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hunter

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15. What's the point of buying a Windows machine...

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 12:48 PM

Nov 23

... if I have to spend hours removing or disabling "features" that annoy me?

The last version of Microsoft Windows that I used on my personal machines was 98SE, specifically the stripped down "Lite" version.

Then I switched to Linux and never looked back.

I used to tell people I wouldn't work with Apple or Microsoft products unless they were paying me, and I kept a Windows laptop around for that purpose, but now that's a Linux machine too and I simply refuse to work with modern Microsoft or Apple products.

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Windows Users Furious at Microsoft's Plan to Turn It Into an "Agentic OS" [View all] highplainsdem Nov 23 OP

This might mean more if users didn't hate most changes EdmondDantes_ Nov 23 #1

Users don't "hate changes" LearnedHand Nov 23 #9

Not really. EdmondDantes_ Nov 23 #14

I worked in user-facing IT for a long time LearnedHand Nov 23 #16

Kick dalton99a Nov 23 #2

try their customer service.for a real AI experience rampartd Nov 23 #3

They're starting to require us to use it at my job EuterpeThelo Nov 23 #4

Thanks! That matches most of the other stories I've heard about it. It's all but useless in most of the highplainsdem Nov 23 #6

You can disable it edhopper Nov 23 #5

+1 dalton99a Nov 23 #10

What's the point of buying a Windows machine... hunter Nov 23 #15

Forcibly uninstalling Edge has become a frequent activity MurrayDelph Nov 23 #7

Wow. I'm gonna try that. lindysalsagal Nov 23 #8

A very useful and convincing assessment. Thanks for sharing. I hope Apple doesn't follow in Microsoft's footsteps. Martin68 Nov 23 #11

Barf jfz9580m Nov 23 #12

Frequent image searches not fooled Nov 23 #13