Hey, I am a Windows guy too. But I am running Linux too and it is great! Plus it is free. Can’t beat that.
What the heck is up with the latest version of IE. It seems to get sick after a while, slows down, crashes, locks up.
Windows 7 seems to be solid. I have only seen 8 and it seems clunky but it seems to be following its predecessors — vista, ME — as a beta OS for following versions.
Microsoft has always been evil, but for general purpose home computing Windows is the best deal. For a live CD rescue disk, or for some specialized machines Linux can work. Macs are for Pajama Guy.
“What the heck is up with the latest version of IE. It seems to get sick after a while, slows down, crashes, locks up.”
IE has always been a piece of crap, from day one. Unpin it from your taskbar, get Opera and make it your main browser, with FF as a back-up. Opera is small, powerful and slick.