Operating System Deficit Disorder
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 12:01AM Ok, so I seriously have a problem. My closest friends know that I have this problem and make fun of me quite often about it. I don't stick with an OS for very long before reformatting my system and starting over. I have installed every linux distro I can imagine (gentoo, [xu/u/ku]bunto, arch, openSuSE, fedora, mint, pinguy, etc), Windows [version number] and several hackintosh installs. I don't ever have to activate windows when I do a new install because I know I will end up re-installing within the next 30 days so why make the effort.
Is anyone else like this or is this pretty unique to me? I always have a reason for it. I switch from windows to something else because "The trackpad drivers are horrible" or "Ruby runs to slow". I switch from linux because "Everything is more complicated than it should be" from wireless drivers, waking up from sleep mode, supporting my graphics card the way I want or wanting to run visual studio. I have never attempted (that's not true, attempted once but failed quickly) turning my laptop into a hackintosh but have done it on my desktop at home many times. I have owned several macbooks over the years (a 13", 2 15"s and the most recent 17" thunderbolt). I truly love macbooks and regret selling them. I am a windows programmer by day and the justification for selling my latest was because I like running windows natively and wasn't happy with the bootcamp drivers for windows, specifically the trackpad support. I was sad to later find out that my new ThinkPad W520 has worse trackpad support than the macbook did. I just assumed that Lenovo would have better hardware driver support for windows considering that is their main market. Apple has an interest in supporting windows running on it's machines but not in it running perfectly.
So, I'm back to where I started. I have a very fast and functional ThinkPad W520 but the hardware support sucks. Who knows what tomorrow brings (as I am reinstalling Windows 7 after using PinguyOS for the last 2 days).

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