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Notable: there are almost 3x more Windows NT devices online than Mac OS X 10.8

• mattnewton 10y ago
  Is that really notable? They are both small numbers, and those NT machines are likely at companies with upgrade policies versus people who choose not to upgrade their personal macs for free.
  • mariobertschler 10y ago
    I see this rather in favor for Mac OS X as their upgrade system definitely works, 10.8 is not old at all (2012), Windows NT is from the 90s mostly pre-internet. It's putting things into perspective.
    • bostand 10y ago
      It also shows what a solid OS Windows NT has been :) Also there are many valid reasons to not upgrade from NT...
      • jmiserez 10y ago
        > Also there are many valid reasons to not upgrade from NT... Not if you expose your machine to the internet!
        • hedora 10y ago
          I wonder about NT with nothing but up to date ssh exposed vs win 10 with nothing exposed except the pile of obscure phone home protocols you can't turn off. I suspect NT wins unless there are unpatched TCP/IP exploits. I wonder what percentage of in-use ATMs make a similar bet.
          • dom0 10y ago
            ~0, because ATMs are not connected to the internet.
          • herbst 10y ago
            Not sure if you are serious. But a OS without security updates for years is almost always much worse.
    • venomsnake 10y ago
      Windows NT 4.0 - deploy and forget. Maintian only when some hardware breaks. There are some nt machines chugging along doing specific tasks that will outlive us all.
      • sh_tinh_hair 10y ago
        Led a netware 5 migration from NT4 and NT 3.5 in 1999-2000. Some people then would have disagreed with you. :)
      • prewett 10y ago
        Make sure to reboot every 2 billion seconds, otherwise weird stuff stops working... Maybe it's only UI, though.