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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: This Is Why They Say Windows Is A Great OS -- If Your Time Is Worth Nothing
Date: 2 Jan 2025 18:50:18 GMT
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Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On 2025-01-01 18:38, rbowman wrote:
> > On Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:34:06 -0500, Joel wrote:
> > 
> >> Yeah, weird, huh?  It's like they can't make it right from the
> >> beginning, they need people to put up with bugs to test it in the wild,
> >> how is their internal testing so poor?  Being on the cutting edge with
> >> M$ is just spinning one's wheels.  Linux is the refuge.
> > 
> > I really hate defending Microsoft but when they do a release how are they
> > supposed to test every possible combination of hardware and software?
> 
> No, but they should give people the option to take a wait and see 
> approach rather than force updates on everyone who didn't pay for a Pro 
> license. Some people want every update the moment it's available; others 
> like my wife want to watch the other computer crash and let the 
> corporation fix the issue before she installs them.

  Paul already mentioned that you can tell Windows Update to 'Pause
updates' for upto 5 weeks.

  I want to add that, at any time, you can extend that pause for again
up to 5 weeks. On our recent trip to/in Australia, I didn't update my
laptop for well over 3 months, till we got back home.

  OTOH, I doubt that Joe Average User will realize/see that this option
is there and will realize what effect he can achieve with it.

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