Re:Leaving htop running freezes macOS High Sierra
by Cyph0n on Friday January 05, 2018 @11:07PM
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Here[1] is a short video showing the version by version upgrade of Windows 1.01 to Windows 8. Notice how essentially all user programs, system preferences (e.g., theme), and files are preserved throughout the entire process. The guy also runs an installed copy of Wolfenstein 3D on almost every version to demonstrate that it still works.
The first time I saw it made me respect and appreciate the stability Windows has provided over the decades...
Note: there are similar videos that show the exact same process on actual hardware.
Re:Leaving htop running freezes macOS High Sierra
by shakna on Friday January 05, 2018 @11:14PM
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\* Compatibility. Which is truly awesome.
But stability means it doesn't crash, or have driver issues or basically interfere with a user trying to use it.
Re:Leaving htop running freezes macOS High Sierra
by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday January 05, 2018 @09:02PM
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I got to say... I have a couple MacBooks I use at home, but my work PC is a 2012 era AMD CPU with 32GB RAM and a GTX650 Ti with four random secondhand displays connected to it, running Windows 7, and I never have any issues with it.
Microsoft is nearly pathalogic in this. I still run some programs I bought for DOS today on Windows 10, because they're COM files. Still works the same.
Apple has always broken things on the other hand, but with the promise of a stable system. Which, having upgraded to High Sierra, is long gone. This feels almost like the early days of Linux. I've got WiFi breakage, graphics driver breakage, occasional filesystem breakage, and several really concerning CVEs that have come over the last few months.
Never thought I'd see the day when I call Windows more stable than a *nix.