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Been running a hackintosh for more than a decade, but had to install windows 10 after a long hiatus (for a family member's computer) last week. It installs, I p

Been running a hackintosh for more than a decade, but had to install windows 10 after a long hiatus (for a family member's computer) last week. It installs, I press start and there is an ad (or something) for Candy Crush there? Like seriously? UX is overall a mess. I couldn't even manage to disable updates (to do them manually). I do 3-4 month long computations or uninterrupted data collection sometimes, how is that supposed to work even with auto-restarts and all? I use Linux for all server stuff but man, macOS spoiled me for desktop.

qwerty456127 7y ago
Why exactly do you not use Linux for desktop? I use Manjaro with KDE and am totally happy, it feels better than Mac (I also have). The only problem is you can't run the latest Visual Studio and Adobe CS.
- dkarras 7y ago
  I do operate linux desktop machines but not as my main driver. As much as I like Linux and OSS in general, the community just does not have UX and design experts. They are not part of the community. As a consequence, all desktop environments in Linux is "programmer art". I have an eye for design and UX in general, and Linux desktop feels like a Frankenstein's monster of features with no coherent logic. Now windows is like that too. Not as bad but still... I also use lots of proprietary software that won't run in Linux (for audio and gfx work) - especially for audio, linux audio stack is and has always been a mess. That said, even if all those software ran comfortably, the desktop experience alone is a dealbreaker for me personally. With macOS, I have a unix and a solid very well thought out desktop experience so I get the best of both worlds. Also with hackintosh, hardware is also cheap (use good old PCs I assemble myself) so overall it is the best of all worlds for me.
pcdoodle 7y ago
10 really sucks. The only work around I've found is server 2016 with desktop experience.
- dkarras 7y ago
  But those workarounds will cease to be viable in the near future - updates will stop, software will stop supporting it etc. I worry for the PC ecosystem honestly.

qwerty456127 7y ago

Why exactly do you not use Linux for desktop? I use Manjaro with KDE and am totally happy, it feels better than Mac (I also have). The only problem is you can't run the latest Visual Studio and Adobe CS.

dkarras 7y ago
I do operate linux desktop machines but not as my main driver. As much as I like Linux and OSS in general, the community just does not have UX and design experts. They are not part of the community. As a consequence, all desktop environments in Linux is "programmer art". I have an eye for design and UX in general, and Linux desktop feels like a Frankenstein's monster of features with no coherent logic. Now windows is like that too. Not as bad but still... I also use lots of proprietary software that won't run in Linux (for audio and gfx work) - especially for audio, linux audio stack is and has always been a mess. That said, even if all those software ran comfortably, the desktop experience alone is a dealbreaker for me personally. With macOS, I have a unix and a solid very well thought out desktop experience so I get the best of both worlds. Also with hackintosh, hardware is also cheap (use good old PCs I assemble myself) so overall it is the best of all worlds for me.

pcdoodle 7y ago

10 really sucks. The only work around I've found is server 2016 with desktop experience.

dkarras 7y ago
But those workarounds will cease to be viable in the near future - updates will stop, software will stop supporting it etc. I worry for the PC ecosystem honestly.