"GS" wrote

| Already bought Linux Mint OS and looking seriously at Mac! I elected to
'dump'
| Win10 in favour of going back to Win7 because Win10 didn't like my 3rd
party
| OCXs. For 8.1/10 I use VMware. My daughter bought the Win10 machine and so
far
| has no complaints.

As some have pointed out, it's probably not a big
deal for people who use it only for basic things.
Though they might feel differently if they get a
bad update or end up waiting a long time for updates
to install.

I wonder about the latter: It used to be
people complained about waiting 40 seconds to boot.
People would leave their computers always on. They'd
buy an SSD. Anything to avoid that endless 40
seconds. Now many seem to be putting up with
much longer waits but don't complain because
it's an official update?

I've always thought of Linux like a car kit and
Mac like a sportscar. The former is cheap and
flexible, but you have to be ready to always
have dirty hands as you adjust this or that thing
that's not quite finished. The latter is well made
and attractive. Good for driving along the beach
and making eyes at young ladies. But it's also
expensive, restrictive and limited. Don't try to
carry more than 1 bag of groceries or drive in
the snow.

Windows has always been like a decent, normal
car. Not incredible, but dependable and flexible.
Now it's turning into a bloated, spyware taxi.
But I still don't have the stomach for a car
kit or a Corvette.