Quote Originally Posted by RSL
I haven't done a format/windows reinstall for probably over a year now. I'm probably on borrowed time...
for truth.


Actually though, with enough effort windows is fairly safe as an end user. But that is because nobody usually hits the single end user as hard as they do the big corporations.

I still say best windows is Win98SE, but meh(that is just cause it is the one I have seen go down the least, becoming a pain to get hardware and/or software to work with it though). As an added plus win98 wastes far less resources then XP does. For example, we at the college configured my WinXP to use as little power/resources possible so that my laptop would run faster and longer(I got a bad battery). With win98SE on it I can watch movies for about 1/2 to 1 hour before it dies. However, with WinXP I can use notepad for 5-10 mins before it dies.

Also to be fair if another OS was as mainstream as windows, you would likely suddenly find some new issues with them. The good part is(at least with linux) you can fix the issues yourself rather then wait for a microsoft to release a patch. And since it would be your own special way of fixing the OS it would be harder for that particular fix to be targeted