I’m back on Windows 11 for the first length of time in a while, after a hardware switch.
It’s aggravating as hell with all the popups and embedded ads. My last update just straight up failed and had to revert.
I also don’t get what Windows users are talking about when they say Linux is harder. Every time I have to change a minor setting in Windows, it feels like I’m picking through 20 years of legacy dialogs, and I never know which layer of legacy it’ll be buried in.
it’s because windows is built to be used without a cmd prompt
macOS updates have been free for a while at this point. Was this made 10 years ago?
Quit reminding me I am old! But yes this is at least 11 years old, since that was when I first saw it.
I still remember paid macOS (I don’t care that’s anachronistic) updates but it’s just strange to see this posted in 2024 since the criticism no longer seems relevant without an explicit connection explaining its continued relevancy
Are there viruses on Mac?
Yes, but paid onesI can joke about a kafkaesque version of Mac that hides that after you put in your credit card info in, it defaults to subscribing to viruses as a service. You can disable the viruses, but you have to pay even more to the non viral version.
Windows 11 was a nightmare in every aspect, who even designed that thing?
Glad I went back lmao.
They should design Windows for me exclusively and then every one else should just have to adapt their preferences to suit me. I conclude that this would be cheaper and require less development. My first instruction will be to bring back Windows XP start menu and folder structure. If you don’t like it you’re wrong, try again.
You just invested the concept of personalization and an option menu.
We’ve truly reached the future.
I wish I could return to the XP. We should have quit while we were ahead 😔
I switched to Linux when Windows 7 support ended and honestly Linux with the Windows-like KDE Plasma desktop felt to me more like the unobtrusiveness and level of control I had become accustomed to with Windows XP and Windows 7 than Windows 10 was capable of delivering. If you’re not relying on something like Adobe suite that just can’t be made to run on Linux at all, it might be worth looking into sometime. I’ve never regretted switching.
Which one do you use now? 10? 8.1? XP? Probably Linux?
I use 10, but in my opinion 8 is best for lap-top and 7 is best for PC.
Yeah I want to get a new laptop to do some lite gaming with and I wondering which would be best.
I’ve heard people say that iPhone updates actually slow the phone down so you buy a new one. I wouldn’t be surprised but is that actually true or nah?
It definitely feels true
I still cringe slightly at Linux updates because I’m on a distro with enough cutting-edge unstable stuff that every few months something gets a little broken for a few days. But nobody forces updates on me so I usually just let my system lag behind in non-security updates and let other people test the waters first.
