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They've been way more stable than MacOS updates recently too. That has to say something about the processes Microsoft has in place to QA.
by dawnerd 6y ago
They've been way more stable than MacOS updates recently too. That has to say something about the processes Microsoft has in place to QA.
- zepto 6y agoHave they? Or do the people they impact simply not blog about issues.
- keyle 6y agoMy new Mac mini was doing kernel panics at every shutdown for about a year. The 4th "security update" somehow made that disappear?!
- zepto 6y agoHow does that answer the question? If anything it reinforces the point.
- bsanr2 6y agoThe latter. Usually when my Microsoft Surface Book 2 (the flagship consumer device, for context) BSODs for the third time in a day because MS couldn't be assed to fix compatibility/thermal issues with the graphics card that was one of the highlight features of the device, or the tablet undocking (another highlight feature) fails, or their "Modern Standby" drains the battery from 100% to 0% overnight (Is it the 3AM wake-up to phone home? Weird ancient USB controller issues? Who knows!), I tend to just go to reddit or the Microsoft support forums and see how many other people are complaining without finding any solutions. No time to blog.
- justapassenger 6y agoIt’s not only QA. It’s approach to legacy features. Apple is removing frameworks like crazy, forcing apps to update or die. Windows takes backward compatibility extremely seriously.
- FridgeSeal 6y agoThe trade off there is that Apple can then perform a major architectural shift in a single fell swoop because it’s not carrying around silly amounts of legacy cruft. Endless backwards compatibility isn’t always a benefit imo.
- justapassenger 6y agoThat works if your os is used by geeks. Doesn’t fly that well if you need solid, long term stable platform to build your solutions on top of. Edit: typo
- EricE 6y agolol - Yup, Mac's are only used by geeks. /s