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Originally Posted by Hayesio
Do yourself a favor and switch to LinuxMint or Ubuntu.
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates!
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The Gates were removed years ago!
Vista wasn't so bad, really. It had 2 problems, and there was nothing that MS could do about them.
1. Big complaints about how old accessories did not work, only the newest stuff was compatible. New Windows kernal code, needed new drivers.
Well, surprise, surprise. The 3rd party hardware manufacturers only released their driver for the new hardware to force people who upgraded to buy new hardware. Later, over time, they updated the drivers for older hardware. But MS took the blame...
2. Big complaints about how much harder it was to install software & drivers etc. Why? Because MS gave customers & comentards exactly what they wanted. Better security to stop all the problems that the single desktop OS model had left them with.
Linux & Apple's OS both derived from UNIX, either directly or by concept & to be compatible. UNIX is a dedicated server/workstation business oriented OS, originally designed for servers & dumb terminals with an Admin/user separation in the core philosophy. Windows derived from it's MS-DOS (& CPM before that), roots where each PC was entirely separated from every other. They HAD to update the security model to match the modern connectivity & protect the devices. But still people complained when they
got what they demanded from MS.
Windows 7 was greeted as such an improvement over Vista, why? Because people were now used to the new security model and as 7 is just a facelift of Vista,
all the drivers that were now available still worked.
I too dislike MS and their drive to make Linux the bad guy & their attempts to wipe it out, but when it comes to a company trying to monopolise & eradicate competition, Apple is far worse! The even sued Woolworths over their logo for DOG's sake! Then there is the (still) ongoing lawsuit
s with Samsung... And their rabid control over what can be installed & done both within the computer AND with the hardware.
I don't like everything about 10 compared to 7, though, although it is a friendlier interface for PCs & laptops than 8 was.
ie: In 7 to check a printer, it is Start -> Devices & Printers. Done.
In 10: Start -> Settings -> Devices -> Devices & printers, once you find the link on the devices page after you give up trying to access it from the list of printers that is displayed on the Devices page. It lists them all, but you can't do anything with them, there.
And running tech support for software that makes a lot of use of printers, that was a pain to figure out the first time, then it's just a pain...
Overall, though, 10 is pretty good. Better than 8 for most people. Not as big a change to the user environment when compared to 7 & earlier as 8 was.
