LOL. As if Linux doesn't rename things, change folders, etc. Or even worse you change bistro and its all different.
Can you tell me where Linux does that? I've been using Linux constantly since around 2007, and that has not happened once. And not certain where you get the idea that changing a "bistro" changes everything on the computer.
Did you get your Linux knowledge from the local Windows OS club?
My Macs get pushed pretty hard
There's a big difference between pushing a PC hard doing general stuff, and pushing a PC hard gaming. The latter is a true clusterfuck of cludges and workarounds, often with kernel level dumbfuckery in the name of beating cheaters and pirates all while using shoddy rushed out drivers that are poorly tested for one of the most complex subsystems in the OS (graphics).
It's orders of magnitude easier to crash a system with a game than it is with literally any other workload. That's not to say that Windows is reliable. It's objectively not, but the OP does have a big point. I can say with confidence that 100% of the crashes I've had on my PC have been due to gaming and the occasional really poorly written AI load (still GPU driver related).
My son who is a gamer, and I built a top end gaming system, and I concur. Reminded me of the "good old days", where just getting the damn computer to work was something to celebrate, and never turn the thing off once you do, at least until the next BSOD. It's a pretty thing, but a definite learning experience
Open Macs experienced the same problems as Windows. And closed Windows boxes (like NUC) experience the same reliability as Macs. The Mac advantage is that they moved away from open configurations. The last open Mac, the Pro, has been dropped.
My desk has a Mac mini and an Intel NUC. They are equally reliable.
Which mini? I picked up a Mini M4 when I traded in my last generation Intel iMac. Pretty nice little computer, and the Adobe Suite flies on it be comparison. I'd probably have a NUC if the use cases I have for my Windows laptop didn't have to be portable.
But back to the topic, Microsoft has been having a lot of boots on the ground problems, no matter what our personal situations have happening.
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No matter how idiot-proof you make technology, God will always create a better idiot. That's why the right way to solve this problem is:
You don't like Time Machine? I have hourly backups on one drive, and daily backups on a drive I store in a different location.
I'd never use any cloud backup, that's like asking Jerry Sandusky to babysit a 10 year old boy.
I doubt MacOS users are any different from other computer users, especially in the post-touchscreen dumbing down of computer knowledge we're seeing where Zoomers and Boomers, according to some surveys, appear to have the same level of skill on average.
What does that even mean? As a Boomer, and the boomers around me seem to be pretty darn adroit, I'm having issues parsing what you wrote.
Or do just mean you adhere to some concept that boomers are stupid?
Another issue is I've met many, many, people who insist on asking me "What do I do?" when any prompt comes up. Anything. From "Overwrite these files?" to "Installation finished. Do you want to launch NewlyInstalledApp now?"
And? You sound like the IT guy from Saturday Night Live who hates the people he is supposed to help. I do some teaching, and get asked questions like that pretty often. I just explain a little to them. They go away a little more knowledgeable.
I suspect that 90% of the people who get to the "Launch command line" prompt on a list of instructions will also blindly obey the "Don't worry about the warning dialog that comes up that looks like this, just click OK" instruction from the scanner. As a result, I seriously doubt this'll help at all.
I tend to disagree. People bashing around in Terminal (now zsh) tend toward the more adroit end of MacOS users. And just might be more skilled than you think.
And since I occasionally copy and paste, I and others are very interested in having a reality check. In most cases it isn't needed. But we can all fall for something in a weak moment
I don't think this is really comparable.
Most macOS users probably never touch the terminal and so will hopefully be more likely to read before clicking the red button, and this message doesn't look like a typical macOS elevation prompt.
I spend almost as much time in Terminal as I do in the GUI. Sometimes more. So I am very interested in this. BTW, despite the memes, There are more of us Mac users that do that than you think.
Microsoft's emergency patch comes just days after it doubled down on a commitment to software quality, reliability and stability.
Yet still released Windows 11.....
And W11 is getting worse. That is disturbing, because Windows versions generally improved over time, not regressed.
I guess the point is that while These emergency patches may or may not point to a wider issue. That however does not mean there is no wider issue. I'm not involved with anything Oracle, so can't comment knowledgeably on that, but Microsoft and Windows? Oh hell yeah.
Even re-architecting might not fix their problem. It depends upon how much their software people are relying upon bot generated code. Given their famous attention to detail, what's the likelihood that they are pushing out code they do not understand because "it worked"? The hardest bugs do not show up in test harnesses. So if they have built up a giant sticky wad of code they do not understand, there's no going through it all quickly if that is even possible. If they re-architect with the same software dependence on bots, they haven't really solved the underlying issue which is the way they build stuff.
Imagine though, if you have a system where you have no idea what is in the software, and the number of actual thinking people is dropping to a negligible number.
There may be a tipping point where the proverbial shit hits the fan, and there is no competent person to look at it, analyze it, or fix it. What now, Saint Peter?
Sounds like Windows 11.
The topic is crashes, in case you haven't noticed the article title.
Topics do drift you know. Perhaps I have a different metric, but an Update that causes programs to stop working, renaming files, placing programs and files to OneDrive.
The effect is remarkable similar to a crash. And to me, a failure of Windows that I do not have with Mac or Linux
It depends on what you want.. If you want a non upgradable appliance that kinda just works as long as you do it the Apple way, they are fine.
A computer should be an appliance. I have work to do. Spending time fixing a messed up Windows machine really wrecks productivity It only takes a few minutes of my burn rate and productivity loss to far exceed the cost of having a functioning computer.
The advantage of a PC is you can pick your components and upgrade them, but with the downside that you may have issues like the one I described.
For a hobbyist, maybe. For people making money and providing a service, computer downtime is a serious problem.
Windows is an unstable, insecure cluster bleep of an operating system, we know this!
Quite the opposite
Oh good to see you came in here to set the record straight. Even Microsoft is wrong. Google Windows 11 is a disaster and find out how everyone is wrong.
Here's your problem. While you focus on a monovariant, that for some reason, the only problem is drivers. What about endless reboot loops, mystery fails on updates, changing names of critical files, moving programs and or critical program files to one drive, causing program failure and/or crashes.
Blaming it on drivers, and not using enterprise level equipment just no longer works. All that is doing is blaming the user, the old concept of "Microsoft cannot fail, only we can fail Microsoft."
The upshot of all this is plain. Windows is fundamentally broken, regressing under Windows 11. And if all the problems are the users fault, they can migrate to an OS where they don't cause all those problems.
Users should never be able to do things that cause crashes in the same way that drivers should not ever be able to press any button or press any pedal that causes the engine to spontaneously burst into flames.
I don't have crashes.
I'm also a Mac user, but let's not boast here, shall we?
Is it boasting though? Not having crashes should be the expected situation. A pity it is considered a flex.
It's like boasting that your refrigerator keeps food cold. 8^)
Windows is crashing because users are doing things that cause crashes. This issue needs to be investigated in MUCH more detail. I don't have crashes.
So..you don't actually do a damn thing with Windows computers? Hence the reason you don't have crashes?
Hey, your logic. Not mine.
Well, I do the same things on My Macs and Linux computers. Yet they don't crash. But the same things on Windows machines do. I fear our friends logic doesn't hold up on any level.
might as well post the issues here https://www.windowscentral.com... https://www.neowin.net/news/mi...
Microsoft is saying W11 is broken, while the faithful here claim it is only poorly written drivers. And the anger is so intense that Microsoft disabled comments on social media. Here, they blame the users.
And the users? They've heard it all before... https://www.pcworld.com/articl....
The story on Linux is different. You have to work really hard to hunt down a machine where the hardware is supported.
Wut? Is this 2000 or something? I haven't had a driver issue since around 2005, and during installs, Linux just goes out and grabs drivers.
These things include:
- booting - rebooting - using basic high quality hardware (asus/mb/msi boards w/ corsair/crucial memory, nvidia GPUs, seasonic PSUs) - installing drivers
I've seen crashes on W10/W11 on each of these, sometimes (often) requiring "repair" that fails, and a reinstall (of the OS). Multiple machines.
I just won't do it anymore.
This! I get to see the hell people go through just to have a Windows 11 computer - as well as my own travails. At this point, my Windows machines get used for a few remaining tasks, then put back in the case, while I use machines that stay working.
People can try to blame it on drivers - which is only one of the failure mechanisms. People can blame it on Macs closed ecosystem which means that hardware and software are written for each other - by Apple, which means that.....get ready for it.....it works!
And then there are the weird problems, like renaming audio drivers, moving freaking programs to the cloud and removing them from the machine, as well as mystery changes that you just give up and fix it, then wait for it to happen again.
My Macs and Linux machines don't have this problem. Productivity is much better when you have almost 0 downtime.
Air pollution is really making us pay through the nose.
