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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by Aldo_MX on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:01AM (#13158976)
This is definitely an example of YMMV, if someone claims that macOS is better than Windows because of a prettier UI and smoother font rendering, I simply laugh.

For me it is more important to have a file manager that doesn't lock itself creating .DS_Store files in the middle of an I/O operation (ex. copying a folder from an external drive).

To be fair, Windows has the same issue with Thumbs.db files, but I can't remember the last time it happened to me, in contrast, with macOS it is annoyingly easy to trigger error -36, just connect a clean drive and copy a big folder...

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by WorldMaker on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:32AM (#13159300)
Windows hasn't used Thumbs.db files on most drives since it switched to a central cache in Vista.
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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by Aldo_MX on Monday December 12, 2016 @12:01PM (#13159584)
It still uses them, it was not difficult to find a screenshot from a recent version of Windows.

http://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ximg_54e...

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by WorldMaker on Monday December 12, 2016 @12:11PM (#13159687)
Yes, it still uses them on (certain types of) external drives (in certain types of folders) and in folders that already have them from a previous version of Windows (sometimes), but nowhere to the extent that it used to use them (because there now is a central cache for most of them), and nowhere near the extent that macOS uses .DS_Store.

ETA: All of which is why my first post said "most drives"...

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by sammoth on Monday December 12, 2016 @12:18PM (#13159749)
It switched back in a later version
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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by WorldMaker on Monday December 12, 2016 @02:26PM (#13161038)
It didn't "switch back", it just uses them in certain compatibility and/or external drive situations. I hedged with "most drives" for a reason.
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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by santaclaus on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:25AM (#13159236)
If I'm staring at something for 10 hours a day smoother font rendering is a big benefit.
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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by MichaelGG on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:51AM (#13159490)
Smoother means less legible, at least on low DPI screens. But it seems to be a personal preference as to what someone will actually like more.
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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by tdb7893 on Monday December 12, 2016 @12:26PM (#13159830)
The only time I've had any problems on windows is if the font is too small.
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