How about all those cash machines owned by individuals/small business, not a big bank, doubt many there can afford the extended service plan? For the crappy video text that I've seen an most ATM's I was surprised to read that most, and that's somewhere near 97%, ran Xp.
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Make Ubuntu look like win 7 (My question is, why?)
how is a few nerds working out of a basement with this Linux stuff are not totally vulnerable to attacks by the some nerds in another basement ?
Because the kernel itself is more secure than windoze. Plus- Users also do not have, by default, root privileges unlike windows default users ( administrator )
Another nice thing about Ubuntu, startup time is a fraction of Xp. Same with shutdown.
Win 8 is quick, but that's because it is not a full shutdown, only suspension/hibernate.
Laptop battery lasts twice as long running Ubuntu than win. Less dependence on the HDD. So that will last longer.
Got a comp with a bad HDD? Boot Ubuntu from the disk. It doesn't need the HDD. (Faster if it has it tho)