27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates

Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by jama211 on Thursday February 19, 2026 @02:56AM (#47071113)

I feel the average HN user though might be a bad representation of the general population. Personally I prefer the aesthetic of windows 11 over 7, it’s about the ONLY thing I prefer about windows 11, but windows 7 looks extremely dated to me now.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by asimovDev on Thursday February 19, 2026 @03:57AM (#47071564)

i don't have a w11 supported machine, but when I see the OS in videos or screenshots, I always thought it looks surprisingly pleasant and fresh, compared to 10. Really miss Vista though, that one was amazing visually.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by jama211 on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:19PM (#47091669)

You probably do, I thought I didn’t but if you just disable the warning about TPM 2.0 with a simple command it lets you install it just fine. Had no problems for years now.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by joe_mamba on Thursday February 19, 2026 @03:50AM (#47071514)

>but windows 7 looks extremely dated to me now.

This is a highly subjective thing.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by vinay427 on Thursday February 19, 2026 @07:13AM (#47072971)

This can be a relevant reminder at times, but based on their phrasing, I think they’re aware:

> Personally I prefer […] looks extremely dated to me now.

Compare to the GP comment, for instance, where this may still be the case but is less clear from phrasing:

> They're just so much more pleasant

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by jama211 on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:21PM (#47091697)

Indeed, I tried to not repeat their mistake of sounding like you’re speaking in objective terms.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by jama211 on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:22PM (#47091706)

That’s my point. They were stating it like it was objective, so I countered with my subjective opinion.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by nottorp on Thursday February 19, 2026 @05:12AM (#47072167)

That is, until you try to use windows 11. And it gives you bing results instead of the option in control panel you want, even though you spelled it exactly.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by kiwijamo on Thursday February 19, 2026 @06:21PM (#47081211)

I've never had this happen to me and I've daily driven Windows 11 for some years now. Can you give an example?

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by jama211 on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:17PM (#47091654)

It’s like you didn’t read the rest of my comment. However I can’t confirm. I wack that windows key on my keyboard and start typing all the time and can’t remember it ever opening the wrong thing.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by hbs18 on Thursday February 19, 2026 @08:34AM (#47073561)

Have you ever used Windows 8.1? With a classic start button app the UI layout is the good Windows 7 one with the "modern" Windows appearance.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by cosmic_cheese on Thursday February 19, 2026 @02:05PM (#47077705)

In terms of functionality, 8.1 isn't bad but I can't stand the flat square theme that could've dropped straight out of the DOS era. It's so ugly.

I understand why Aero didn't continue on in its Vista/7 form, but Metro swung way too far in the other direction. The Fluent look used by Windows 11 is a nice middleground that I wish 8, 8.1, and 10 could've adopted instead. Too bad the rest of 11 sucks.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by jama211 on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:20PM (#47091678)

Of course, it was fine. I was real glad they removed the full screen start menu at the time. I still prefer the look of 11.

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by icedchai on Thursday February 19, 2026 @09:34AM (#47074183)

I'd prefer Windows 2000, myself. Relatively light weight, no bling or junk in the UI. Windows XP was okay, but the default UI looked like a toy. I know you can turn it off, but most people didn't. We won't mention Vista...

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