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My sister is microsoftified

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luckyp3616:
She loves M$, but I hate it! What should I tell her?

Orethrius:
If you bought and paid for this system, then nobody else has the right to tell you what to run on it. If she persists, explain that there is equivalent software for the majority of programmes she used under Windows (even Solitaire!), save a handful of obscure titles (even Far.Cry runs under WineX). If she threatens to wipe the hard drive and install Windows anyway, tell her this is unacceptable as she has no claim to the hardware; if she persists, enable a BIOS password on bootup. If she formats the drive after swearing to comply with your security policy, disconnect the power supply from the motherboard (after switching off and unplugging the power supply, of course!) then plug the power supply back in, separate from the motherboard. She'll never figure that one out, just remember to switch off and unplug the power supply before reconnecting the motherboard for your own usage.

If this system was purchased with family funds, dual-boot it.  Plain and simple, it saves precious arguing time.

Aloone_Jonez:
You say she loves Microsoft, aren't you being a bit dramatic?

My brother's laptop came with OpenOffice, he used it for a few months and then decided it didn't fulfill his needs so he installed Microsoft Office 2000 as he's entitles to a free licence from his univercity. I don't have a problem with this, he's tried out a piece of software and decided it doesn't suit him so he's found some software that does, he doesn't use IE, he's tried both Opera and FireFox and gone for Opera because it prefurs it.

Has your sister used any non-Microsoft software?

Do you think she could be just shy and afraid to try out new things?
My dad just uses MS software (well apart from OpenOffice) because he refuses to learn to use anything else, and I don't blame him.

Don't get me wrong, I don't like Microsoft just as I don't like many other big companies but they're not as bad as some, as far as I'm aware they don't use child workers and they haven't killed anyone, yes they have a monopoly and it's bad but I think we need to put things into perspective.

luckyp3616:
Oretherus: Oh, I get it... so if she tries to format, then I temporarily disable the BIOS!

Aloon_jonez: Well. she calles it "ease of use" and "compatibility" (simply because of the frikin "Yahoo!" service)

Aloone_Jonez:
So, you havn't answered any of my questions, what is the main reason she won't use FireFox or anything else non-Microsoft for that matter?

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