> 've railed in the past about how Windows users think it's acceptable to constantly reboot your machine, experience crashes, etc.
Probably because most of us don't have such issues. I have both a Windows box and an OS X box, and they both need about the same amount of rebooting (maybe once a week? I don't actively keep track). My current Windows box (about 4 months old) has never crashed. My previous Windows box rarely crashed (but it was >10 years old, so it _did_ have some crashes).
I haven't rebooted this particular machine since the time it said it was required for an update, which was weeks ago.
I use it as my primary dev machine for my day job and it's a gaming machine that I use for gaming daily.
Something else is wrong. It's installed on billions of devices, noone would accept constant BSODs, crashes and forced reboots if this was the normal experience.
They do make pretty decent machines for work, due to spec., large battery, and generous cooling. While many find them too heavy or bulking, but I do not mind that bit at all. However, the amount of heat needed to be dissipated, and GPUs having very low power envelop, makes them quite pitiful for the price paid.
You don't honestly think that's what everyone else experiences, do you?
I'm a gamer running Win10. In the past 5 years, I've had 4 BSoDs, 3 of them caused by Riot's Vanguard anti-cheat (Which I've uninstalled since I don't play Valorant anymore).
It sounds to me that you got a faulty laptop, and rather than consider that possibility, you decided that Windows is to blame.
Currently I consistently get BSOD after 5-10 minutes of use and have spent 10-15 hours troubleshooting it.
I've railed in the past about how Windows users think it's acceptable to constantly reboot your machine, experience crashes, etc. Perhaps I am too pampered/spoiled, but I'm pretty sure 99% of Windows users are just experiencing Stockholm Syndrome.