In article <5gu5c7F3i427kU1@mid.individual.net>, Arno Wagner says...
> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Conor <conor.turton@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In article <5gtu53F30ebl3U1@mid.individual.net>, Arno Wagner says...
>
> >> The right Linux distro (e.g. Ubuntu) is much more viable today
> >> than everything MS offers.
>
> > It isn't. Shall we start with Wifi?
>
> >> True, there is a bit of a learning
> >> curve, but there is with Vista (e.g.) as well. And unlike Windows,
> >> what you learn with Linux stays valid for decades. No need to
> >> re-learn everything every few years.
> >>
> > No need to relearn everything with Windows. Windows didn't become what
> > it is today by making massive changes.
>
> Well, as long as you stay on the surface. true. As soon as you
> have a problem or want a bit more, not true anymore.
>
Vista is the first change for a long time but a lot of what there is
underneath can be recognised as being in XP. Likewise XP is basically
Win2k.

Win95 was a significant change and Win2k was. Aside from those two
OSes, everything else is much of a muchness just with different icons.


--
Conor

It arrived at their repair center last week so only another month or so
to wait