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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
Just cuz someone in a family is linux capable does not mean general public is. Its not likely many people have had no exposure to a pc if they are buying one but they may not have the knowledge to realise what linux is and having a machine with linux installed may mean nothing to them till they get it home and finds it different. I wish there wasnt this constant one upmanship from Linux users some of whom think that they can use it anyone can. I know this is going to be disputed but windows is a hell of a lot easier massively more supported by software writers . Supported by tech support centres when something with a peripheral goes wrong etc. I wish the ours is better than yours would end and whats actually going to be the best thing for the low knowledge end user who may have been on a friends windows machine and just wants to be able to use it. If everybody had someone who could go and show them around linux then it would be fine but not everyone is so lucky.Please some of you nix users accept that just cuz you can use it does not mean everyone can and there is a real chance some customers will end up dispointed with a box that is of little use. This isnt down to linux its down to the retailer offering a lack of information
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To your talk about vista and 512mb ram, as far as i recall, m$ made the min requirement 1gb, but dell threw a hissy fit and made them drop it down to 512mb so dell could shift their crap pcs. (well, most of their pcs are crap but lets not go there
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As for tech support centres, i've never come across one that doesnt know at least something about linux, unless its run by morons, considering most servers are run on linux its actually a requirement for most tech support that the staff worker knows his way around linux, windows and mac.
Least that is true for anywhere i've applied for a job,however tech support is a tedious job regardless.
Linux still has a long way to go, so your right, not everyone can use it (nor does everyone want to)
All down to personal preference, i do however feel that ubuntu is taking the right path forward to make it easy for everyone to use, while still giving the user the power to modifiy etc if needs be.
Vista, to me, is a huge failure, but i saw what it was supposed to be, and after going through the alpha and beta stages upon release i was amazingly dissapointed, i do feel as if its too overbloated, though i imagine nvidia pumping out unbelievably poor drivers to the public isnt helping vista on that front either.
I, personally (just like you), dont understand this "my OS is better than yours" feels like a prick waving contest sometimes, each OS is different, and has different purposes, that's the good thing about it, freedom of choice, some people are happy with windows (like i was, 2k pro and xp pro was excellent), but vista has let me down big time, after all the hype, i expected alot more than a rather clunky and inconsistent ui
, i know about internal changes with vista(although there isnt that many) but its just not worth the money to me.
But i do remember how unstable xp pro was at release, so hopefully vista will get better around sp2 (sp1 isnt bringing any improvements, its not a major service pack, just bug fixes).
Me, im quite happy with my linux setup (compiz-fusion really helps, feels alot more fluent than aero imo).
And some people are happy with their macs, so just enjoy the OS that you use, and carry on with life
