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Nothing yet. I have a few Windows 10 machines around, for example, the one that controls my CNC machine, and the one i use for CAD. So far, zero issues, which

Nothing yet. I have a few Windows 10 machines around, for example, the one that controls my CNC machine, and the one i use for CAD. So far, zero issues, which is "better than it used to be". I'll try it for the family and see what happens. In the past, my dad used to set up Linux server machines for my Mom, which is what was there pre-mac-mini (he's a long time software engineer). They were just so finicky in practice (IE audio on webcam would stop working so she could never be sure a video chat she started would actually work, etc) That did not last all that long. My mom started to avoid that desktop like the plague, so it ended up with Dad running Linux and Mom running Windows.

chucky_z 8y ago
If you can swallow the privacy concerns, Chromebooks/Chrometops seem to be remarkably reliable and 'just work.' My main experience with them is in Google Hangouts through a 3rd party (Promevo), and the only troubleshooting I've had to do required a total system refresh, which the box itself found it's own OS was corrupted, re-installed from a remote source, and then after a quick 10-min setup was right back to where it was the second it broke. I would probably not use one personally, but for family computing they seem a right treat.