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Windows will happily do whatever you want as long as you pay for the right edition.
That's my understanding. The business versions of the OS don't have any of that garbage.
It's not that different from what a sane person would do at home other than the money spent on the tools.
I think Microsoft has pretty much acknowledged that Windows isn't really a priority. Anyone sensible switched over to macOS already, especially software developers. It may also not be perfect, but I mean it's night and day really. As a developer, macOS is just such an amazing environment (and a true Unix). When I try Windows it's like going back 15 years.
> Anyone sensible switched over to macOS already, especially software developers Well if sgt says so, then it must be true! Except it isn't, sorry. Both Windows and Linux (if you total the distros) are more popular among developers according to last year's SO survey: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology#1-operating-... I'm glad that you've found an OS that suits you, but please don't speak for the rest of…
I don't really care what people use, and am glad you love whatever, but I know what I would recommend to others.
Incidentally, there was a site about the setups of well known developers and 80-90% of them use Macs.
That's a strange question to ask, the modern Windows gui (Win95) will be 30 years old in July. What in that time period would lead you to believe there is any chance it will have a radical change until it's dethroned as the worlds number one business/home OS?