[citation][nom]tomtompiper[/nom]I find this funny, I recently reinstalled XP on a friends computer after a virus ate here had drive. It took 5 hours to install the OS and all of the drivers for her hardware, TV card, Printer, Network card, Scanner, Graphic card..etc. After the install I installed Linux for her so that she could open emails safely. it took 20 mins and everything but the printer and scanner was already set up, they took another five mins to do. All done on the GUI, no need for a terminal or bash.The XP install was a bare install, office took another 25 mins and I left her to do the many more hours it will take her to download and install the service packs and updates. The Linux install included many programs too many to list, and the update ran in under 20 mins.[/citation]
5 Hours for Windows and 20 min for Linux? Exaggeration runs well with you, I've had Ubuntu installs take longer on certain computers then XP and driver installs, when I installed Windows 7 on my 3 comps and laptop I didn't have to install any drivers except for printer and it took less time then Ubuntu install time. Linux is not the fastest at installing every time, it is very dependent on the computer.
Hell just yesterday I installed XP on my sisters laptop, from CD insertion to all drivers, office and updates install it took me maybe 2 hours. Yes I know XP can be slow to install at times, but really 5 hours, were you taking breaks on purpose?