On 2009-01-31, dsi1 > wrote:

> The dirty little secret of WinXP is that with normal use, the system
> will gradually slow down until it's a pain to use.

XP!? This has been true of every version of Windows since W95. If you're a
power user and install and remove many programs, a fresh install is
necessary about once a year, even without the malware and viruses. Then
starting with XP, M$ began some sort of bull about getting permission to
reinstall. Also that whole DRM thing. That was the last straw for me. I
quit flirting with Linux while using W98SE and went full tilt boogie with
Linux. Now my computer does what I want, not what some twit up in Redmond
wants.

I finally got a look at XP on my mom's Vaio box. Boy, if anyone can crap up
a computer worse than M$, it's Sony. As for XP, I see nothing that wasn't
available on W95 or NT, except for fluff and gimmickry which required newer more
powerful hardware. Linux runs great on it.


nb