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Isn't it just what you're used to? I recently (2 years ago) went the other way - from Windows to macOS - and I feel the same way as you but in reverse. I'll nev

Isn't it just what you're used to? I recently (2 years ago) went the other way - from Windows to macOS - and I feel the same way as you but in reverse. I'll never buy another Mac, and I can't wait to get back on Windows, but I know it's not because macOS is inherently bad. It's because I have over 20 years of Windows knowledge and despite it's flaws, I know it well and I know nothing of macOS. There's plenty of quality on Windows, and Windows itself is a very good OS. It's just what you know, and what you're used to. Indedentally, in over 20 years I've never encountered a show stopping problem, or kafkaesque hoops I've had to jump through. Maybe our definitions are different...

chrisan 9y ago
I've had the same experience as you. Both windows and mac have bugs (or the software/drivers they use) and it is by far easier (for me) to debug and fix the windows problems than diagnosing that darned pinwheel of death. By far the most annoying experience is waiting for the laptop to be responsive after opening it up. Either the screen stays dark or the mouse/keyboard do nothing or both. I've learned to just open and go get a drink or something while it does "its thing" I've been trying for the last few days just to make a bootable osx install flash drive so I can wipe and do a clean install before selling yet I can't get the thing to boot from it no matter which keys I hold during boot or resetting the PRAM. I'm sure its something stupid I did (am doing), but I would have been long past this step if it were a windows machine.
- omikun 9y ago
  All Macs can remotely install OSX over the internet from the boot screen so you don't need a bootable USB. To manually start up from macOS Recovery over the Internet, hold down Option-Command-R or Shift-Option-Command-R at startup.
  - chrisan 9y ago
    Thank you. I thought I was losing my mind, you were the first I read that mentioned Option-Command-R, which worked. Some guys had just Option, others were Option-R.

chrisan 9y ago

I've had the same experience as you. Both windows and mac have bugs (or the software/drivers they use) and it is by far easier (for me) to debug and fix the windows problems than diagnosing that darned pinwheel of death. By far the most annoying experience is waiting for the laptop to be responsive after opening it up. Either the screen stays dark or the mouse/keyboard do nothing or both. I've learned to just open and go get a drink or something while it does "its thing" I've been trying for the last few days just to make a bootable osx install flash drive so I can wipe and do a clean install before selling yet I can't get the thing to boot from it no matter which keys I hold during boot or resetting the PRAM. I'm sure its something stupid I did (am doing), but I would have been long past this step if it were a windows machine.

omikun 9y ago
All Macs can remotely install OSX over the internet from the boot screen so you don't need a bootable USB. To manually start up from macOS Recovery over the Internet, hold down Option-Command-R or Shift-Option-Command-R at startup.
- chrisan 9y ago
  Thank you. I thought I was losing my mind, you were the first I read that mentioned Option-Command-R, which worked. Some guys had just Option, others were Option-R.