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• Updates are not served to me at regular, known intervals. Perhaps it's due to a progressive rollout policy of some kind. • Certain days come up that I, the p
by theprotocol 8y ago
• Updates are not served to me at regular, known intervals. Perhaps it's due to a progressive rollout policy of some kind.
• Certain days come up that I, the paying user, do not want to patch on. Microsoft wins this disagreement and I lose. This occurs in a glib fashion with a message like "Hey, just a heads up, we are going to restart your computer" (whether I like it or not). It is my computer, there is no "we!"
It will absolutely close programs with unsaved work if I am not there.
• Maybe I don't want the performance hit on my gaming PC. This is another element of surprise: who knows how bad it'll be? Certainly not the users if Intel and Microsoft have their way.
• Yet another element of surprise: I've had hardware stop working after updates.
I cannot wait until it becomes viable to escape the toxicity of companies such as Intel and Microsoft.
- harry8 8y agoYou are best placed to make that assessment on your own needs. Know that many of us have done it and it turned out to be easier than we thought it would be. Good luck with the analysis!
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago> I cannot wait until it becomes viable to escape the toxicity of companies such as Intel and Microsoft. This has been "viable" for a long time now. Ignore the FUD and just try it for yourself. You might be pleasantly surprised.
- chrisper 8y agoEspecially now with Valve's Proton.
- theprotocol 8y agoI've been watching this very closely. I think this project will finally tip the scales and make it viable for me (I've had problems with many games when I attempted to switch in the past).
- LeftTurnSignal 8y agoYou probably saw this, but this is a google doc of what games people have tried in proton. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DcZZQ4HL_Ol969UbXJmFG8TzOHNnHoj8Q1f8DIFe8-8/htmlview?sle=true#gid=2086525177 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DcZZQ4HL_Ol969UbXJmF... i'm pumped to try monster hunter. that game was the only reason I was going to use windows, so hope it runs well
- jstanley 8y agoIt has actually been perfectly viable to escape Intel and (especially) Microsoft for a very long time. Lots of people on HN have done so. Buy an AMD machine, install Ubuntu, and you're done.
- ReverseCold 8y agoMicrosoft's stance on the issue: Win10 is free* (so it does this) - Professionals who need to override these settings should get Win10 Pro.