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Re:Windows gets a new terminal by Wowfunhappy on Monday May 06, 2019 @06:55PM (#19844768)
Oh, I'd have no problem with that. It works fine on macOS, as you say.

Microsoft would have to actually implement it that way, though.

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Re:Windows gets a new terminal by int_19h on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @03:40AM (#19847337)
Windows implements it in exactly this same way though. If all apps report that they can handle it gracefully, it reboots, otherwise you get a similar prompt.

Problem is, apps can lie.

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Re:Windows gets a new terminal by naikrovek on Monday May 06, 2019 @09:15PM (#19845541)
Windows offers that capability as well. Applications can be "reboot-aware" and relaunch after a reboot in their pre-reboot state.

Not many apps take advantage of that, however.

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Re:Windows gets a new terminal by Wowfunhappy on Monday May 06, 2019 @10:58PM (#19846045)
But Windows will reboot for an update even if an app isn’t “reboot aware”. So I can be encoding videos or downloading a large game and it will just reboot, and I’ll wake up to the task not done.
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Re:Windows gets a new terminal by com2kid on Monday May 06, 2019 @09:34PM (#19845637)
My browsers do, my IDEs do, and my productivity apps do.

All in all, not too shabby.

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