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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 317823" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>As someone that has been a hardware enthusiast (primarily due to being a hardcore gamer most of my life, and was for many years prior to such a thing as a computer you could have in your house) for particularly the last 12 years or so as it relates to computers, I must say that I am not really a MS hater. </p><p></p><p>Not only was XP the only OS that allowed me to go out and pick the hardware I wanted and have it work prior to that hardware becoming functional with any other OS (and I tried, and yes I know that is mainly due to the monopoly MS has had on the OS market and plenty of the hardware manufacturers only writing drivers for MS), but XP really has been a good OS for me. And then, I know how to give XP an oil change and tune-up.</p><p></p><p>When MS starts catering to someone other than the end user (read 'me') of it's product, that is the point at which it's usefullness and my desire for that product is on the decline. Dunno, just feel when I pay for a product, I should be able to use that product in whatever way I see fit, whether or not that meets with the designers/creators expectation and intent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 317823, member: 24160"] As someone that has been a hardware enthusiast (primarily due to being a hardcore gamer most of my life, and was for many years prior to such a thing as a computer you could have in your house) for particularly the last 12 years or so as it relates to computers, I must say that I am not really a MS hater. Not only was XP the only OS that allowed me to go out and pick the hardware I wanted and have it work prior to that hardware becoming functional with any other OS (and I tried, and yes I know that is mainly due to the monopoly MS has had on the OS market and plenty of the hardware manufacturers only writing drivers for MS), but XP really has been a good OS for me. And then, I know how to give XP an oil change and tune-up. When MS starts catering to someone other than the end user (read 'me') of it's product, that is the point at which it's usefullness and my desire for that product is on the decline. Dunno, just feel when I pay for a product, I should be able to use that product in whatever way I see fit, whether or not that meets with the designers/creators expectation and intent. [/QUOTE]
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