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PC Magazine: Why Not to Buy Vista–4 “Reasons” to Dump Linux

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jan 3, 2007

“Okay, so I love Linux, but maybe when you think about switching
from XP, you should consider Vista. Here are my top four reasons
you should move to Vista instead of Linux.

“Reason number one: Linux is boring. When I run
Linux, I don’t have the excitement of wondering whether an e-mail,
IM, or Web page is going to give my system the latest worm or
virus. Where’s the fun in that? I know Microsoft promises Vista
represents significant and noticeable changes to the operating
system, locking it down in the interest of security… Oh, wait,
I’m quoting from a 2003 story about XP SP2. Silly me…”

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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