Re: The ONLY things going for it were
And being able to get online easily.
Decent selection of software
Good(ish) hardware support
Compared to the POS that Linux was at that time.
1) Crap DE's
2) Very little office software, and NO, StarOffice doesn't count
3) No multimedia software worth talking about
4) Really Crap hardware support
5) A nightmare to set up modems
And on and on and on