On Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 12:44:52 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 8:33:09 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 8:24:02 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2017 11:12:05 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <dsiyahoo.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 5:40:01 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > >> On Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 9:28:48 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > > >> > On 6/28/2017 6:48 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > >>> At home we use Winblows.
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> You're all complaining about it and putting it down but... you're
> > > >> > >> using it!
> > > >> > >>
> > > >> > >> Weaklings!
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > You caught me. I can't stand up for myself. (Heh.)
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > My husband uses CAD software that isn't available anywhere
> > > >> > > but Windows. At home, I surf the web and play solitaire, so I barely
> > > >> > > care what OS we use. Doesn't mean I don't recognize Windows as a POS.
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > At work, I have to use what the company wants me to use, which is
> > > >> > > a mix of Windows and a handful of Unixes (Unices?)
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > Cindy Hamilton
> > > >> > >
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Most of us use Windows for the same reason. It does everything I need
> > > >> > and was already on the computer when I bought it. Are other OS better?
> > > >> > Don't know, I never used them and never had an incentive to try others. .
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Why do you think it is a POS? Compared to other systems?
> > > >>
> > > >> It's fine for civilians. It's really painful for a programmer
> > > >> who is used to the power and simplicity of Unix. It's a resource
> > > >> hog on the hardware; relatively speaking it takes an eternity to
> > > >> run anything.
> > > >>
> > > >> I'm not alone:
> > > >>
> > > >> <https://www.marksanborn.net/software/10-reasons-why-i-hate-microsoft-windows/>
> > > >> <http://www.zdnet.com/article/so-why-do-people-hate-windows/>
> > > >> <http://www.pcworld.com/article/134819/article.html>
> > > >>
> > > >> It's telling that PCworld magazine hates Microsoft.
> > > >>
> > > >> Cindy Hamilton
> > > >
> > > >Everybody should hate Windows and Microsoft. What's not to hate? My guess is that you wouldn't care much for Unix if you were forced to use it with a endlessly buggy graphical interface that needed constant fixin'.
> > >
> > > For a user, the OS doesn't really matter. If you're computer literate,
> > > as I believe you are, you can make Windows work for you without a
> > > problem. Or Unix or Linux or Apple's OS or mobile stuff etc.
> >
> > I know how to handle Windows and hardware problems. These days I'm a casual Windows user so I don't have much of anything to do with the OS. I am a believer that you have to reload Windows every 30 months or so to keep it running snappy.
>
> You can believe what you like. My work PCs are running Windows 7 (more
> than 30 months) and XP (about 14 years) without an OS reload. My
> home PC is running Windows 7 since 2009 without an OS reload. All of
> them "run snappy".
>
> Cindy Hamilton

I wasn't talking about you. I've seen other people's PC and have seen how it all goes down. It's not pretty out in the real world. These computers take forever to boot up and every operation is sluggish. I say again. This is not about you. Your computer might be snappy but that don't mean much.