as a computer programmer, my conclusion about Windows is that it has been designed *intentionally* to be difficult to use, difficult to program applications for, filled with bugs, and spies on the user. on the other hand, much of modern linux software seems to be a copy of the same design principles, although is usually more reliable and is improving every day due to the efforts of volunteer programmers around the world.

let me give you an example from Windows XP: to change system hardware settings, one must go to 'start', then 'control panel', then 'system', and 'device manager', then select the device. here's a better way: why not just have a simple search that you could just start typing the name of the device and it goes right there? if this is a feature in the next Windows, then good, but what took them so long to add such an obvious feature? the desire to keep ordinary users slow, confused, and dependent on "experts".

if you want to switch to linux from windows, there are many online articles you can read. some will suggest a type of linux called "freespire" or "linspire" that attempts to mimic the windows interface to make the transition easier.

linux is totally free, and its design is continually audited and improved by volunteer programmers, and not kept secret and sold by a monopoly like Microsoft.