I guess if ease of install is a something you look at for installing an OS then Microsoft will more then likely always win. They have had quiet a number of years to develop an installation interface and perfect it to where the average 5 year old could install the OS. Look at the big pretty buttons. But this is something i dont look for in an OS. I ont want my installer to make assumptions of what i want, i dont want things dictating to me how to setup and configure. This is one of the reasons i use slackware. i choose the packages i want even though i have the capability of removing some that can break the OS, slackware doesnt question my sanity. Slackwares installer goes far enough to ask what the hostname is, what ip to use on the interface. It doesnt whine about auto-configuring X or anthing like that. Windows might be easy to install but what do you get in the long run? A broken OS that you have little control over. Thank you Microsoft for addressing the issues that need addressing.
