I don't know how to use a computer, so let's blame M$
Here's something I came across, way to start out a blog post.
I hate Windows Vista again today. A lot.
Uhhh huh, why's that?
I put my machine nicely to 'Sleep', only to find that when it woke up, it had helpfully restarted to install some goddamn update, which I can always refuse and reset if I'm actually working on the computer, and lost my work and the browser windows I had open so that I wouldn't forget to blog about those things today.
Oh right, so I'm assuming Windows Vista was set to install updates automatically at 03:00.
OK so let me guess, you're going to say "why the frakking hell did Microsoft do that?"
Well guess what, Windows XP does the same thing.
Ironically somebody posted this in one of the comments:
the more I hear about Windows Vista, the more I'm glad I opted to stay with XP
Heck it was worse with Windows XP because there were about 3 times as many updates, and they weren't all released one day a month, they were released all over the place.
Yet I don't hear anybody complain about Windows XP doing that. Maybe because very few people would put their Windows XP machines to sleep because it was about half as reliable as Windows Vista.
So here Windows Vista checkmates Windows XP on a feature, and thanks to user-stupidity Windows Vista gets another negative story in the blogosphere.
Stupid, frakking operating system. I'm planning on a Mac next time.
Yeah the Macintosh does the same thing, and when you're at the machine it's nagging you even more to install updates and that's only the start of it, on a Macintosh you're looking at multiple reboots to install updates, and that's assuming it doesn't brick the machine.
I never hear any of the Mac users I know complaining about this kind of stupid bullpuckey from their machines.
Well for a start there are about a hundred Windows users for every one Mac OS user, and they have much bigger issues to worry about, like the guy I just linked to, whose machine was bricked thanks to an update and couldn't even reinstall Mac OS. Or how Apple shifting their platform around so much breaks compatibility every few years.
19th August 2007 01:33:32, 377 words, 2189 views
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While the mac does the same thing with the updating I can't agree it nags more. If there are updates available it will ask you if your interested in updating and it will ask only once. Nothing weird or wrong about that.
Multiple reboots aren't true for mac updates. I have owned macintosh computers since os 9 and I haven't had to reboot more than once a single time while updating network updates, system updates etc. Only time I had to do multiple updates that I can remember was on an update for safari way back.
And the bricking of that guys machine isn't something common at all. When it comes to bricking I think linux takes the price. In Windows It has happened to me once in XP (raid error).
Im a user of windows, linux and mac and I can see good things in all of the systems which any sensible person should be able to.
To bash on mac because some ignorant fool doesnt know what he is talking about and whines on vista feels pretty silly since you obviously know what your talking about.
I have read some of your blog posts and I think it's to bad you can't see the beauty in the three lovley OS,s that are win, mac and linux
Yeah the Macintosh does the same thing, and when you're at the machine it's nagging you even more to install updates and that's only the start of it, on a Macintosh you're looking at multiple reboots to install updates, and that's assuming it doesn't brick the machine.
I personally haven't had any real problems with my XP, so I can't complain. I don't really care if they get a Mac, just don't like people bugging me about getting one or how its better. :)