One thing about the BSOD is that it flickers but for a moment, so that you can't read whats going on. There is a way in Windows to set it up so that the BSOD remains on the screen longer. Unfortunately I don't remember it, but it's out there. Being able to read the BSOD is said to be helpful. Never had a problem with torrents. Most viruses come from porn, ironically. They will completely mess you up.
One I've run into a couple times isn't a virus at all, it just installs something that tells you you have a virus and won't let you use the internet unless you buy their software.
There was a huge leap between XP and Vista having to do with upgrading from 2 516 ram, to the new 8 gigs ram style which can only be handled in Vista and 7, If I'm not mistaken. I like Vista more then Windows 7, and I liked XP more then Vista. Vista got rid of the starfield simulation screensaver, which I hate Micorsoft and Bill Gates forever for doing, and 7 got rid of the decent Aurora screensaver. If I wanted F-ing mystify, I would buy a Mac. Windows Movie Maker on Vista is excellent, but the movie maker on 7 isn't worth a ****. It lost nearly all of it's features, and when you split it pauses for a while, so that you lose a few seconds of video, this is why many of my runewind videos have so many places where they stop (Vista's movie maker won't handle Camtasia vidoes) 7's version of Windows Media Player sucks so hard, I learned to use VLC playlists, but Vista has WMP 11, which is okay, but the colors suck, 10 was better then 11, and 9 was the very best. It went downhill from there, and F-ing microsoft won't let you downgrade it. Vista gives me a lot less bugs and problems too. I have two computers, one with Vista, and another with 7, so good for comparison. There is another in my home with XP too.
Windows 7 is also the reason PCs jumped up so much in price. Cause Billionaire Bill Gates wants as much money as he can get, so he can turn around and kill us all.
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The next windows will probably suck harder, be more intrusive, less user friendly, and the programs it comes with will be even worse.