Yes. As much mind share as the Mac has achieved it is pretty amazing that it's still not selling much better than it was prior to the stupid "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" ads.

How old were these old Macs? Probably not 7-10 years old.

Want to see what's running at startup?
Right click the taskbar and open Task Manager. Click the Startup tab.

Boom. You can see and manager everything that runs at startup (either from the folder or via registry entry).

If MS had that much control over the OEMs everyone would be crying about how they are abusing their power again. Even when they did have a lot of control they didn't have *that* much control to keep OEMs from installing crap. If you want a crap free system order it directly from the Microsoft Store. They configure all of those systems and remove all the crapware. That's about the best they can do.

They need (yet again) to do a better job of marketing. The MS App Store doesn't just carry "new ui" apps. Developers can also submit links so people can find desktop apps and get them from the developer's site. Not perfect but still better than cnet.

Why does windows keep this antiquated process around? What would you suggest? Maybe they should have curated store where people could go to get apps with a high level of confidence that they'll be safe. Hmm, that might just work. They would have to be careful and not switch to that new system all at once though since that would surely backfire and piss everyone off. They'd have to slowly tighten the screws over a period of releases.

You should write them and make sure they know of this plan...

So if I have a Nexus phone I'll get the patch that fixes this? Or is it true that Google isn't patching it?

This is the year?

If you're right they blew it. They should have blamed Russia and added more pressure. As it happens I don't think they're just making stuff up.

that we not get it all at once please.

I hope the more rational part of you realizes that this wouldn't be good for anyone.

I play D&D and plan to get one to print custom game pieces / figures. Maybe even dice.

I get the lame joke but Win8 has no problem doing this as well.

You get five seats for that $1000.
$200 per seat over 10 years for the full office suite plus unlimited cloud storage is a fucking amazing deal.

The internet is one of the best things humanity has ever done. The ability to carry it around in my hand is worth the tiny little chunk of my soul that Verizon gets each month.