Windows Vista, Yes it sucks ass Options

[soulshadow]

I recently bought a HP Laptop at Best buy and it came with Vista. Well all I can say is that Vista really sucks ass. I have a USB to serial adapter to run my MegaSquirt and apparently the dumb ass OS Does not know how to reconigze the device even when the drivers are made for Vista. It keeps saying Drivers not found. Thanks microsoft for making one of the dumbest and 5hittest OS on the market today. I even tried to install Windows XP only to find out that HP blocked out any window OS below Vista.
Gosh I hate this freakin Laptop and I can't return it too since I need it for school.

[lagos]

windows sucks, windows vista sucks harder, buy a mac.

Linux, PC based OS is similar, I've tried at least 5 different Linux distros and application support and selection is just terrible.

What kind of IT professional are you?
When was the last time you tried Linux?

I don't really understand what you would be missing in terms of apps. Sure, Linux is not a gamers OS, but neither is the Mac. But besides that, anything that you can do on a windows or mac machine, you can do on a linux system.

I use linux on a daily basis, and never felt like I was missing anything. Firefox is there, I can check email, I use open office, edit photos, etc...etc...

The great thing about linux apps is that there is no bloatware to them. Sure, windows has a huge selection of shareware, but its all bloated down with nagging requests to register, or apps that try to autolaunch on their own and hide in your system try. Linux on the other hand has zero of that. Everything is free, lightweight, and fast.

The only app that I can think of that linux is missing, would probably be Photoshop, but thats just a matter of adobe getting up off their ass and realizing their customers want linux support.