<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#333333" bgcolor="#ffffff"> On 19/10/10 10:24, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4CBD63E6.9010908@gmail.com" type="cite"> On 13/10/2010 12:08, John Matthews wrote: <blockquote type="cite">On 13/10/10 11:49, chris cundy wrote: </blockquote> Installing Ubuntu IS as easy as installing Windows and a darn sight faster to get a fully-functioning machine. Once you have installed Windows you THEN have to install your AV, you THEN have to install Office (or whatever you use) so that's a good DOUBLE the time Ubuntu takes.... </blockquote> Totally agree, takes a fraction of the time and botheration 95% of the time. For the remaining 5%, at least one is in a helpful environment where people care whether your graphics etc etc work or not and you don't end up crawling all over the web trying to find an obsolete driver from a company that's gone bust (and never cared anyway) and which isn't crawling with viruses. Even with an installation driver CD handy, I still don't miss the rebooting, rebooting, rebooting, rebooting . . . ! And the bizarre rituals for installing USB peripherals so XP doesn't lose the driver. Both can drive you up the wall when you hit a problem, but I reckon Ubuntu comes out easier and faster for installation 95% of the time. Paula </body> </html>