Re: Microsoft warns of blue screen crashes caused by April updates

On 17/04/2025 13:48, CrudeSausage wrote:

On 2025-04-16 23:06, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:55:12 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
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At what point do we finally give up?

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When the people start to see through those vendors’ multi-million-dollar
marketing campaigns telling everybody how wonderful they are.
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In other words, never.

 I would blame the ignorance of the common user much more than any marketing campaign. You'd be surprised at how oblivious most people are to the operating system they're using. Heck, this complete disregard of the operating system is part of what made it easy for me to "sell" the idea of using Linux to people who owned HP laptops which had tremendous problems with Windows or to teachers who simply want to be able to use their computers rather than constantly be locked out of them. As long as the operating system manages to get the job done, they don't care if it's Linux or Windows. My dad is one such person. He actually much preferred Mint to Windows when I installed it on a cheap laptop I got him, but he's fine with Windows on the Intel NUC he eventually replaced that machine with. Until it bugs out, there is no reason to switch over.
 

+1
Much like car ownership. As long as it works there is no need to know how. If/when it goes wrong take it to someone who does know to fix.
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