Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on August 05, 2004 08:14 PM
Installing Windows on a pristine computer can be a pain in the neck. Just ask my wife. Recently, she bought a computer with no OS and tried to install Windows XP. Everything worked well, until it came time for the OS to detect the modem and network card. No drivers on the Windows CD. So, she popped in the third-party drivers CD. Of course, the CD contained A LOT of drivers. My wife, who is very computer savvy, didn't know which driver to use. After considerable trial and error, she lucked onto the right software. She also experienced some problems with the sound card.
As I said, my wife is knowledgable. Imagine what would happen if the "average" computer user ran into these problems with Windows?
And anyone have experience with PCs or laptops pre-loaded with Linux? That would be a better comparison to make.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on August 05, 2004 08:14 PMAs I said, my wife is knowledgable. Imagine what would happen if the "average" computer user ran into these problems with Windows?
And anyone have experience with PCs or laptops pre-loaded with Linux? That would be a better comparison to make.
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