MS’s antics extend well beyond Windows, unfortunately. There are long blogs and writeups dedicated to it.
But what you said is also kinda true. 7 and XP worked reasonably well as long as you didn’t mess with them, push their bounds too much, or use them for anything “weird.” But you also probably missed a lot of dysfunction in the background.
I’m not trying to shill for Windows 7/XP era OSX or linux or anything either. But Windows has always been kinda notorious.
I never really got into OS modding until recently, so that could be why everything felt smooth until the end. Looking back I suspect a lot of my good experience chalked down to luck.
I’ve been on Linux for the last year, that’s definitely something I learned the hard way multiple times on the path. I’m very nervous about the move towards “AI” handling a lot of that stuff.
MS’s antics extend well beyond Windows, unfortunately. There are long blogs and writeups dedicated to it.
But what you said is also kinda true. 7 and XP worked reasonably well as long as you didn’t mess with them, push their bounds too much, or use them for anything “weird.” But you also probably missed a lot of dysfunction in the background.
I’m not trying to shill for Windows 7/XP era OSX or linux or anything either. But Windows has always been kinda notorious.
I never really got into OS modding until recently, so that could be why everything felt smooth until the end. Looking back I suspect a lot of my good experience chalked down to luck.
This is true of all OSes TBH. Issues arise when you start to mess with them.
Remember this if you switch to linux.
I’ve been on Linux for the last year, that’s definitely something I learned the hard way multiple times on the path. I’m very nervous about the move towards “AI” handling a lot of that stuff.