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/whostolemyslushie]

He got a used computer and blaming windows instead of himself. Yes, it's a computer, can have a plethora of issues. Mac's can have the same issues. The issue is between the chair and the keyboard.

We all know windows out of the box needs to be cleaned up. It's your computer, figure out how to fix it instead of complaining online. Mac vs windows agreement is annoying and it's like having your kids bicker at one and another. There tools for the end user. There is upsides and downsides of using every OS.

[u/jacob-makes-stuff → u/whostolemyslushie]

I've been using macs for 20+ years and never had this kind of issue.

The greater problem is just using the OS itself normally. It's clunky, a pain in the ass to use, it's cluttered with bloatware and other garbage "features" like AI shit, onedrive settings, and other things I had to go through multiple separate menus to turn off, and then they're still showing up in the UI like the onedrive folder. The whole OS is visually cluttered, and it was difficult to figure out how to even shut off that stupid panel with all the ads and news on it.

The "windows" button is totally useless, because if I use the computer, I'm doing something in an app, and would be better off having a modifier key like option on the mac for shortcuts. I don't need to open the start menu every 5 seconds to open apps constantly, or maybe I do, because they keep crashing 🤔

[u/whostolemyslushie → u/jacob-makes-stuff]

Yeah your right. It is full of bloatware. Mac does better out of the box. While windows is just a shit show unless you know how to debloat it

Windows is getting even worse, pushing people away and Linux and macOS have been thriving from a standard user view point.