Friday Watercooler: My Divorce from Windows

[Mitch Garvis]

Well, my disdain for Microsoft has developed over the course of decades of using their products and feeling constrained by Redmond in doing things. They weren't always that way.

I did not say that your disdain was misplaced... only that it was there

 

[Tess Sluijter]

I'd love to get rid of Windows on my final laptop, but to be honest I do need an environment that's representative of what my students are using. I need to verify all my lab instructions and find the quirks they run into.

 

[Rick Butler]

I'd love to get rid of Windows on my final laptop, but to be honest I do need an environment that's representative of what my students are using. I need to verify all my lab instructions and find the quirks they run into.

For me, a pristine environment (virtual or physical) that I'd use to validate the student experience, is what I've always done - that way, I can run what I want for how I do my work without having to worry about those things, to me, is the way to go.