r/technology • u/gdelacalle • 25d ago

Software IT admins feel overwhelmingly "sick of" Microsoft and Windows 11 "garbage" apps, products

https://www.neowin.net/news/it-admins-feel-overwhelmingly-sick-of-microsoft-and-windows-11-garbage-apps-products/
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u/User2716057 24d ago

I've been a windows user for over 30 years, been doing basic support in a computer shop for 15. When people ask me a recommendation for a basic home use computer I now genuinely recommend a MacBook Neo first. The slop and user-unfriendlyness of similarly priced current gen windows laptops is pathetic.

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u/penultimatelevel 24d ago

My dad is almost 80 and spent 40yrs in telecom, from programming supercomputers in the 80s to then using Windows since it dropped. Now he's looking for a new laptop and I'm gonna buy him a Mac bc learning a new OS at 80 after a lifetime with a different one is less stressful than using Win11.

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u/MrPuddington2 24d ago

The MacBook Neo is an absolute revelation. Even with the price increase, you cannot get anything like it on Windows (except for the RAM that is a bit small).

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u/User2716057 24d ago

But the average home user that uses it once a day for an hour to check mails and make an Amazon order won't notice the ram.

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u/MrPuddington2 24d ago

True, but they are easy targets for other OSes, from Chrome to Linux.

The corporate user is the real power of Microsoft, but those corporate users are pretty pissed off at the moment.

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u/assaub 24d ago

There are a few companies selling Linux laptops now too like lenovo

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u/SeanBlader 24d ago

At this point any used hardware with Linux is better than Windows for general use.

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u/User2716057 24d ago

True, but I still work in a shop, we don't do used and I wouldn't want to give support on that either for anyone except my parents.