[Slynky]

Originally posted by PvK:
Next, for people who like to be trendy and/or like saccharine user-friendly condescending interfaces, or who don't know a whole lot about computers, I would sorta say XP, but I really dislike XP myself. Way too much MS BS, and the prime target OS of all hackers and viruses. Stupid changes that break or mess up old games. Animated puppies to kill. Still being "upgraded" by MS all the time, full of the latest bad MS ideas, etc.

"user-friendly condescending interfaces"...?

Well, now there is a good reason not to get an OS .

Stability is the main goal, IMO. And XP is stable. Or the most stable of their home OSs. Sure, I didn't like the look but I just changed it to the old style.

As to being the target of hackers and viruses...I just say, "Give me your best shot." For a comfortable secure system, try this: A NAT router, NAV (auto-updated, of course), Black Ice (from ISS...app control and all), and a little common sense...after all, the idiots who receive email from people they don't know and just HAVE to click on the URL provided are just inviting trouble...otherwise, NAV doesn't let anything get by with a virus (that is known) and I don't open anything from people I don't know.

Yeah, I know if a serious hacker decided to go after me (like those security sites that invite hackers to try and breach their system), I'd probably have a problem but the chances of that are about as likely as a professional diamond burgler targeting my house. And if something like that were to happen, it wouldn't really matter which OS you had.