Dual core, Quad core??

[Kyuuketsuki]

Yes, FAT 32 is ancient, but apparently Windows XP still used it, and NTFS isn't that better. Ext3, Ext4, and ReiserFS all beat NTFS in benchmark tests.

If that's so I am unable to find an unbiased source for the claim and yes NTFS is FAR superior, NTFS for Win 7 even more so.

As for your "BULLSHIT"...erm, no it isn't. I really did spend ages searching for decent Windows software on the internet, then I had to download it, extract it, install it by mindlessly clicking "Next", "I accept", etc. Then sometimes I had to restart!!!

Yeah well, you're wrong ... Windows has far and away more decent software than any other OS. Windows is THE platform that application writers write for commercially and there is no getting away from that ... Apple is coming up hard and fast but right now that is true. Even if you look of source forge there appears to be a bias in favour of Windows (I looked under games only ... 23,000 Windows projects vs 19,000 X Windows ... I've few doubts that could be searched better (it was quick and dirty) and Linux might come out on top but sourceforge used to be the place for Linux alone.

With Linux, I fire up my package manager, do a search of the packages (already indexed) and click to install. Linux then downloads, extracts, and does the necessary configuration for you. No program requires a restart either, which I think is pretty nifty. The package manager has been heralded as one of Linux's better points for a reason y'know.

I'm sure you do but with Windows I click and couple of times, make some option choices and a short time later we;'re done ... everything up and working, shortcuts provided, menu items provided, no dependency hell (I know that's a bit ancient for most distros) and so on ... if you treat Windows reasonably well it just works and it really is THAT simple.

Oh yeah, and outside of patching very few Windows installs require a restart either but, even if it does, it's because Windows is monolithic (I think that's the word) and Linux isn't (one of it's advantages) but (let's make no mistake about this, whilst the whole OS may not have to restart components do so there IS a restart it's simply handled differently (better) under Linux.

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