I won't argue that MS OS needs maintenance, but then they all do. I've never heard of anyone accusing MS of "corrupting" hard drives, that's a new one. Anyway, if you're interested in real operating systems, you might try OpenBSD, if you care about quality and attention-to-detail, I would advise you compare the different *BSD's and GNU/Linux OS's to each other. I have relatively few problems with MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit on an Intel motherboard, with an WD Caviar Black HD, with USB3 issues being my main concern. I have had a few issues with GNU/Linux after updating, that shouldn't happen. If you have consistent problems with MS Windows 7, but GNU/Linux isn't causing any apparent problem, you might check your drivers, BIOS firmware for updates, etc.
regards, Daniel Villarreal http://youcanlinux.wordpress.com/ On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Christopher Whittum <[email protected]> wrote: > Well put, Bull. In my home, we have four computers (two desktops, two > laptops). Three of them run (Xubuntu) Linux. My mom's runs Windows 7. > Guess which computer racks up the most hours of maintenance time (it's the > same one that has the recurring problem you mentioned below). > > ... > > ... what is being suggested is that windows is notorious for corrupting > the hard drive and producing the errors you might be > getting.... > > My feeling is - get a real operating system that doesn't have those sort > of problems. My wife use to use windows and we had that problem every year > until she switched to a Mac, and since then we have never had a single > problem. Of course I use Linux and don't have the problem as well. > ...
