[Ipg-smz] Windows 10 upgrade

[Stephen Satchell]

No, Mac, you don't hate computers.  What you hate is the monetization
and exploitation of computer products at the expense of the users and
their experience with said products.  Computers are just tools.  And
when the maker of our tools break them for no good reason TO US, tempers
flare.

Microsoft puts us on the treadmill with all their software manipulation.
 Apple puts us on the treadmill with their repair policies coupled with
their manufacturing decisions.  And these two companies are not alone --
quality control and life cost is tacked on, not a core specification,
with profit being the first core specification.  (Remember the old
Zenith ad?  "The quality goes in before the name goes on.  LG
Electronics bought control of the company, by the way.)

On 1/12/19 8:57 PM, Mac McCarthy wrote:
> I have come to hate computers...
> 
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 8:19 PM Patrick Corrigan <phcorrigan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> This is a very poorly designed upgrade. The upgrade will appear to
>> complete, then apply current updates, and then roll the whole thing back,
>> reinstall Windows 7, and throw out a cryptic error message that has been,
>> based on my web searches, frustrating users for years. It wouldn't be
>> nearly as bad if it didn't run to completion before the rollback. Of
>> course, there is no clear-cut fix, and much of the stuff on the Microsoft
>> support site is plain wrong. Other sites are only unhelpful.
>>
>> Grumble, grumble...
>>
>>
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