[ubuntu-za] Comment on Microsoft “tricks” users into upgrading to Windows 10

[Xandor Schiefer]

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Fhulu, have you considered a Hackintosh? Legally in a gray area, and a
bit of a challenge (although, for some, that's a plus—it's fun), and
definitely much cheaper than an actual Mac.

http://lifehacker.com/the-always-up-to-date-guide-to-building-a-hackintosh-o-5841604

Kind regards,


Xandor Schiefer
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On 27/05/2016 09:40, Fhulu Lidzhade wrote:
> Quite true! 
> 
> My daughter first experience with computing was on a Mac. She finds
> Windows quite difficult and not user friendly. After some thugs robbed
> us at gunpoint and basically took everything valuable from our house
> including her iMac, she refused for me to buy her a normal laptop, she’d
> rather wait for me to save up to get her a “cheap” MacBook. You see when
> I bought the iMac in 2011, the rand was like R7 to the USD. Now I need
> need to be a politician to afford a Mac.
> 
> - Fhulu
> 
> 
>> On 26 May 2016, at 12:26 PM, Matthew French <matthew at gillyweed.co.za
>> <mailto:matthew at gillyweed.co.za>> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net
>> <mailto:jan at verslank.net>> wrote:
>> On 26/05/2016 11:19, Miles wrote:
>>
>>     Typical
>>
>>  
>>
>>     Give him a piece of your mind...
>>
>>
>> Ah, but to what end?
>>
>> Unfortunately this is a problem Linux has been battling for decades -
>> the primacy of knowledge.
>>
>> For many people introduced to computers for the first time via
>> DOS/Windows, Windows represents the way a computer should work. All
>> their experience and habits have been developed to cope with Windows.
>> Thus when faced with something new, it doesn't work the way they think
>> it should work and therefore is not better. Those habits developed to
>> work around shortcomings in Windows can't just be dropped because the
>> new system doesn't need them. It takes a while to see how a new
>> environment works. 
>>
>> It is not just Linux, I have seen this numerous times with Apple Macs
>> as well.
>>
>> The clue this is happening is in the statement: "...it was not easy to
>> use or to tweak...". Having watched new users on Linux I don't think
>> it is fair to say it is not easy to use, it is just different. And
>> saying Windows is easy to tweak but Linux is not is only true if the
>> author considers tweaking as a process of changing Windows settings
>> and wants to be able to change those same settings on Linux. 
>>
>> As for boring... the reason I *don't* use Linux every day is because
>> it is too exciting[1]. Too much happening, too much changing, too many
>> new ways to solve old problems. So many cool utilities to play with.
>> So many different window managers. So many distributions. On the other
>> hand I have Windows 10 on my gaming computer, but I can't tell the
>> difference between it and Windows 7. If you want boring...
>>
>> Arguing with someone whose only real frame of reference is Windows
>> will just make them dig in and re-enforce their opinion. I think a
>> better strategy is to suggest that Linux works well for you and to
>> point out that it takes a little time to adapt, and that some things
>> will be different.
>>
>> - Matthew
>>
>> [1] Okay the real reason is the corporate decision makers have decided
>> Windows. If I could reformat my laptop without a world of hurt
>> descending upon me from the IT/Security department it would be a Linux
>> box by tomorrow. 
>>
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