I no longer recommend Ubuntu or Macintosh

Submitted by Rick on May 20, 2008 - 8:53pm.

Riding Shotgun with Rick

If I keep recommending Linux/Ubuntu and Apple Macintosh to my customers, I will have to find another line of work.

Admittedly, I came to the Linux table very late (just over a year now) and have only been luke warm to Macintosh over the years. Windows Vista put me over the edge last year, and I started looking seriously at other operating systems. What I found in both Ubuntu and Mac OSX was an extremely stable, secure, easy-to-use operating system. I estimate that over the past 18 months or so, I have recommended and help setup more than 2 dozen Apple computers or Linux computers that I either installed Ubuntu on or were bought new.

With only one exception (a woman who missed her AOL software), all have stayed with their new non-Windows machines and have thrived. They report nothing but computer bliss with their systems and never regretted jumping from bloated, bug riddled, slow Microsoft software.

However, their computer bliss and lack of problems has translated into drastically reduced troubleshooting visits from me and zero calls to tech support centers in Pakistan. If I keep recommending and guiding people into these machines, my business will almost dry up and third world tech support agents will also lose their jobs. So, please, disregard all my past advice regarding Ubuntu or Mac, and stay with Windows...preferably Windows Vista. I need to feed and clothe my family, fill my vehicles with petrol and "Mary" and "Bob" need to do the same for their families in Pakistan and India.

Just say NO to stable, safe, error-free computers running Ubuntu or Mac OSX and help the world economy by investing in a Windows Vista computer and the subsequent maintenance and repair dollars for the Vista machine !

suse

Submitted by Smart Computer User on June 4, 2008 - 8:00am.

my VISTA died again I am now ruining suse

NOA MIKE says NO TAX

Submitted by Smart Computer User on May 21, 2008 - 10:47pm.

FARETAX is no fair tax

Poor PC repair guys

Submitted by Smart Computer User on May 21, 2008 - 5:34pm.

About five years ago, I can remember sitting around a table talking with a bunch of other Mac guys and we speculated that PC repair guys (present company included) had such open disdain for Apple because somewhere down deep, you all knew a stable OS would run you out of business.

It seems that as more and more users dip their toes in Mac and Linux, our speculation seems more like prophecy.

NOA MIKE is tossing his Ubuntu and Mac today

Submitted by Smart Computer User on May 21, 2008 - 3:48pm.

They work too well. Never fail.

Buy extra Wii's and pay Rick to play with you online and stuff.

No means yes-yes

Submitted by Smart Computer User on May 21, 2008 - 11:53am.

Funny posting about "not recommending" Unbuntu & Mac. There are enough of us Windows types to keep you busy until our next computer. Perhaps you should start that Welding class now. Frank

Current Income Tax System : Fairtax :: Microsoft : Apple/Linux

Submitted by Smart Computer User on May 21, 2008 - 10:21am.

Thank you, Rick, for bucking the status quo and taking a stand for what is best for the people. I have recently dumped Microsoft after being with them since the early DOS days. I now have a Mac which can also run Ubuntu and XP. I hold my nose when I run XP on the Mac, but unfortunately have a couple programs that I can find no replacement for in either the Mac or Linux operating systems. I was nervous, but after the first day knew I had made the right decision. Now to complete making the world right, let's get the Fairtax passed!