I use windows, shitty GPU, hard time finding good drivers for linux, 600x400px is bad.

Windows is very stable, only had a BSOD when my PSU was broken.

I favour Windows as a standard computer operating system, it as always been working for me the large majority of the time unless I do something I know that could potentially make it fail. Server wise, I will prefer a Linux based OS more.

Please explain why it is "better".

A common advantage I suppose, but anything can be free if you put your hands in the right places.

Exactly

I use Windows, much more programs and games are available.

And that makes it better how? How does the price change the experience?

So? Windows 7 has more software and better support for a wide variety of hardware...plug-and-play. Linux is for servers.

If you're too poor to buy Windows, then pirate it. You live in Russia, it's not like you'd get in any trouble.

In Soviet Russia, software downloads you!

Windows
Linux is just for fun.

What are you saying free is better? Maybe in Soviet Russia. In Capitalist America more expensive is better.

SE7EN wrote:

I favour Windows as a standard computer operating system, it as always been working for me the large majority of the time unless I do something I know that could potentially make it fail. Server wise, I will prefer a Linux based OS more.

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I use windows on my computer.

I agree with Se7ven

The thing is that, as a person who used Ubuntu as his primary operating system, I can tell you that Linux is average. The best computing experience exists with Windows and Mac OS. But at the end of the day, it really depends on the user and what he/she makes them more productive.

Linux based operating systems are by no means bad. They are, as some have put it before, merely hobbyist operating systems and cannot be used for serious business (except for servers, because Windows Server sucks in my opinion). If you just need a computer for web browsing, the occasional word processing, and listening to some music, then I don't see why it is necessary to purchase an operating system when one is readily available for free.
But if you are like me (and most of the members here) who require specific Windows-only/Mac-only software and the alternatives suck for Linux, then those OSs are better.

So, at the end of the day, it depends on the user. The fact that Linux is free is nice and all, but it's difficult to use as a primary OS. Even when I used Ubuntu I had Windows XP installed on a separate partition. But I run Windows 7 now, and I don't have Ubuntu installed any more.

Pretty much what he said ^^^

Linux is a million times better (and faster) under-the-hood than windows and people who use it don't typically need advanced, professional programs. But for those who do, windows works well enough. Just be sure not to run more than two programs at once (unless you have a 400 ghz CPU with 20 cores), because in my experience it will take you a year to get anything done.

Though it does depend on the OS itself. Ubuntu is not exactly the best operating system to squeeze a diamond from a shit computer. My Acer Aspire One netbook that only has 512MB RAM has Ubuntu 9.10, and it runs...meh. It's not fast, but not unbearably slow either. The fastest Linux experience I had was with Puppy Linux, but it's shit and confusing as hell. I'll never use it except for partitioning my hard drive.

I got Windows and I'm proud of it.