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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by eldavido on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @11:31AM (#18656434)
What I meant was, if you look at the state of non-expert users' PCs, they're unusable by power user standards.

There's so much malware, anti-virus that slows down all I/O, browser toolbars, etc. Just open Internet Explorer and see how long it takes. On my computer it takes <1s. On many computers I've used in peoples' homes, small offices, etc. it's more like 10.

Calling that anything but "broken" seems like a misnomer. Look at the 99% of computer users, not the 1% power users/people at companies with good IT groups.

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Re:Ask HN: Which abandoned proprietary software would you re... by jimmaswell on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @11:38AM (#18656503)
This is an exaggeration, especially on modern Windows. I have a decent anecdotal sample size of average people whose PCs run fine and have no apparent infestations, including someone in their 70s with a laptop running Vista.
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