I am by no means a computer expert. But I know enough to be careful with my downloads, do a reasonable amount of maintenance, and buy appropriate hardware to support what I need to get done. Most every problem I have had with XP or Win 7 has been hardware related. Lack of memory, poor drivers with third party hardware etc. Why do many(experts) continually beat up on MS rather than the real problem? Namely the the hackers, the malicious and/or incompetant software and driver writers?
Reading thier comments, I am led to believe most people who flaunt the “open” OS’s are the very types who not only have the know how but also the desire to do damage to MS and it’s customers. I am not fond of Apple or any of its offshoots, but it bothers me little if others use and enjoy them. After all, competition is good. I certainly would not waste one second of the time I have on earth writing a virus to ruin a MAC system just to get even with the evil Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniak.
If somehow possible it would be very interesting to know what percentage of malware is written on “open” operating systems. I have had nothing but good luck with MS since my first DOS 1 computer. But I don’t let kids play online games, I don’t visit porn sites, I don’t download or steal music and I watch what I install. What “open” software I haved tried just didn’t do much for me.(Literally)If it’s cheap, you usually get what you pay for. Imagine what you get for free.
Perhaps the high cost of MS software is connected to the endless manpower they put into combating all of those issues coming at them from outside sources.
