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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: I honestly do not understand how people put up with Windows
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 08:03:21 -0700
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On 2024-09-17 06:22, Tom Elam wrote:
> On 9/4/2024 6:48 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-09-03 09:29, Tyrone wrote:
>>> On Aug 30, 2024 at 3:14:46 PM EDT, "Alan" <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> But actually working on it is AWFUL.
>>>>
>>>> The screen is awful. The rendering of fonts is awful. The fluidity of
>>>> the trackpad and pointer is awful.
>>>
>>> There are settings for all of that. The screen may even be set to the 
>>> wrong
>>> resolution. If the screen's native res is 1920 x 1080 (for example) 
>>> but in
>>> Windows it is set for anything but that, it will look like shit.
>>
>> Well I won't blame Windows for the fact that some people are cheap 
>> about their computers. The Lenovo T450s screen is maxxed out at 
>> 1600x900. This particular client couldn't be convinced at the time to 
>> get anything higher.
>>
>> So the resolution is set to the correct value...
>>
>> ...and it still looks like shite.
>>
>>>
>>> But the reality is, 95% of Windows users "put up with it" because 
>>> that it what
>>> they are forced to use at work, 8 hours a day. Very few people go 
>>> home and use
>>> Windows for personal use. Most people have moved on to phones and iPads.
>>
>> Yup.
> 
> These days you can buy a perfectly usable Windows 11 machine for home 
> use at a price point about 50% of the cheapest Macbook Air with similar 
> SSD size.
> 
> Please supply third party data to support "But the reality is, 95% of 
> Windows users "put up with it" because that it what they are forced to 
> use at work, 8 hours a day. Very few people go home and use Windows for 
> personal use. Most people have moved on to phones and iPads."

While a I agree with it, I'm not the one that said it, Liarboy.