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 ClumsyPilot on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:24AM (#23391330)

Sometimes i read thing like this and I feel they are from a different universe.

I am the first port of call for IT issues of the whole family, including grandma. Like 10 people, and the last time we had issue caused by windows update was like 5 years ago when a laptop was trying to update to W10 from W8. That required a bit of manual intervention.

Game icons certainly arent there for me any more.

Whats the issue with Onedrive? I mean, its preinstalled, but you dont have to run it.

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Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by Sangeppato on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:20AM (#23391947)

Lucky you! In the last 6 months Windows tried to install an upgrade, failing endlessly, on both my mother's and sister's laptops. It just tried to upgrade, failed during the reboot, reverted back and booted on the old version, just to start the whole process again after a few hours. And all the Microsoft Windows Update Assistant tools or whatever didn't work at all, so I just clean installed in frustration.

TBF though, my 2013 desktop never gave me a single issue on Windows..

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Re:Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first ... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday June 04, 2020 @07:35PM (#23423291)

Paradoxically, driver issues and update issues never show up on any desktops I had, they only show up on laptops with carefully selected and entirely manufacturer-controlled supply chain and parts.

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