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I think you should get that checked out. I don't know about alot of you, but my comps never just crashed at random.

If mine crashes its usually because of something I did or didn't do....not the PC.

Yep, 95% of the time it's user error

P.E.B.M.A.C.

I almost Never have random crashes, its always because of something I have done, I can run a stable windows install without a crash in months, I can also run an unstable linux install with a crash every time I boot. Even the times the PC crashed itself, It was because of something I had done earlier(installing a HD and screwed the memory up, yay quick and staticey installs).

My suggestion, learn to use a computer better

My PC never crashes. I've had this one 2 1/2 years now and the only problem I had was a failing backup drive...

My job is looking after a PC network, and you know, we do get a few PC crashes - oddly enough its always the same small group of people who have problems...

It is a poor workman who blames his tools

ummm..... you bought Linux?
What site scammed you into doing that, i wonder....

Good one Snow.....I've had mine since Dec, 2001 & not a hiccup or hitch - no crashes of any kind whatsoever - I was spared alot of grief NOT having a system from the 80's & early 90's when that use to be common place! It's just like the out-of-date "PC's are harder to use than xxx argument" - thats all in the past.

"Learn to use your computer", as true as it may be, is not a really satisfactory answer. Is the computer there to serve you or are yout he slave of the machine? Unbelievable what people will put up with when it comes to computers. Imagine you driving your car and all of a sudden your brakes would give you blue screen.

Imagine you driving your car and all of a sudden your brakes would give you blue screen.

This summarises the problem.

The computer (all! computers) are nowhere near the same league of ease-of-operation as a car or any other 'appliance'.

IMHO the future of the computer is when it will be 'invisible' i.e embedded in so many items it will not 'need' to be 'operated' as such.

My computer already has so many drivers, I am surprised there is never a traffic jam....

My computer already has so many drivers, I am surprised there is never a traffic jam

I haven't had a computer crash since win 98.

I haven't had a computer crash since win 98.

You must have a great insurance no-claim bonus!

You must have a great insurance no-claim bonus!

I wish!

As has been said before, most crashes are due to user error. You see this more in Windows because the system doesn't do a particularly good job of protecting the user layer (i.e. what apps they're running and typing in) from the internals of the system. This is where Linux excels.. but the thing is, with Linux, once you introduce any instability, you're going to have a hell of a time getting ANYTHING to run.

Windows runs with a million little glitches here there and everywhere and sometimes you lose a word document or an email... but usually nothing worse than an hours worth of work (if you're smart and save every now and then), but it keeps trucking along despite all the idiotic things users do to their machines.

Linux on the otherhand is rock-solid, runs for ages and ages without complaint, but if one thing is put in the wrong place, the wrong file updated/edited, or simply the wrong hardware drivers installed, you can have a completely thrashed system that you have to know a LOT about to fix. Linux does not put up with novice users. It doesn't even put up with moderately knowledgeable users most of the time.

Both problems can be mitigated by knowing how to use the platform. WinXP is about as stable as any Operating System I've ever used. I know the rules I have to play by to keep it happy. This usually involves firewalls, popup blockers, firefox, regular virus checks and defrags. Preventative maintenance keeps me running just fine. I love Linux on my servers... but I'll be damned if I will jump through the hoops it demands any time I want to install a new program, or upgrade the hardware in my desktop machine.

Oh, and BTW... I've lost more word processing documents in odd crashes under Linux (XWindows crashes) than I ever did on Windows or the old old MacOS combined.

Sure, problems are almost always a result of what has been tampered with. But that doesn't solve the problem now, does it. I've had many problems that I could (and still can't) figure out what caused it. For example, at the moment, I keep having problems with Windows Scripting Host. No clue what's causing it. But about once a week, it happens again. Good thing I know the fix (register the jscript.dll and vbscript.dll over and over again, every time), but it always comes back.
It's just too easy of an answer to say it's the user's fault.

I dunno, you must be pretty scared to change your spelling in Linux too, because you certainly didn't spell "always" correctly.

Liek, its totaly r0xx0rz!!1!1!!

I can't stand fanboys, no matter if it's Linux, Mac, or Windows varieties. Jusdging from the first three letters of the site name, this is probably not the site for dropping off misspelled and generic platitudes about non-Windows platforms.