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Originally Posted by ni'k

uh... i kinda understand that... so your saying i shouldn't get ubuntu? i thought i should.

basically i have windows vista, it came preinstalled on this thing. so i would like to upgrade to windows 7 because apparently vista is no good and im supposed to?

i thought about getting 7 and then also trying some sort of linux thing and dual booting...

k, vista is "no good"? it's a little clunky, it's fine for most purposes. i assume it came with some sort of backup DVD for reinstall in case of HD crash, yes?

why would you trade a legit, supported, 100% alright OS for some risky-ass mangy street-dog of an illegal OS? the thrill of "crime"?

if you want ubuntu, fine, you can dualboot (i.e. no need to wipe out your vista install), you can play with it and find some useful tools, but i find any kind of open source OS a pain in the ass to deal with. verme here is a computer ninja & can do somersaults while he whistles with his farts and juggles 3 keyboards in the air, but the rest of us aren't/can't though a lot of people pretend to know what they are babbling about.

stick to your vista and start making music and movies which is what you got your machine for. later maybe you can buy a win7 upgrade or something. but don't get distracted with bullshit popular notions. oh and get your antivirus, set up your firewall, etc.. i've got avast free/home version and it's just fine.

oh, and avoid warez/torrents/keygens cuz that's how the big cock of computer AIDS gets into your ulcerated rectum. guaranteed to get ill. avoid. there are plenty of free legit tools that won't make you sick, e.g. the gimp or photoshop elements instead of the big photoshop (which most people don't use anyway), adobe premiere elements or pinnacle for movies, not sure if there are low cost versions of vegas, etc, etc. linux has some free/open source music/movie editors but i don't know much about it.

now stop worrying about some fucking OS and go make music.