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As someone who ditched Windows XP for OS X, Linux, or any other Unix, I tried Vista SP1 and it was very solid. Windows is slowly getting better. I wouldn't be s
by sjs 17y ago
As someone who ditched Windows XP for OS X, Linux, or any other Unix, I tried Vista SP1 and it was very solid. Windows is slowly getting better. I wouldn't be surprised if Windows 7 was actually pretty good.
It doesn't solve the lack of a good command line, unix development tools, or a package manager, but most users don't care about such things. They just want to surf the web without crashing or getting viruses.
If I only used my computer for an hour or two a day, say to listen to music and go on Facebook, then Windows 7 would surely be good enough. I doubt I would look for an alternative OS.
- matwood 17y agoI use win7 in a VM on OSX in order to do my day job. Prior to that I was using XP. I tried Vista, but resource wise it was horrible. Win7 stays out the way for the most part and it works - a lot like XP. Am I going to switch back? No, but you're right that for most users win7 is just fine.