Only in software there seems to exist this idea that everything is free.
Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
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Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#72Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#73Every time this happens, I wonder why people do not just drop Windows entirely.
Like it or not, Linux is still not really user friendly compared to a windows computer. Users still have to do command line stuff, and the software you are used to is not available. The equivalents are not as shiny as the windows versions. Macs might be too expensive for some people who are still running on old hardware.
> Users still have to do command line stuff
Not really, unless they're doing something special. But if they're doing something special, they're not average users.
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can’t you run that on a browser these days?
Have you tried to use office on the web? The answer is no, not unless an absolutely crippled version is sufficient for your needs.
Of course not - luckily I haven’t used Microsoft office in decades. Which is why I was asking what the capabilities are “these days”.
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#75How's Mint? I'm asking because I installed a fresh ubuntu desktop in a VM today and the spam I got on first run reminded me of ... Windows.
Huh, what spam did you get installing ubuntu?
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#76Every time this happens, I wonder why people do not just drop Windows entirely.
1. Windows comes pre-installed. That means >99% of users (and I mean this literally) will not even consider running anything else (probably they don't even realise there's such a thing as not-Windows on a PC). 2. Enterprise software runs on Windows, that creates enough lock-in for Windows to always be a majority.
This is the correct answer.
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#77Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#78Only in software there seems to exist this idea that everything is free.
Only in software does otherwise perfectly functional hardware have to be thrown out
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#79Every time this happens, I wonder why people do not just drop Windows entirely.
This is the firsf time they did arbitrary requirement cutoff.
Re: Microsoft's big lie: Your computer is fine, and you don't need to buy a new one
#80We can't have it both ways. Either Windows gets serious about security and enforces hardware encryption or forever the industry will say "oh, Windows isn't secure you can't trust it."
The dichotomy is with their backwards compatibility. They could gut the windows apis and replace them with more secure models, but that might upset legacy corporate customers so instead they let ordinary people get hacked or lose their family photos and spend money on repairs.
Did Windows S Mode or Windows RT fail because of legacy corporate customers?