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There just isn't much choice in the market. It's been windows or apple for a long time. Windows and the laptops that come with it has gotten a lot better since
by dalbasal 8y ago
There just isn't much choice in the market. It's been windows or apple for a long time.
Windows and the laptops that come with it has gotten a lot better since the (imo) vista low point that got a lot of current mac users started (or back). But, there are still aren't many choices.
I was hoping android (or even iOS) would lead to some interesting new laptop choices but if you're in the market for a pc, it's still a pick-1-of-2 choice.
- Nextgrid 8y agoVista wasn't a low point. It had its flaws and was (apparently - I didn't notice but was running top of the line hardware so can't really tell) a resource hog but it was still a pleasure to use compared to Windows 10. Windows 10 is a low point.
- volkl48 8y agoThe problem with Vista largely wasn't the OS itself. It was: - They changed the driver model from XP and a lot of 3rd parties either didn't have compatible drivers out at launch day (or anywhere soon after), or had buggy, unreliable ones. - They set the minimum hardware requirements too low and so a lot of garbage was sold at the low-end of the market with a Vista sticker that was never really going to be able to run the OS well. If you bought a new, higher-end device with Vista, you likely had a decent experience.
- Tempest1981 8y agoThey should have forced everything to 64-bit at the same time. Vs forcing developers to support both 32- and 64-bit. Resulting in mostly 32-bit apps.