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By far, the largest problem I have had with Operating Systems is directly traceable to incompatible hardware. No just individual devices and strange driver problems; also conflicts with IRQs, registry problems that the hardware manufacturer did not properly address or properly remove, etc. IOW, by number, the most common reason for problems are directly traceable to component vendors who did not sufficiently design their product.
I can't say enough about brand name products because these incompatibilities tend to be less common with the (more expensive) brand name products.
Some glaring examples were software that, well, the vendor eventually conceded that their product was not compatible (yet) with that upgraded or new Operation System.
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