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Holy smoke - this isn't very good. My parents in NZ only get 1 or 2 GB a month ... this would have cost them a fortune. Fortunately I switched them to mac las

by malux85 11y ago

Holy smoke - this isn't very good. My parents in NZ only get 1 or 2 GB a month ... this would have cost them a fortune. Fortunately I switched them to mac last year. Microsoft : You suck.

tbrock 11y ago
Yeah but, if unpatched, it would have downloaded more as part of a botnet.
- cousin_it 11y ago
  A security update shouldn't take 6 GB of space.
  - 9872 11y ago
    How much space should it take?
- ubercow13 11y ago
  Windows 8.1 is supported until 2018
- detaro 11y ago
  Windows 10 is not a "a patch"
  - Karunamon 11y ago
    Windows Update downloads more than "patches". It has been used in the past to distribute standalone tools and service packs.
    - function_seven 11y ago
      It has never wholesale upgraded the OS to a new major version. Nobody expects it to.
      - 9872 11y ago
        And that's a large part of why Windows security has always been terrible. While we may not have expected it, that just means we were pleasantly surprised.
wyldfire 11y ago
iOS downloads updates in advance of you agreeing to executing them. Maybe OS X does the same? I suppose iOS, Windows, and others all have an opt-out for this feature.
- crishoj 11y ago
  Since iOS 7 or so, iOS updates have been incremental, sized in megabytes, not multi-gigabyte blobs.
  - wyldfire 11y ago
    Sounds like a great feature.
  - kalleboo 11y ago
    iOS 8 was a 1 GB update (or even bigger for some devices)
9872 11y ago
I think you will find that it is your parents' ISP who sucks.
- pdabbadabba 11y ago
  Why not both? (Also bear in mind the realities for a New Zealand ISP. I suspect that a large portion of their traffic comes from overseas, and capacity ain't free on whatever undersea cables happen to land in NZ...)
AjithAntony 11y ago
Windows 8 and up can accommodate metered connections http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/metered-internet-connections-frequently-asked-questions http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/metered-interne...

by malux85 11y ago

Holy smoke - this isn't very good. My parents in NZ only get 1 or 2 GB a month ... this would have cost them a fortune. Fortunately I switched them to mac last year. Microsoft : You suck.

tbrock 11y ago

Yeah but, if unpatched, it would have downloaded more as part of a botnet.

cousin_it 11y ago
A security update shouldn't take 6 GB of space.
- 9872 11y ago
  How much space should it take?
ubercow13 11y ago
Windows 8.1 is supported until 2018
detaro 11y ago
Windows 10 is not a "a patch"
- Karunamon 11y ago
  Windows Update downloads more than "patches". It has been used in the past to distribute standalone tools and service packs.
  - function_seven 11y ago
    It has never wholesale upgraded the OS to a new major version. Nobody expects it to.
    - 9872 11y ago
      And that's a large part of why Windows security has always been terrible. While we may not have expected it, that just means we were pleasantly surprised.

wyldfire 11y ago

iOS downloads updates in advance of you agreeing to executing them. Maybe OS X does the same? I suppose iOS, Windows, and others all have an opt-out for this feature.

crishoj 11y ago
Since iOS 7 or so, iOS updates have been incremental, sized in megabytes, not multi-gigabyte blobs.
- wyldfire 11y ago
  Sounds like a great feature.
- kalleboo 11y ago
  iOS 8 was a 1 GB update (or even bigger for some devices)

9872 11y ago

I think you will find that it is your parents' ISP who sucks.

pdabbadabba 11y ago
Why not both? (Also bear in mind the realities for a New Zealand ISP. I suspect that a large portion of their traffic comes from overseas, and capacity ain't free on whatever undersea cables happen to land in NZ...)

AjithAntony 11y ago

Windows 8 and up can accommodate metered connections http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/metered-internet-connections-frequently-asked-questions http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/metered-interne...