The recent Windows are easy to install, as long as you are able to get a Disk, since MS does not ship disks any more. But Driver Problematics in Windows are not so common. Since Windows included Class drivers in Win8, most HW works out of the box.
Nothing personally against you, but I'm tired of all these flames, i hear such things every day and they are IMHO not helping. On 14.05.2013, at 12:19, cyberh...@lavabit.com wrote: > Once you get to the point, where all your hardware is fully compatible, > everything works so much better than in Windows for example. I don't want to > think about the difficulty of installing a Windows system ever again. I had > to do this recently and boy, did I forget how shitty it was. > > Search the web for drivers and applications you need, not having a package > management which you can tell to "search packagename" or "install > packagename". > > So if you are looking for drivers, you have to know exactly what device you > have. Who the hell cares what soundcard or chipset is on my mainboard? Why do > I need to remember the exact model of my mainboard even after I bought it? > It's necessary to read up on it before buying, but once bought, it shouldn't > be important to remember that alphanumeric crypic code and (maybe) a flashy > name that goes with it. > > It would seriously bother me if I had to worry about all my drivers > personally and not let the update manager handle it. Or look for programs in > a search engine, then download them myself and execute the setup, sit through > the wizard, accept all the standard answers. Nowadays I install software > while doing something else, not focusing on the actual installation. This is > a small thing, but so much more convenient.
