing I can't stand about XP is that a soft boot is not possible when the machine locks up so hard that a control+alt +del does nothing. The power button will not cut it off either. With a lot of programs installed on XP, it bogs down.
If XP had to be installed by every user like eCS, Microsoft would be swamped with pleas for help. You just don't now how many times I have had to help my XP friends get their Windows computer back to usablility mode. What saves Windows is that it comes preinstalled on just about every computer. If eCS came preinstalled, had the support of every driver and program manufacturer, Windows would eventually fade away. Yes, eCS users have to pay more for various programs that are free under Windows, but that is because OS/2 and now eCS has never had the support for their operating system that Windows has enjoys.
My Windows friends now want everything for free. They would rather pirate their software than pay for it. They look at Windows as being free since it comes with each computer they buy.
I keep telling myself that one day I will tell my Windows friends no more. I have already laid the ground work by saying that anyone with Windows Vista on their machine need not come to me. I don't plan on buying or using it anytime in the near and immediate future, if ever. Another friend of mine already has told our friends that he no longer works on Windows machines. Again, my friends come to me because being a friend, I work for free.
Yes, Windows is nice when it is running good. However, when things start happening, it is a bitch to fix.