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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by 2trill2spill on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:23PM (#15801864)
> Its not just Apple though. Microsoft had the similar problems in the past. Edge did not support silverlight causing people to move to other browser. It was strange to see Microsoft's own software not supported by Microsoft.

In my personal experience Windows has been much better than MacOS for me. I've been using Windows 7 for the last year at work and I'm having significantly less problems with Windows then MacOS. But Windows and MacOS both give me more problems then a FreeBSD or Linux box ever has.

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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by anko on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:48PM (#15802144)
> I'm having significantly less problems with Windows then MacOS.

I'm interested.. What kind of problems?

> But Windows and MacOS both give me more problems then a FreeBSD or Linux box ever has.

I switched from linux on the desktop to MacOs precisely because of the problems linux had - driver support, even LTS updates breaking functionality, and overall clunkiness. I run linux on all my servers.

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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by kylemuir on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:52PM (#15802175)
Really? What driver support on a desktop were you experiencing?

I've run Linux mint on my desktop at home for a few years now and have had zero problems at all (Intel i5, Nvidia gfx, wired connection).

The last time I had driver issues with Linux was ~10 years ago and it was for a laptop running Ubuntu.

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Re:macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty ... by snowpalmer on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @04:49PM (#15802150)
Windows 7 has been on the market since 2009 while High Sierra has been out since June of this year. I feel like we're not comparing apples to apples here.. I'm sure both companies are releasing security fixes consistently and Win7 has clearly had more of them in 8 years.
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