On 6/29/2017 6:44 AM, 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
>
Isn't it amazing how much dsi1 thinks he knows? My Windows 7 laptop
runs fine. I back it up regularly, because any sensible person would.
Never had to reload the OS. Or anything else, either.

Jill