Windows help. Pls more.

[rigoNomyBroro]

I want to buy notebook, ACER. But what system to put? Windows or Linux?

I think, that for me, and for everything, it is better Windows.

Answer pls here. Tnx.

[jadewik]

The answer to that question depends entirely upon what you want to DO with the computer.

... and if you can pick a version of windows... go XP. Vista is like satan right now.... so I've heard.

[Kamerheimer]

jadewik has given you the correct answer. For most people obv windows is the choice. You might want to consider partitioning the drive and running dual OS. Don't use vista, there is no reason at all to use it and if you do I will flame you.

[Ominous]

Either use XP or use Linux with WINE. If you don't know what WINE is, it stands for "WINE Is Not an Emulator." Basically, it runs most programs for Windows in Linux. Linux is generally better and more stable that Windows, so if you can figure out the more difficult parts it's better. If you're looking for easy and standard stuff, go with XP, though, it's nice despite its flaws.

[TBeck]

if its a notebook for school then go for XP... unless you are going into comp sci then u might want to look into linux... XP can handle most tasks that your average user is looking to preform

[Cheshire]

Actually, I *almost* bought a new laptop with Vista. If you get Vista, you will want a min of 1GB of RAM, but 2 GB is HIGHLY recommended.

If i remember correctly, Celeron processors suck and if you want to keep this notebook for long time, make sure you get a dual core processor (or quad core if you've got the money)

[Curulan]

If you're going to get a new computer, you might want to give one of the *buntu family of Linux a try. (Ubuntu uses GNOME and Kubuntu uses KDE.) There's a bit of a learning curve, but they work very nicely.