dave wrote:
On 11/07/2013 07:35 PM, Trevor wrote:


Nope, not the whole world, but 90% makes for a fair majority. Just as
English is the default language on the internet, many people can and do
choose to stick with what they know instead. And since English is not the
first language of 90% of computer users, a far better case can be made
for
some people using another one! Doesn't mean you have to learn it though.
Thankfully or the whole world would do nothing but learn dozens of
languages. Same goes for companies who choose to support only the
majority
operating systems, and users who prefer a mainstream "standard".

Trevor.


How do you justify paying $200 for a computer operating system that does
nothing but send you places that ask for money? The Windows world is
like North Las Vegas. It is crass, commercial and everyone has to get
their hands dirty.


I like commercial myself. Hourses for courses...


I have a netbook with XP that I need to talk to my
iPod. Next year I plan to buy a Windows7 refurb from a Windows reseller.
They go for between $50 and a $100 n eBay, less than half what a
builder pays for the OS alone. This is only so I can run the Apple crap
and maybe some LT spice. My main surfing machine and my ham radio
machines are 100% open source and commercial free..

Two things:

https://www.virtualbox.org/

and
http://www.itdirectdeals.com/product...lp7AodQ xAAcw

Fiddy-nine bux, baybee! Plus you can get the VM of Win7 perfectly
stable, copy it and always have a place to roll back to. If
the refurb is a better solution then awesome.

You don't even need to burn a DVD - just point Virtualbox at the .iso
and go.

--
Les Cargill