I would say your experience is typical for the normal (non-techie) user..... ...but very a-typical for the experienced windows user at least from what I've seen.
I almost never have issues like that and rarely need to reboot. Most windows developers I know are similar in that regards.. Then again, I knew not to run Vista in the first place...and if I had, I'd likely had the same issues you did, since most of my friends did too. On Windows 7 I have an occasional issue here and there, but overall it's been pretty solid. XP has been extremely solid for me for the last 10 years almost never giving me any trouble at all.. Occasionally I would get some hardware that would just not play nice and cause all kinds of weird things to happen ( freeze ups, crashes, etc. ), but I would guarantee that it would do the same on any OS as it was likely flaky hardware, or buggy drivers, or both. -Steve At 02:33 PM 08/27/2010, you wrote: >On 8/27/10 8:30 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > > Why do you think you have to reboot a modern PC since 2005? They just > > run until you need an update or to play with the hardware. > >I have this fully-patched Vista Pro laptop that needs to be rebooted >every time I >mistakenly try to play a DVD in it. Or accidentally open up Windows >Media Center. Or >remove the USB mouse. Or run iTunes for more than 3 days or so. Or >if the boys play >flash games online too much (like more than 30 minutes). > > From what I gather, my experience is fairly typical. > >Paul > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
