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curious2
2014 Mar 5, 1:41pm
Those guys in Redmond are geniuses.
With older versions of Windows, and maybe with the new one also, you couldn't even copy and paste the text of the error message. Evidently somebody didn't want you to Google the message and find a solution, if you might otherwise subscribe to premium support.
Dan8267
2014 Mar 5, 9:06pm
Don't bother posting "Get a MAC".
Get anything besides Windows. Better?
OS/2, but the hardware support is a bit old.
After using gnome classic on top of ubuntu 12 my wife hates windows and os x (the worst ever) with a passion.
Dan8267
2014 Mar 6, 2:15am
Linux.
Try getting the wife to adopt Linux though.
Try getting your senior parents to use Linux. Much harder.
New Renter
2014 Mar 6, 9:21am
Linux.
Try getting the wife to adopt Linux though.
Try getting your senior parents to use Linux. Much harder.
No harder than anything else with a keyboard made after 1960
Tenpoundbass
2014 Mar 7, 1:52am
Windows 3.1 worked, it worked enough that by time Windows 95 was released it created the biggest lines in retail history when it launched.
CL
2014 Mar 7, 3:31am
Don't bother posting "Get a MAC".
Get anything besides Windows. Better?
OS/2, but the hardware support is a bit old.
System36 or AS/400
Dan8267
2014 Mar 9, 1:19am
Linux Mint. Pure awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/n0IrsQNdXAc
The shell looks decent. Unfortunately, the video doesn't go into the OS itself. I've been lucky enough not to have to deal with Unix in nearly 10 years, and I hated it back in college.
Still, the various Linux implementations might have come a long way since then. I just need to relearn all the Unix and Linux stuff before I'd be willing to switch to one of those Linux distros. I need to know what's under the hood.
However, I'd be more interested in running Android as a desktop OS. Android uses a small Linux distro as its kernel and the Java platform as its outer OS. For most things, you can be blissfully unaware of the Linux kernel as the Java platform handles many low-level tasks without sacrificing high-level programming constructs.
Theoretically, you should be able to do Android programming on a Google Nexus tablet with Eclipse, which is written in Java. So running Android on a desktop should work well. Of course, you're gearing yourself towards Android apps instead of Windows apps. For home grown things and personal use, that's fine. But it could be a pain for gaming and business apps. Perhaps a dual boot Window 8.1 and the latest Android...
Could an Android desktop replace your Windows PC?
Android PCs and other Windows-alternative desktops are for real
Run Android on Your Netbook or Desktop
Patrick
2014 Mar 9, 1:25am
Try getting the wife to adopt Linux though.
my wife loves her macbook air, and i love having a unix shell on it.
and i actually set up linux for my mother such that she could turn it on and the browser would start. that's all she needed because she just did web-based email and browsing.
AD
2024 May 27, 3:57pm
I am what you would likely call a "senior". So, I have used computers since DOS, Mac OS, and all iterations of Windows also.
I also like Mac, and dislike Windows. What I can't understand is why anyone keeps Windows his personal machine; life is short.
Mac OS is UNIX.
Anecdote: UNIX comes from Bell Laboratories in New Jersey; my summer neighbor was director of that place back when. He was from Finland originally, and so is Linus Torvalds (Linux).
Go Finland!
Patrick
2024 May 28, 8:50am
Ideally, I would have Linux on Mac hardware. I think it can be done.
Each of My Linux laptops lasted maybe 2 years tops, but my current Mac laptop is still going strong after 7 years. The only repairs needed in that time were to replace the battery and replace one of the feet because if fell off.
Those guys in Redmond are geniuses.
Don't bother posting "Get a MAC". If I wanted a doorstop, I wouldn't pay more than a dollar for it.