Switching OS

[Autumnlicious]

Neg repp'ed for pushing Vista, one of the worst MS products since Bob and Clippy. Yes, I feel that strongly about Vista and the people who make light of it.

And you are telling me that you can play the many video games designed for windows on any other operating system (than windows)? Vista is really not as bad as you make it out to be. Yes: it is bad. But it also works. If you've already got it, and are looking simply for a good time, then why change it at all?

No, really. Advocating Vista is in the same vein of bad as advocating the Bible to solve some issue. Just don't do it.

I am not advocation Vista... I am advocating video games, in particular my favorite of all time, and another solid game, for 6$. It's cheap to keep Vista, and it is not like you can't enjoy yourself with they system.

Next thing you're going to tell me is that System 7 can do more than Vista

System 7? Really? You'd think I'd tell you to use an outdated OS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_7) instead of Vista? Wow - your understanding of my tech-fu is of creationist proportions.

Now Windows 7, on the other hand... Yes - it is better than Vista, in more ways than one - I like to think of Windows 7 as what Vista should have been. Administrating Vista clients is like pulling teeth - of course, I know you like to troll me

Actually, for you, it will not be cheap to keep Vista if you plan to add games and additional applications - Vista is less and less supported as a target and seen more as an after thought, as it is trivial to extend a Windows 7 driver to work on Vista if and only if they do not take advantage of the changes in the Windows API.

Basically, XP has gone the route of long term support as a stable API and Windows 7 as the second generation of the new API. For Vista, there is no love.

To make the comparison complete on your cluelessness over Vista (the NDIS stack is busted, wtf MS, wtf), you basically advocate it because it works for you right now. That is good - however, placing statements on an internet website between two posting heavyweights (The other being Adrian), a bystander may be persuaded to follow your advice, however poor it may be. I'd prefer to set the record straight - Vista is a poor thing to remain on right now given the options available today.

Now, about the issue of games (FYI - Windows 7 has a revamped compatibility layer for playing old games and a fixed UAC), yeah - games that are designed for a particular target system most likely will run on it. What a surprise (not). Old games will, probabilistically, run more often than not on the OS they were designed for (XP Ftw!).

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How does it compare with Mint? Easier to use?

I'm installing Linux for my sister, on her old PC. She only uses her computer for Email and a bit of surfing, and is computer illiterate

Would the new Ubuntu be easier for her?

What kind of hardware? It makes a difference.