Re:I noticed some disturbing privacy defaults in Windows 10
by Domenic_S on Thursday July 30, 2015 @08:28PM
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On my desk now I have two MBPs and one windows PC. The macs are for work, the PC is for games (and occasional windows testing). I use the same kb/mouse/monitor for all 3.
After being out of the PC scene for 10+ years -- and as a rabid apple fan -- let me say this: PC gaming is AWESOME. Games I'd only played on Mac before come to new life on a proper gaming PC. That said I would probably go into a different line of work if I had to use Windows as my primary dev box.
Re:I noticed some disturbing privacy defaults in Windows 10
by dublinben on Friday July 31, 2015 @12:12PM
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Your only two choices are not an overpriced Mac and a cheap PC. You can build/buy a reasonably priced PC and install a GNU/Linux distribution on it.
As a Java application, Minecraft runs perfectly fine on any operating system.
As for your parental controls, if you wish to apply them you can do the exact same thing on any GNU/Linux platform.
Re:I noticed some disturbing privacy defaults in Windows 10
by arm on Friday July 31, 2015 @12:00PM
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This performance disparity between OS X and Windows for gaming may finally be diminished now that Apple’s bringing Metal from iOS to OS X (far faster than using OpenGL):
http://www.imore.com/metal-os-x-so-huge-i-no-longer-need-mac...
As a parent, I'm also not sure if an equivalent of Family Safety exists on other platforms. Windows sends me weekly overviews of our kids PC use and blocks inappropriate content. Also, our kids log into their own profiles, I don't give them Administrator level access, they have to aks me if they want to install something.