Exactly.

I want to have a computer with stable vendor supported OS so _I can do my stuff_ not tweak some os level configs.

I _don’t_ want to spend my time playing an os systems programmer.

OS is a _component_. Like the wifi driver. I think it’s great some people love developing wifi drivers but personally I just want network that-just-works because there are billion other cool things you can do with a computer.

Similarly I want an OS that just works! Without asking me to do a anything! Because _i don’t really care_. (I mean i care it works but i expect the engineers actually developing an os offering to have a far better idea than myself what is a good stable default config for the system)

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nine_k 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> I want an OS that just works!

This is exactly why modern Windows is problematic. MacOS is better. A right Linux distro (e.g. Fedora Silverblue) on right hardware (e.g. Thinkpad T series) also just works™; this basically the same kind of limitation as with MacOS.

I wish they issued a Windows Rock Stable edition. Ancient as rocks (Win7 look, or maybe even WinXP look), every known bug fixed, every feature either supported fully, or explicitly not supported. No new features added. Security updates issued regularly. It could be highly popular.

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andybak 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

MacOS has the drawback today any software compiled more than x years no longer works.

That is an unforgivable sin in my eyes.

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raw_anon_1111 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes Apple should have kept supporting 68K software and have emulators for 68K, PPC and 32 bit x86.

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ZeWaka an hour ago | parent [-]

false equivalence much?

	▲	raw_anon_1111 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		So exactly how far should Apple go back?

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b473a 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Mac works great out of the box. Linux can do whatever you want if you put some work into it. Windows sits kind of in the middle, and it turns out for a lot of people that's a comfortable spot even with its trade-offs.

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GTP 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They would still need to develop new drivers for new hardware, which could cause issues. But yes, the situation you describe would be much more stable than Win11.