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> I never saw any attempt ... If we're adding personal anecdotes, then I'd like to file my own experience. A lab colleague's computer upgraded to Windows 10 in
by pritambaral 9y ago
> I never saw any attempt ...
If we're adding personal anecdotes, then I'd like to file my own experience. A lab colleague's computer upgraded to Windows 10 in front of my own eyes. All she did was leave it alone long enough for her to go and drink some water. It was the only computer in our group which had the 3D modelling software we needed, and the update managed to break that. (I think we tried the roll-back too and that failed). Anyway, this was a few hours before our assignment was due. That is not a time to be left without one's tools.
I talked about this before here on Hacker News. Many others did. Some journalists also covered it.
Even I couldn't believe the shady tricks everyone was accusing Microsoft of until I saw it with my own eyes. But then again, I should also have realized that if so many people feel tricked, then it doesn't really matter if it was technically a trick or not.
If it wasn't technically a trick, then it sure was designed to fool users, evidenced by the sheer number of people fooled into it.
- WalterGR 9y agoEven I couldn't believe the shady tricks everyone was accusing Microsoft of A free upgrade? Is that more or less shady than Microsoft charging for upgrades?
- scholia 9y ago> I think we tried the roll-back too and that failed. I did a few roll-backs to test the system and they worked perfectly. However, if you're upgrading 400 million PCs, there will inevitably be some errors. This is why we have backups ;-) > evidenced by the sheer number of people fooled into it. How many do you think there were, and what's the percentage error over 400 million or more upgrades?