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Our commitment to Windows quality

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Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by Neywiny »

ray_v wrote: post #479
lloydatkinson wrote: post #384

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How? I feel like every time I do my ~1 yearly Windows reinstall I need to google it and then alter half a dozen registry keys and a bunch of group policy settings, and some of them are the "old" settings now replaced with something even more vaguely named (probably on purpose).

Ok, I'll bite ... why are you reinstalling and reconfiguring windows on a regular, yearly basis?

Honestly I should. Registry and stuff gets cluttered. Programs don't uninstall cleanly, or they change settings I can't find. On one machine I somehow set it up as a wifi print server or something and for the life of me couldn't find a way to turn it off. But it's such a hassle to setup a computer.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by alternatetwo »

ray_v wrote: post #479
lloydatkinson wrote: post #384

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How? I feel like every time I do my ~1 yearly Windows reinstall I need to google it and then alter half a dozen registry keys and a bunch of group policy settings, and some of them are the "old" settings now replaced with something even more vaguely named (probably on purpose).

Ok, I'll bite ... why are you reinstalling and reconfiguring windows on a regular, yearly basis?

Seriously. My current Windows installs are >15 years old upgraded all the way back from Vista …

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by nlawalker »

bombcar wrote: post #598
mulmen wrote: post #570

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At this point Apple isn't even Apple. Product ate the world. I don't remember the last time someone came to me with a customer problem to solve. It's all warring fiefdoms.

Perhaps AI is taking off because it is the only thing actually listening to customer problems.

Best insight I’ve seen today, thanks for this!

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by bigyabai »

rfrey wrote: post #253
raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #217

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> and its superficial superiority only comes from the ecosystem So the only superiority is that it runs the apps most people want to run? And this is why geeks are always the “Less space than Nomad. No Wireless. Lame” types or the HN equivalent when talking about DropBox: “For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and…

People loved the iPod. Users loved Dropbox. Nobody loves windows.

Coffee drinkers "loved" Starbucks. EV advocates "loved" Tesla. The perception of something being good is not an indicator of quality in a post-industrial society, it mostly just reflects marketing efforts and other forms of artificial tastemaking.

Today, people don't love the iPod or Dropbox. Both products became completely commoditized once consumers realized that there is actually nothing special about using MP3 files or hosted NFS. Windows is a commoditized OS, it's unapologetic post-desktop slopware. And it sells.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by rsanheim »

natas wrote: post #151

I recently had dinner in Bellevue with an individual who holds a relatively senior position within Microsoft’s executive leadership. During our conversation, she emphasized repeatedly that Microsoft does not primarily view its offerings as consumer products. According to her, the company’s leadership is strongly focused on B2B strategy, with revenue growth driven mainly by Azure, AI, and enterprise solutions. Her per…

This has been the case for 15-20 years at least. It’s only now that the horrible experience for regular users is so obvious compared to Linux becoming quite good, and Mac OS ranging from fine to meh.

The continual recall/ai push from Microsoft has not helped at all and is pretty gross. There is a way to do a “recall” style thing that some folks will really want if they can trust it. The msft approach has been the opposite of that.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by sakesun »

xnx wrote: post #66

> Faster and more dependable File Explorer: ... more reliable performance for everyday file tasks. This would be great. It's still easy to freeze up File Explorer when moving thousands of files. The same operation from the command line works fine.

I'm glad they explicitly mention File Explorer. As a person solely use Windows for decades, I've naturally developed a very deep allergical behavior of avoiding to touch File Explorer as much as I can for years. Hope they could help fix me. I really need VSCode-like experience for files management.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by wrs »

natas wrote: post #151

I recently had dinner in Bellevue with an individual who holds a relatively senior position within Microsoft’s executive leadership. During our conversation, she emphasized repeatedly that Microsoft does not primarily view its offerings as consumer products. According to her, the company’s leadership is strongly focused on B2B strategy, with revenue growth driven mainly by Azure, AI, and enterprise solutions. Her per…

Just FYI, this is the same as when I left Microsoft 20 years ago.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by doubled112 »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #562
cwillu wrote: post #368

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Sit a non-programmer relative in front of each, and have them plug in a printer. One of them will end up with malware and maybe be able to print something, the other will almost certainly not even notice that they didn't have to do anything to make the print item in gmail put words on paper.

It amazes me in 2026 Windows printers still need drivers. This was a solved problem on iOS in 2010 and shortly after on MacOS with AirPrint

Both of my WIFi printers just magically appear on my Linux machines too, without any messing around.

Re: Our commitment to Windows quality

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Post by NetMageSCW »

orthoxerox wrote: post #397
operatingthetan wrote: post #240

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I try new distros all the time and not a single one of them is 'GUI native' in the sense that you can do everything without touching a terminal. Some weird stuff always happens and you need to do a bunch of research to figure out how to fix it. The settings GUIs never have parity with the config files and it shows.

Windows isn't 100% GUI native either. Tell me how to configure the IP settings of a Hyper-V virtual switch via GUI.

Tell me what percentage of Windows desktop users need to do that on a daily basis. Or even a weekly basis. Or even a monthly basis.

(Or just open Hyper-V Manager, then from the Actions pane choose Virtual Switch Manager then select the virtual switch and configure it.)

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