"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
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No problems, but if you want reliability, I suggest Ubuntu or one
of the other Linux distributions. If you're running a fairly basic set
of applications (Web, email, word processor, spreadsheet, etc),
then Linux will be a suitable replacement.

That's the catch, of course. Operating systems other than Windows or
Macintosh don't have fancy software written for them.


...if Microsoft ever produced a reliable product, I would be out of
business.

Perhaps, but I run W2K, Word, and other Windows software without problems.
I
do agree, however, that Windows sometimes behaves Most Strangely, for no
obvious reason.



I have never had any real problems with Windows. I'm a fairly heavy user
compared to Joe Average, and have, over the years, had many varied and
exotic applications running on Windows machines with OS's from Win 3.1 right
up to Win 7. I know that it's not a very fashionable or approved position to
declare, but I actually quite like the Windows concept on the whole, and
would never indulge in Gates-bashing. I actually think that Windows has,
over the years, done more to expand the world of personal computing, and to
'standardise' application writing, than any other OS or platform.

Arfa