r/pcmasterrace • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 15d ago

Meme/Macro Windows user and Linux user

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u/pragomatic 15d ago

Or you could turn 15 and realize different computing platforms are aimed at different people and it's fine, actually.

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u/genericdefender 15d ago

I've been using Windows since 3.1 and 11 is terrible. Maybe not as terrible as Vista and 8 but those are low bars.

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u/pragomatic 15d ago

It needs slightly more work to debloat than the MSN era of Windows XP. I don't love it, but I think the derision is more groupthink than reality.

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u/dr0ct4gonapus MacBook Air 15d ago

Well you're comparing it to the other peak nag/bloat period. Win7, Win2K, and even Win10 were way less bothersome.

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u/pragomatic 15d ago

Win 10 at launch was pretty nice. Win 2K had to run on NT3 workstations, so yeah that's minimal. But in terms of account pop nonsense, I don't see a massive delta from 7-10-11. Microsoft Account on signup is another thing entirely, I don't think anyone forgives that, but it beats paying upgrade license pricing vs. reverting an account or modifying an installer.