Jac33au... how can it possibly use a machine 15 times better than XP? And if thats the case, dont you think there must be something SERIOUSLY defective in the X machine?
I think alot of people will go "WOW! Its like so faster!" when in actual fast, they had to upgrade the hardware just to run the crappy OS.
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I cant see any justification in that price. It'll give you a very strict license for the software, that will crash, and get massive virus's, and wont be swiftly updated. Its not 100% compatible with current Windows apps, and its got a nice GUI (thats all I can see the good in.)
Now take linux. You have maybe 75% compatibility with Windows apps (Not that you need it because every popular windows app, has 10 open source rock solid linux clones), you have a weekly updated system (Yes. just about every week (sooner if its a security update) you get updates, free, for the system, without even putting in any effort)... And you get a dead sexy GUI. You can CHOOSE how you want the system to behave. Stable or unstable. You can choose every aspect of how the user interface behaves. And you can choose to use it alongside Windows or even run windows from within it.
Personally, Ive even chose to help programs/projects in bettering themselves, because 99% of everything written for linux is open source, which means... If you dont like it, you can change it. Or suggest to the real life programmers what would make it better!
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