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For at least the last 15 years, there has been no central way to upgrade user software on Microsoft Windows. Today, in 2011, there is no way to do this. Maybe it's coming eventually, sure. But again, these points are seriously minor issues compared to what I'm trying to suggest: The "mobile" OS space is consistently more user-friendly than the desktop space. Maybe desktops can catch up. Maybe MS is working magic behi…
> For at least the last 15 years, there has been no central way to upgrade user software on Microsoft Windows. For most of the last 15 years, most people installed their software by sliding shiny round things into their computer. > The "mobile" OS space is consistently more user-friendly than the desktop space. Unless you want to print something. Mobile OS's are considerably more limited, which with very little effor…
You're out of date. Printing is actually easier on Linux than on Windows.
Part of why you can't take a stock version of android and install it on any phone because the hardware discovery on cell phones is entirely lacking. Think back to the days when you had to select the type of sound card and it's address and all that jazz. Now apply that to every single hardware component.