• ohtwenty
    +4

    Two major upgrades — or service patches, as I still think of them — a year is one too many. I can’t make sure everything works with a significant update every six months. I don’t know anyone who can.

    I mean I'm on linux, ubuntu specifically, and we get an LTS (long term support) version every other year that's supported a few years at a time, and then every half year a 'normal' version that's supported 9 months at a time. I think that's a good middle ground -- get the newer things in a less stable version, and a slightly outdated but stabler version every other year, that still receives security patches but maybe not all the newest flashy items. Plus "I don't know anyone who can" is a weird statement, imo. If the OS is updated properly and there's little to no flaws, why not bother updating? I guess an argument can be made that too much is switched in too short an amount of time.

    For the time being, I’m sticking with Windows 7 on my Windows machines, and I recommend you do too. I know what to expect from Windows 7, but with Windows 10, every new forced update is a roll of the dice.

    worthless advice. You know what you're getting, which is a decade old OS that doesn't receive the upgrades it should. There's plenty of good reasons to hate win10 (or to switch over to linux, come join us at /t/linux!) but the issues in the article are close to worthless, and won't convince anyone who's on win10 to switch, it just panders to those who stick to win7.

    • NotWearingPants
      +4

      If the OS is updated properly and there's little to no flaws, why not bother updating?

      Yeah, if.

      It's Microsoft. Every update is another round of users being beta testers.

      • ohtwenty
        +4

        Fair enough, I honestly haven't used windows much since win7, and then it was sparingly. Although if that's the case then it sounds like the thesis of the OP should be "beta testing is a wreck on win10" and not that it's some inherent flaw in the OS - it's just the approach to the OS and how it's rolled out.

        • AdelleChattre
          +6

          When the OS forces major updates as Microsoft, and now Apple too lately, do, that’s a distinction without a difference. Really, it’s just kind of them to let us store their machines for them. They decide if it’s time for a ‘Restart and Update’ and if we’re in the middle of open-heart surgery, we should reread our licensing terms.

          • ohtwenty
            +3

            It's a pity I think. I started using linux before this blatant "you don't control your own PC" business, and I'm glad, looking back at all that's happened with win10. Honestly I don't quite understand why they would do it -- it kind of makes sense for a home user, especially considering how atrocious most people were at updating their system in win xp and beyond, but surely MS knows that they have tons of customers that are businesses or actually need their systems working when they're using them? I've had projects in uni that were stalled because someone had to wait two hours for their PC to update before they could continue.... I would be more understanding if it was a quick 5 minute procedure, but the incredibly long times coupled with the lack of control are baffling.

            • AdelleChattre
              +4

              It's impossible to get someone to understand if their ability to spy on and control you depends on them not understanding it.