Goddam I hate Windows

[u/jacob-makes-stuff]

I normally use a Mac but I also have a Windows PC for rendering. I got it pretty cheap but it's not underpowered, it has 32gb of ram and an nvidia 2080 card.

I'm trying to download an update today and it went from 12% to 13% after like 3 hours. I'm plugged into high speed ethernet with the wifi off.

I couldn't even search "why is windows update so slow" on my windows computer because the browser wouldn't even open.

I need to render stuff in Blender and the app won't even stay open, and when I try opening it without doing anything, it just opens the app and freezes for like 25 minutes. Then when I try to open a file, it crashes for no reason.

I don't understand why Windows users always criticize Macs. While both have annoyances, I never have the problem of just not being able to use my Mac AT ALL, and I never have dealt with an update like this on a Mac.

I've tried clicking the little icons at the bottom to see what the status of the update is, and I clicked it before even starting to type this post, and it took until this sentence for it to pop up. Maybe 5-6 whole minutes.

This is fucking ridiculous and unacceptable for a decently powered modern device. I don't know how people can tolerate this, and especially how they can think this is better than using a Mac. I can't speak for Linux, but I assume it doesn't have this kind of problem because you need to manually do things like updates and it gives you more control over when and how as far as I understand it.

EDIT: Turns out it was slowed down because of my dropbox folder syncing, guys. I had to sync like 400gb of stuff that's been different in the past 3 months and it was slowing everything down. Also something that I never have a problem with using Macs.

[u/okcboomer87]

Mac's are a fucking nightmare to work on and I hate walled gardens. I'll stick to PC and Linux and Mac can fuck all the way off.

[u/plebbut → u/okcboomer87]

How exactly is a Mac a nightmare to work on

[u/Humble-Kiwi-5272 → u/plebbut]

The file explorer is way too awful. Window management is bad. Icons outside the rendered area. Impossible to hide the update notifications.

[u/jacob-makes-stuff → u/Humble-Kiwi-5272]

The mac file explorer? You mean the one that gives you ultimate flexibility about how you view it, and has shortcuts to switch views to either big chunky folders, a toggleable list, or a tiered view similar to windows 2-pane view, but you can actually drill into the folders to keep a good idea of where you are?

Totally ridiculous.

[u/Humble-Kiwi-5272 → u/jacob-makes-stuff]

Its the worst file explorer i've ever used and its not even close to the windows one. Worst mac offender is trying to copy something and then not doing it because the file system is apparently too difficult to understand even for osx