People loved the iPod. Users loved Dropbox. Nobody loves windows.

bigstrat2003 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I love Windows, or at least I used to before Windows 8. I think that it is a truly pleasant OS to use, and is my preference. I use Linux as my daily driver today, but it's because I'm a refuge from the anti-user thugs MS has done (ads in the OS being first and foremost among them), not because I don't like Windows. If they brought back Windows 7 security updates, I would switch back to it in a heartbeat.

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anonymars 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Same here. With Windows 11 I feel like, "look how they massacred my boy"

There were so many things in previous versions of Windows that were done with thought and care. Probably the blogs helped make me appreciate it (especially Raymond Chen's The Old New Thing). Windows 11 feels like an insult created by people who hate Windows and never use it

I really wish we could keep the modern underpinnings with a prior shell

	▲	lp0_on_fire 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The start menu used to manifest instantly. The right click menu never once showed me “loading…” when I just want to click “properties” A not too overly flashy UI that made efficient use of your screen space. It didn’t used to by default shove “news and entertainment” bing suggestions. Nobody wants to open their browser after an update to be greeted by tabloid rags. The search used to work. You could find files instead of bing results. You could grep text files with the explorer search bar (across the network too) and it just worked. Good luck doing that today.

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gambiting 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I like Windows. Windows 11 gets on my nerves a lot but fundamentally I think it's a great system if you're a software developer or if you play video games(and I do both). I also have to use MacOS as part of my work and I don't understand how anyone uses it daily, it's like it's made by someone who never actually has to use it themselves. But I imagine it's a matter of personal preference to an extent.

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phainopepla2 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What kind of software development do you do?

I don't really mind Windows that much for non-development use, once you disable all the bloat. But for development... It seems obviously a distant third behind Linux and Mac, and I don't think I've ever heard any developer say otherwise. And I say this as someone who is forced to use it at work, so it's not out of ignorance (thank god for WSL).

But that's why I ask what kind of development you do, because I suppose there are areas where Windows really is a good option.

	▲	raw_anon_1111 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I am definitely not a Windows fan. But I was forced to use it for a year. I do mostly AWS stuff cloud + app dev. VSCode with WSL and Docker Desktop was fine.

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raw_anon_1111 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I was forced to use Windows recently for a year between late 2023-2024. Windows itself is fine. It’s the hardware that sucks with it still being forced to be on x86. The heat, the bad battery life, the fan noise, etc.

On the Mac side, either way I spent all of my day in VSCode and the browser - we use GSuite - Zoom and Slack. It wouldn’t make that much of a different either way.

The only integrations I use between my work Mac and my personal Apple life are my iPad for a second screen, shared subset of passwords. I have a separate Apple Account for my work computer and I share work related passwords.

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