"Billy Smith" <chungkingchungking******.com> wrote in message
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> "Dave" <nospam@biteme.com> wrote in message
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>> Billy Smith wrote:
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>>>> B> I run this Vista computer for mostly multimedia purposes and web
>>> browsing. I haven't rarely had a coughing fit out of it. Nothing like
>>> what older models did. XP included.
>>
>> You can do that stuff way faster on a Linux box. And with a lot less
>> risk and hassle.
>
> Linux is generally crap. I know because I installed it on a couple of my
> machines. It caused more problems using that crap and utilizing software
> than anything I have ever seen. Pure garbage. Just about like that other
> computer operating system called the Mac. I wouldn't have a Mac for toilet
> paper. Every Mac I saw ran like crap and you couldn't do 1/3 of what you
> can do on a Windows based Machine. That comes from a lot of personal
> experience with Mac based stuff back in the 90s and early part of this
> decade.
>
> It might be great now but back in those days they should have called it
> Crap versus Mac.

Linux and Apple have their place, and with your comments I doubt you have
ever owned an Apple.

The HUGE benefit of Linux over say Vista is Linux is not DRM invasive.