Sometimes New Versions Just Plain Suck Part I

The suckiest of new versions? Vista. I have a customer who would return the computer, if she could (she threw out the boxes & using UPS packaging would be frightfully expensive). HP won't help with drivers for XP so that we can safely downgrade. Actually, XP is an upgrade> from Vista, but I digress.

Meanwhile, Ubuntu just keeps getting better. If you are a Windows user and want to try Ubuntu, I recommend its brother, Kubuntu or its extra light/extra fast little sister, Xubuntu.

The downside to the Ubuntu family is that compared to Windows 

• they are faster
  
• they can run well on older, less powerful computers
  
• they are more secure
  
• they run thousands of programs - including Windows programs (even Windows Vista has problems running Windows software);
• most software for Ubuntu is free, while most software for Windows is quite expensive
  
• they (the Ubuntu family of computer operating systems) are free 
  • Windows' latest version - Vista - has several versions; the  cheapest version retails for $199.99 at Target
  • Vista's most expensive version is priced at Amazon.com for $399.99