Why is Windows such a PITA

[BallAquatics]

On November 20th Windows is going to be 30 years old, yet with each new version it seems to get worst not better.  Why is it, that Windows is such a PITA to update???

With Linux, which is 6 years younger than Windows, you just check for updates, it tells you if there are any, and if there are you install them and go on your way in about 2 minutes time.  Also about 99 times out of 100 you DO NOT need to shut-down & re-start.

At any rate, I needed to fire up a Windows box for some reason and it's been so long waiting for this update to complete that I've forgot what it was now!!!  LOL

Dennis

[Mugwump]

On November 20th Windows is going to be 30 years old, yet with each new version it seems to get worst not better.  Why is it, that Windows is such a PITA to update???

With Linux, which is 6 years younger than Windows, you just check for updates, it tells you if there are any, and if there are you install them and go on your way in about 2 minutes time.  Also about 99 times out of 100 you DO NOT need to shut-down & re-start.

At any rate, I needed to fire up a Windows box for some reason and it's been so long waiting for this update to complete that I've forgot what it was now!!!  LOL

Dennis

LOL....Win-doze strikes again.....actually when it's hitting on all cylinders, it's not bad....note tho, I haven't used 'Explorer' in many, many years.....

[wsantia1]

On November 20th Windows is going to be 30 years old, yet with each new version it seems to get worst not better.  Why is it, that Windows is such a PITA to update???

With Linux, which is 6 years younger than Windows, you just check for updates, it tells you if there are any, and if there are you install them and go on your way in about 2 minutes time.  Also about 99 times out of 100 you DO NOT need to shut-down & re-start.

At any rate, I needed to fire up a Windows box for some reason and it's been so long waiting for this update to complete that I've forgot what it was now!!!  LOL

Dennis

lol. I have a couple of windoze boxes that I need to start up if I can ever get situated here. I know those updates are going to go on all night. And don't forget about the updates to the updates.

[GraphicGr8s]

I run CS 4 illustrator, PS and Indesign at the same time on an XP box. I get about the same amount of crashes as a sMacs so really there is no perfect system.

[BallAquatics]

I can't remember the last time my Debian system crashed.  With the 2 dual-core Xeon processors Debian see it as 4 separate 3.6GHz systems, one for each desk-top!!!

On a typical work day I'll run web browsers on desktop #1.  Filezilla FTP client on desktop #2.  Leave desktop #3 open for misc apps.  Run a LAMP stack local web-dev server system on desktop #4.

Dennis

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Now that's efficiency....

[PaulineMi]

 

[Mugwump]

Bye, bye Internet Explorer...that's that good news...the bad news is that it will be in Win10....oh boy, out of the pan and into the.....  I hope that there's more to the rehab for Win 8 than that....??

[GraphicGr8s]

There are better browsers as all  know. I used IE only once on each system. To download FF or Chrome. Neither is perfect of course better is way better than IE.

[BallAquatics]

Yea, I think the IT community left IE sometime after version 6.....  I use a version of Chrome most of the time just because of it's enhanced abilities with Google Apps.  As a web developer though, I check sites with IE, Safari, Opera, FireFox/Iceweasel, Chrome, and the Android browser.

Dennis

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What's your opinion on 'IceCat'....formerly known as 'IceWeasel'..?? Is it nothing more than a Firefox clone....?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_IceCat

[BallAquatics]

They are basically the same, except the Debian version does not contain any NON-FREE code.  It's also rated as a bit more secure.  I haven't noticed any big differance in either of them, Iceweasel in Debian / FireFox in Windows.

Dennis