"I was stuck in a prison of Microsoft Operating Systems, and I have been released."

Re:"I was stuck in a prison of Microsoft Operating Systems, ... by mmp on Friday November 23, 2007 @07:02PM (#83088)

This `Microsoft experience = viruses + popups + hardware problems` complaint may have been true as little as 5 years ago, but it certainly is no longer the case with XP SP2 and Vista, the author is being a bit dishonest here.

Doesn't invalidate his claim that Apple makes nice machines, though.

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Re:"I was stuck in a prison of Microsoft Operating Systems, ... by Goladus on Friday November 23, 2007 @10:22PM (#83118)

Viruses still overwhelmingly target windows, and though this is not related to the technical design of the OS, every manufacturer had their own crudded-up installation helped give windows a bad rep (re: popups).

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Re:"I was stuck in a prison of Microsoft Operating Systems, ... by damien on Saturday November 24, 2007 @04:33PM (#83243)

It is still very true today. The worst cases I've seen are family computers where the kids will click "Yes" or "Allow" to any message they get on IE (thanks to their Vista training), basically installing every piece of malware imaginable. Then their parents wonder why it's so slow and get 20 popups "when they use the internet." sigh That's why I recommend Macs.

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