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Its not just Apple though. Microsoft had the similar problems in the past. Edge did not support silverlight causing people to move to other browser. It was stra

Its not just Apple though. Microsoft had the similar problems in the past. Edge did not support silverlight causing people to move to other browser. It was strange to see Microsoft's own software not supported by Microsoft.

2trill2spill 9y ago
> Its not just Apple though. Microsoft had the similar problems in the past. Edge did not support silverlight causing people to move to other browser. It was strange to see Microsoft's own software not supported by Microsoft. In my personal experience Windows has been much better than MacOS for me. I've been using Windows 7 for the last year at work and I'm having significantly less problems with Windows then MacOS. But Windows and MacOS both give me more problems then a FreeBSD or Linux box ever has.
- anko 9y ago
  > I'm having significantly less problems with Windows then MacOS. I'm interested.. What kind of problems? > But Windows and MacOS both give me more problems then a FreeBSD or Linux box ever has. I switched from linux on the desktop to MacOs precisely because of the problems linux had - driver support, even LTS updates breaking functionality, and overall clunkiness. I run linux on all my servers.
  - kylemuir 9y ago
    Really? What driver support on a desktop were you experiencing? I've run Linux mint on my desktop at home for a few years now and have had zero problems at all (Intel i5, Nvidia gfx, wired connection). The last time I had driver issues with Linux was ~10 years ago and it was for a laptop running Ubuntu.
- snowpalmer 9y ago
  Windows 7 has been on the market since 2009 while High Sierra has been out since June of this year. I feel like we're not comparing apples to apples here.. I'm sure both companies are releasing security fixes consistently and Win7 has clearly had more of them in 8 years.
strictnein 9y ago
Silverlight was EOL'd five years ago.
- reaperducer 9y ago
  Tell that to Dish Network.
asejfwe8823 9y ago
MS announced they were abandoning Silverlight ~5 years ago now. Any platforms using it should be avoided like the plague.
will_hughes 9y ago
It was partly a marketing thing, but Edge is not IE, and Edge has never supported any plugins (which Silverlight is).
- Piskvorrr 9y ago
  Correction: Edge is Not-IE(-Not-At-All-Nooosir)
oefrha 9y ago
EdgeHTML sure has advanced a lot from Trident, and I appreciate their openness with Platform status, but Edge as a browser is still a joke IMO. The other day I had to use vanilla Windows 10, and wanted to save a text file from Edge. Nope, there's no such functionality. The closest thing to save is print to PDF.
heedlessly2 9y ago
newsflash: every big tech company is plagued with software issues Google's Playstore is plagued with malware and other scam apps. iTunes occasionally has scam apps too but PlayStore is much worse.

2trill2spill 9y ago

> Its not just Apple though. Microsoft had the similar problems in the past. Edge did not support silverlight causing people to move to other browser. It was strange to see Microsoft's own software not supported by Microsoft. In my personal experience Windows has been much better than MacOS for me. I've been using Windows 7 for the last year at work and I'm having significantly less problems with Windows then MacOS. But Windows and MacOS both give me more problems then a FreeBSD or Linux box ever has.

anko 9y ago
> I'm having significantly less problems with Windows then MacOS. I'm interested.. What kind of problems? > But Windows and MacOS both give me more problems then a FreeBSD or Linux box ever has. I switched from linux on the desktop to MacOs precisely because of the problems linux had - driver support, even LTS updates breaking functionality, and overall clunkiness. I run linux on all my servers.
- kylemuir 9y ago
  Really? What driver support on a desktop were you experiencing? I've run Linux mint on my desktop at home for a few years now and have had zero problems at all (Intel i5, Nvidia gfx, wired connection). The last time I had driver issues with Linux was ~10 years ago and it was for a laptop running Ubuntu.
snowpalmer 9y ago
Windows 7 has been on the market since 2009 while High Sierra has been out since June of this year. I feel like we're not comparing apples to apples here.. I'm sure both companies are releasing security fixes consistently and Win7 has clearly had more of them in 8 years.

strictnein 9y ago

Silverlight was EOL'd five years ago.

reaperducer 9y ago
Tell that to Dish Network.

asejfwe8823 9y ago

MS announced they were abandoning Silverlight ~5 years ago now. Any platforms using it should be avoided like the plague.

will_hughes 9y ago

It was partly a marketing thing, but Edge is not IE, and Edge has never supported any plugins (which Silverlight is).

Piskvorrr 9y ago
Correction: Edge is Not-IE(-Not-At-All-Nooosir)

oefrha 9y ago

EdgeHTML sure has advanced a lot from Trident, and I appreciate their openness with Platform status, but Edge as a browser is still a joke IMO. The other day I had to use vanilla Windows 10, and wanted to save a text file from Edge. Nope, there's no such functionality. The closest thing to save is print to PDF.

heedlessly2 9y ago

newsflash: every big tech company is plagued with software issues Google's Playstore is plagued with malware and other scam apps. iTunes occasionally has scam apps too but PlayStore is much worse.