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2012-10-02 04:11 28005223 Anonymous (98248207-S.jpg 400x300 29kB)
>Install Windows 7 in a VM after running only Linux for 6 years
>Reboots multiple times during installation
>Twice as big as the most bloated Ubuntu
>Not including any applications I need
>Options like automatic installation of whatever the fuck Microsoft wants on your pc or sending every website you visit to Microsoft for "verification" have a friendly green icon next to them and are "recommended"
>Options that allow more user control have a threatening red icon and trigger warning popups
>Want to update a program? Hold on, let me reboot
>Sound doesn't work while no other OS ever had this problem in my VM (including Tinycore Linux)
>Have to download and install every single program seperately, each time unchecking "recommended" settings and removing stuff from the Autostart menu again
Basically, the same exact issues that made Windows 95 so annoying compared to 3.11. Why haven't they fixed this shit, yet?
2 min later 28005265 Anonymous
>>28005223
If they released a perfect OS, nobody would ever update again.
2 min later 28005276 Anonymous
yeah but video games
4 min later 28005313 Anonymous
>>28005223
Also:
>Update available
>Click on Update to see what it is
>"Install this Update to fix problems in Windows. See the corresponding Microsoft Knowledge Base for a full list of fixes"
They don't even tell you what you're installing right away. What the fuck?
8 min later 28005386 Anonymous (stallman.jpg 1200x799 180kB)
>>28005313
What would be the point in telling you? You couldn't look at the source to verify what it does anyway.
11 min later 28005416 Anonymous
>>28005386
fuckkk who invited stallman?
12 min later 28005432 Anonymous (1338892986979.jpg 900x675 145kB)
>haven't used windows for years
>maybe it's better now
>have to install like a GB of updates straight away
>where is the package manager?
>turns out I have to download binaries and install manually
>gifs don't work in default image viewer
>default image editor is shit compared to GIMP, seriously what the fuck
>default browser is fucking shit, no addons or anything
>text editor can't into any syntax or open big files without crashing
>have to download program to open PDFs
>can't mount ISOs without using a third party tool
>office suite costs money
>can't customize shit without resorting to buggy third party tools, even then it's limited
>what the fuck does the terminal use, I know what it isn't, bash
Windows makes me feel like my bed (GNU/Linux) is a pool and the walls (Windows) are on fire.
36 min later 28005744 Anonymous
>Install Windows 8
>Reboots multiple times
>Botnet options checked by default
>demands Windows Live/Outlook/Microsoft ID
>Apps Store
>Unintuitive clunky touch interface
>CHARMS
>Can only multitask with 2 apps at a time
>So much empty space
>Click Desktop App
>It's Windows Vis7a without a start button
-5/10 would not pirate
43 min later 28005839 Anonymous
>>28005432
> being a bitchy little homosexual nigger about trivial stuff
> 2012
> shiggeroo
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