It's a damn shame, too, because under all the crap, the basic underlying OS is actually very good. But it's hidden.
Microsoft's motivation for forcing updates -could- have been positive -- we're improving security and we want you to have all the latest bug fixes and patches -- but while that's part of it I don't believe it's the primary reason. They're in control and they want you to know it.
I find their alleged friendly phrasings ("Hi, we'll be just another minute") to be snarky and condescending. "Attention, Comrade User, you will wait patiently until we are done with this computer" would be so much more honest.
When "My Computer" became "This PC" I knew the charade was over.
Perfectly put.
I agree with all of that.
This is the first laptop I’ve ever had that I couldn’t scrape it down to bare metal and install the OS I liked.
This time, there are simply no drivers available for most of the hardware.
I mentioned the Alienware 18 that went wonky and showed you the terrifying memory error results.
I blew the bucks on new memory and now no errors, but it’s running *really* draggy, as if it’s only got 4g of ram or something.
One day I will reinstall Win7 and see if it helps.
Until then, I’m having to use an Alienware 17 they sent me as a replacement.
/I’ve named it Christine