rocketpig said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
Windows XP.
* It's fast. I have no complaints speed-wise.
* It's secure. I haven't had a virus/trojan/whatnot in going on 5 years now.
* It's stable. No faulty start-ups. No failed updates knocking out key services.
* It's compatible. It works with just about everything. I don't need to ask if there's a WinXP compatible version of something I want because there is one.
* It's gamer-friendly. It has games. Lots of games. Lots and lots of games.
* It's user-friendly. The UI is consistent across most everything. I can count on a large number of functions always being in certain places.
* It's familiar. I know this OS and I know it well. If I need to do something, I know how to get it done quickly.
Bottom line: Windows XP fulfills all my needs in an OS.
Is there room for improvement? Sure.
Is there an OS that matches it blow for blow on all the features above? No. |
Windows really gets a bad rep that is largely unwarranted.
Could XP be more secure? Yeah. Could it do a few things better? Sure.
Is it a damned capable general-purpose OS? Hell yes. I prefer OS X, but that's because it caters to my personal needs. As an overall operating system, it's hard to fault XP.
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I agree with Rocket Pig. The question is what's the best OS, and it's obvious to most anyone who knows a lot about the subject, that one of the UNIX derivatives is the answer. That does not mean that Windows Sucks, it just means it's less capable then UNIX.
Windows XP I like very much.
