[KLUG Advocacy] Windows stability

[Wesley Leonard]

I would just like throw in my 0010 cents...

I've noticed that Windows installations that * I * do are much more
stable than those done by OEMs or the average user.  Also, I tend to
believe (maybe incorrectly) that machines that I built from scratch are
more stable than most.  (I've seen some rock solid ibm and dell boxes
but my homebuilt ones seem to beat most others.)

XP is definitely more stable but it bugs the crap out of me.  Maybe I
haven't used it enough, but the simple act of changing an IP address
seems like such an order.  I like the switch user feature but I don't
like the automatic "cleanup" of your desktop (it seems my mozilla icon
on my in-law's computer gets deleted everytime I visit).  

I can see things going downhill very quickly once DRM starts being
inserted into windows boxes.  Guess who the majority of file sharers
are?  Guess where they'll be looking once they cannot get their free
movies and mp3s on Windows...

happy computing.
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Wesley Leonard