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parabolize said:
Thank you but I'm not (maybe I am a nerd but that doesn't help). Seriously the install is easier than windows. Well maybe not if you plan to duel boot with windows but a clean install is easy.
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IMHO, installing Linux, even dual-booting with Windows, is quite easy. Personally, my biggest problem is getting all the hardware to work correctly, especially if you have a new computer. I haven't tried Linux in over a year, but back then, getting it working on a laptop was a total pain, due to having to spend lots of time finding and testing drivers for things like video card, CD drive, fiddling around with stuff to get power management functions etc.
Right now, I have a Centrino laptop with Wi-Fi, a DVD writer combo drive, and a 64 meg video card. I can just imagine how much time I will have to spend to get everything working, time that I'd rather spend playing games. Go windows! 
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I'm guessing windows came installed on the laptop? Laptops are famous for driver problems. If you uninstall that copy of windows, go to the store and buy a different copy of windows and install it, I would say there is a 50% chance it wouldn't use your hardware correctly. If you don't know what your doing with a laptop always buy it with your OS already installed.
BTW duel boots can go really bad during the repartition. Make iso of your hard drive, defragment and scan disk befor you do it.
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