Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by lostlogin on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:05AM (#23391119)

Wait, you can’t set it up so that it won’t restart itself? In case it isn’t obvious, I am not a windows user.

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Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by bitwize on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:44AM (#23391547)

No. Sooner or later, you will have to let it update. Updates are important, and Microsoft doesn't want the service calls they're going to get if you don't update and something breaks or you get hacked.

So just like "your contract with the [TV] network is you're going to watch the spots", your contract with Microsoft is you're going to install the updates, and you consent to be spied on, and...

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Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by garaetjjte on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:18AM (#23391922)

>Microsoft doesn't want the service calls they're going to get

Does anybody ever thought "Ouch, Windows broke again! Time to call Microsoft helpdesk"?

(side note: I think updates would generate more issues and calls, not less)

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Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by gambiting on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:42AM (#23391519)

Not through that menu, but it can be done through the policy editor. You can also just disable the update service if you want to.

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