Is Microsoft Windows ‘torturing users’?

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Published on May 12, 2011

published on May 12, 2011

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Windows and other traditional PC operating systems are “torturing users” at Google’s Chrome OS launch event Wednesday, where the company claimed 75% of business users can be converted from Windows to Chrome OS right away.

“I don’t think there is anything inherently wrong with Windows,” Brin said. “Windows 7 has some great security features.”

“With Microsoft, and other operating system vendors, I think the complexity of managing your computer is really torturing users,” Brin said. “It’s torturing everyone in this room. It’s a flawed model fundamentally. Chromebooks are a new model that doesn’t put the burden of managing the computer on yourself.”

Some harsh words from Sergey Brin. What are your thoughts on this? Do you feel that you are being tortured as a Windows user?

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.