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Look at his list of terrible things in Windows, and compare to MacOS. Other than telemetry, MacOS is very similar: * no Cortana (MacOS has Siri on all systems

Look at his list of terrible things in Windows, and compare to MacOS. Other than telemetry, MacOS is very similar: * no Cortana (MacOS has Siri on all systems) * no semiannual feature upgrades (Mac OS upgrades annually) * not a single tile on the default Start menu (UI difference, mostly personal taste) * telemetry can be set to 0 (the lowest level) (MacOS has some telemetry, although the specific amount is less, and Apple has been a lot less transparent about what they track) * no "Show suggestions occassionally in Start" (This is stupid, but easy to turn off) * despite some misbelief, WSL and Hyper-V work just fine (Apple doesn't offer virtualization at all, you have to buy a commercial product) * receives security and stability updates for ten years (unlike Windows 10 Home & Pro versions, which reach "end of service" after just 18 months from their initial release) (MacOS only receives security updates for 2 years, approx.) * no Metro/Windows 8-style/Modern/Windows Store/Universal/Windows apps like Store, Edge, Calendar, Camera, News, Weather, etc. (Apple has all of these apps in the App store too) * no zombie games like Candy Crush Soda Saga, Bubble Witch 3 Saga, March of Empires, etc. that refuse to die (part of Microsoft's plan for "post-license monetization opportunities beyond initial license revenues" much like the recent Mail app debacle) (Plenty of these in Macos) All in all, the differences here are pretty minor. Unless you're willing to run Linux on your desktop, your only options are pretty balanced in the unpleasantness they offer. MS supports Windows 10 for many years, Apple requires a full OS upgrade every two years. Both have App stores full of both good and bad apps. MS does a little more pushing of apps and suggestions, but it all can be disabled, and with Group Policies, it can be disabled centrally. The main difference is in the telemetry, and MS gives you plenty of options (at install, even) to turn those down/disable those.

musicale 7y ago
- macOS gets security updates for 2 previous versions usually, and Macs themselves get OS updates for 5 years (though sometimes longer) - macOS isn't bundled with unkillable freemium games
charwalker 7y ago
This list is mostly manageable by capable IT or a power user willing to learn or find the right tools. PoSh can remove built in apps and apply a clean template start menu and pinned apps. With MDT this can be automated and a deployment completed in under half an hour. A power user may need to log in as a default admin, set things up, then create and use a secondary basic user account for their regular use (the Start menu/pinned app changes only apply to new users when pushed via PoSh). I have a short list/folder of tools and scripts to start a new build with at home mostly built and tested for the MDT system I used to manage. It's pretty slick.

musicale 7y ago

- macOS gets security updates for 2 previous versions usually, and Macs themselves get OS updates for 5 years (though sometimes longer) - macOS isn't bundled with unkillable freemium games

charwalker 7y ago

This list is mostly manageable by capable IT or a power user willing to learn or find the right tools. PoSh can remove built in apps and apply a clean template start menu and pinned apps. With MDT this can be automated and a deployment completed in under half an hour. A power user may need to log in as a default admin, set things up, then create and use a secondary basic user account for their regular use (the Start menu/pinned app changes only apply to new users when pushed via PoSh). I have a short list/folder of tools and scripts to start a new build with at home mostly built and tested for the MDT system I used to manage. It's pretty slick.