"You've no idea what you're talking about."
Guilty as charged... I am not a computer expert.
As I say... for me it just works... and I have not had any problems with my computer use since going to Ubuntu. Not one.
This is in start contrast to the last computer I had with Windows (admittedly I have not used 7 much as I find it tricky now after using Ubuntu for the last 12 months or so.)
I don't claim to be an expert... but have found with every single Windows computer that after 6 months things start playing up... and I don't have the knowledge to fix it. Even taking the computer to an expert usually resulted in them not fixing the problems or at least not for very long.
I don't have this problem with Ubuntu.
It just works... Sure you guys might prefer Windows... I just like stuff that works... the only system so far that I have found that achieves this goal is Ubuntu.
I like the KISS principle... I am typing this on a $200 netbook (about as cheap as they come Downunder) with a free operating system... I had enough confidence with Ubuntu that I wiped Windows 7 lite off it when I bought it... in fact bought it just to run Ubuntu.
For this it is perfect for me.
You guys do what you like with your operating systems... for you it obviously works... but I pointed this out as the original poster sounded like he was having the sort of problems that I was and asking the same questions that led me to Ubuntu.