I’ll take “headlines you would never see in 1990 for 800, Alex”. :) Sadly, even today, using a PC laptop, the process is something like this: 1. Open lid and

I’ll take “headlines you would never see in 1990 for 800, Alex”. :) Sadly, even today, using a PC laptop, the process is something like this: 1. Open lid and start work. Actually no, the battery managed to drain itself again due to the power-inefficiency of the system; better go find a cord and plug it in first. 2. Open lid again and start work. Actually no, the fancy “resuming Windows” animation has appeared. Check back after several minutes. 3. Try to start work. Actually no, Windows has required updates and needs to install and reboot. 4. Try to start work. Actually no, the previous update was apparently just the first; Windows has to reboot again and install something else. 5. Repeat step 4 about 3 more times. 6. Try to start work. Actually no, “something” in the background isn’t done screwing with the machine yet so everything I click on is unresponsive. 7. Try to click on something. Damn it, I forgot the built-in track pad is garbage and half the time I accidentally click on things I don’t want. Let me go find a mouse and plug it in. 8. Try to start work. Oh right, even the simplest applications take inexplicably 30 seconds to launch on a “modern” computer. 9. Begin work, probably an hour later. This happens literally every couple of weeks but usually more often. Fortunately I only have the machine because I occasionally have to sync my development to compile with Visual Studio and so the entire system is mostly a distraction. Meanwhile, on my main Mac machine, it’s virtually instantaneous to start working in all respects. Open the lid, the OS is READY and the apps are either already open or they restore nearly instantly. While the Mac can certainly have restart-worthy updates, it’s way smarter about this and I always retain FULL CONTROL over the process (including the “let the message sit there forever until my work is done” option). And that’s before I even start listing the Unix tools, the awesomeness of "brew", reasonable terminal emulation, etc.