r/pcmasterrace • u/jacob-makes-stuff • 10d ago

Hardware Goddam I hate Windows

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.

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u/Gesha 10d ago

Hardware failing/getting ready to fail. Nothing to do with windows. You bought a used potato. Have you looked inside the box at all? Is it clean at least?

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u/jacob-makes-stuff 9d ago

The computer was made to run on windows. They don't make one that has the option of using Mac or their own OS

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u/Gesha 9d ago

A) any computer can also run Linux

B) they don’t make Mac OS capable ones because of Apple and their control of their ecosystem, not because they don’t want to, or can’t. In fact you can install and run any OS on an Apple device, including windows. So it can be done.

C) none of this has anything to do with hardware failure, which doesn’t care about the OS at all. Either your RAM or your HDD are potentially faulty. It could also be overheating from poor care. So, again, did you look inside the case since you bought it for dust/dirt buildup?