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I'm not sure why you'd want to start using an OS without running the latest revision.

• more_corn 2y ago
  You can choose to run updates if you want. Choice bing the operative word.
• CamperBob2 2y ago
  What business is it of yours? Or Microsoft's? Or Apple's?
  • wvenable 2y ago
    Microsoft care quite a bit because security vulnerabilities of end user machines that were out of date was a huge issue. Since they basically stopped allowing users to run outdated versions, that problem has effectively disappeared.
    • CamperBob2 2y ago
      So it was necessary to destroy the product in order to save its users. Got it. Suggest reading up on the history of personal computing, and then ask yourself if this is how it was supposed to go. At this point, even Mac and Linux users are starting to feel the loving embrace of their OS vendors' paternalism.
      • wvenable 2y ago
        As soon as computers are on a network that changes things. A compromised machine is a danger to others. > So it was necessary to destroy the product in order to save its users. I fail to see how an updated OS is a destroyed product.
        • CamperBob2 2y ago
          As soon as computers are on a network that changes things. A compromised machine is a danger to others. I don't think you want to go there, broheim. Wait'll you hear my opinion of how "safe" your computer is, and whether it should be allowed on a network. I fail to see how an updated OS is a destroyed product. A personal computer, along with its operating system, should do what its owner tells it to do. That was kind of the original idea, anyway.