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    Would you wipe out Windows

    what would u do??

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    No. For two reasons:

    1 - My son has 1 'kid's' game that only works in widows (it comes with a kiddie USB steering wheel)
    2 - It's actually quite useful having 2 different types of OS's on the same machine as if a piece of harware stops working proporly I can test in in both to determin if it's a hardware issue of a software one.

    Although the truth is that I practically never boot into windows.
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    Already did a few years back. I'd say it was back in 2004 or early 2005 when I dropped it.

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    I read your question 2 ways:

    1. Would I delete it from my hdd if I had it?
    2. If I had Godly powers would I wipe it from the planet?

    For Q1.: no need, it deleted itself. I can see the funny side of that now. For Q2., actually the answer is no: I need something to laugh about. Actually I have a more serious reason ... I don't believe there should be just 1 major OS, and in a strange way I think that perhaps Linux needs Windows. Maybe: I'm not 100&#37; sure about that. <shrugs and wanders away>
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    I wouldn't get rid of it because I can' afford to. Getting rid of it would mean I'd need a new liscence to run it on a VM.

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    I don't have an option at work, as I'm forced to use Windows. I don't have any problems with running Linux only at home, though.
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    I got rid of it last year. Never looked back (although I still need it at work )
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    I actually voted yes, but looking back and at some other posts. I would like to keep a dual boot for windows just for games. After I learn more about linux, I will use it more and more often.

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    i am dual booting. i am studying Taxation Law these days and all Taxation Computation Packages are Windows based only.
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    i now i won't buy it anymore. i do use it so far. but my intention is to completely quit using it once i'm proficient at linux. i just started to learn linux in earnest.

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