In less than 10 words, can anyone explain the reason why Windows has gone from reliable and affordable with almost zero updates required - to a steaming pile of pig poo that is so unreliable and a major hassle that lots of people are turning elsewhere?
I mean, what happened?? Why?? It was an excellent product. Why can’t they repeat Vista or the like? What are they doing?
My new pc is twice as powerful as the old one and was an "upgrade" in OS yet runs half the speed. Microsoft Parasite 10 is nothing but spyware. With all the recent talk about busting up monopolies I couldnt help but to notice Microsoft being lrft out. Remember when they "were" a monopoly until Bill became a globosocialist? Time to look at that situation again.
I don't know about "less than 10 words". But my take is this:
Microsoft had the world by the short hairs with MS-DOS and all the Windows releases through WinXP. Up until maybe 2002, there simply was no competition worth talking about. MacOS/OSX machines were a few percent of the market; Linux and everything else was another maybe percent or two.
Microsoft made two huge errors of business judgment which affected Windows, though not immediately:
Win7, in 2009 -- a decade ago -- was the last really good version of Windows. As Linux and MacOS continued to demonstrate that viable alternatives existed, Windows went straight downhill with the "Metro" UI (user interface) of Win8. That was basically the end of Windows as the presumed default operating system, because regular people flocked to MacOS and even Linux picked up a sizable following among regular users.
Since then, Microsoft has basically stumbled from release to release, relying on flawed advice from focus groups, and producing a series of poor UI designs. They have lost their way, and are stumbling through the woods, caught in the underbrush, stepping in sinkholes, walking into tree trunks.
It's a trainwreck in slow motion. They still have the lion's share of the market, but their hold on it has broken, and the house of cards built around the idea that "Windows is the only operating system worth discussing" is collapsing.
This current disaster scenario of humongous, unavoidable Windows 10 Updates that break things is just the latest indication that the Behemoth of Redmond has passed its time of power and is headed for The Fall. It's a damn shame, in my opinion, and it didn't have to happen this way.
Sorry, way more than 10 words.
They’re trying to put everything for everybody in one package. Most of the W10 annoyances for desktop users are “mobile friendly” changes.
They’ve also taken away control of the OS to provide security. Following Macintosh’s example.
I prefered Windows because it was “between” Linux and Mac in user control. No more- I have no control, or even idea, of what goes on in my PC anymore. Also makes it harder for third=party SW to run on it.
Instead of catching up they should try leaping ahead.