MangoFoalix

Just now, The Recherche said:

But of course~!

Why thank you for the tea!

You're a great friend!

@The Recherche do you have some tea for me too?

1 minute ago, Rising Dusk said:

You feel like a hexbolt?  How oddly specific. 

Getting screwed from six sides maybe?

1 minute ago, Rising Dusk said:

Oh, long day to come.  Long day to come.

Work got crazy, but I'll survive.

Glad to hear you're doing well. 

You think so? 

Watcha do at work anyways?

2 minutes ago, Rising Dusk said:

Good morning all.  How's it going?

It's going well!

How about you?

3 minutes ago, Rixton said:

I too had make  change from windows because of the lots of negative things like that @Key Sharkz described, but I moved to Lubuntu. Since I use my machine to rendering animations, it's a really downside, that wibugs needs that amount or RAM, and also surprisingly, Blender renders faster like in windows.
The other reason was that I own a raspberry pi, and raspbian is based on debian, soo it's good to have a "uniform" system everywhere.

Remember, the final, and ultimate order to solve any problem is: " sudo rm -rf /* "     Just kidding...

I installed Arch Linux last week and after installing it I eventually deleted it because I didn't feel like manually typing in new repositories into the mirror list. Screw that.

I'll stick with Kali and Debian for now.

2 minutes ago, TheOpticsDuck said:

The best part in Windows 10 is the fact that it steals all your data.
It is a privacy nightmare of an OS.

It doesn't steal your data

I don't know where you heard that but the worst it does is send diagnostic reports to Microsoft.

Even then, you can just turn off all those options if you so wish to.

4 minutes ago, Key Sharkz said:

It's just you pay the price for this premium experience sadly.

I mean it goes without saying that any OS that doesn't command the 80%+ marketshare that Windows has you will get devs that don't want to make Mac versions but there is almost always a way to get it working on Mac or a Mac alternative, and worst case scenario you can just put Windows as a dualboot on your Mac.

Nah I'm not offended at all! For most users Windows is a necessity since gaming is a thing, but I don't game on my computer anymore so there was nothing tethering me to Windows anymore.

My biggest issues were stuff like:

• I do not like how Windows has become bloated with nagware. I shouldn't have to go and turn stuff off every time Microsoft does a major update to get Windows to stop trying to "inform" me that Edge is Faster than other browsers (even though it isn't) or popups on my Windows Explorer to enlighten me that I don't have a OneDrive set up (maybe because I don't want one?) Even the start menu (if I can call it that anymore) is loaded with ads on my general user experience. I literally don't want any of my system resources hogged up to inform me of any of this stuff.
• Microsoft's stock apps suck now. Microsoft Movies was a mistake and Microsoft Groove was a bigger mistake. My favorite part about Groove is how occasionally if you accidentally open a file in it, it likes to hold that file hostage and refuse to let you edit it until you restart your computer. I also love how Groove crashes.
• Windows is more unstable now than ever and I am certain it's not a hardware problem because I own 4 Windows 10 machines and all of them like to have random crashes for no reason. Not to mention it doesn't even ask me to update anymore when it's going to restart my computer, I have gone to the bathroom and come back to Windows basically updating itself without permission and interrupting what I was doing.
• Microsoft continually tries to switch my default apps to Microsoft ones which suck. No I don't want to use Edge, stop trying to force it on me.
• Windows has turned into a RAM hog. 8GB of RAM is hardly enough to run Windows anymore because it seems to devour RAM just idling there.
• Microsoft's customer support is abysmal.
• Blue screens, blue screens, blue screens. Nothing sucks more than Windows just deciding to blue screen when you were in the middle of important work.
• Optimization on Mac is significantly better. 32GB of RAM on my iMac gets stretched a lot farther because everything isn't designed to devour RAM like a RAM hungry demon from the underworld.
• I use my computer for productivity a lot so any blue screens or crashes are huge set backs for me. One crash in a month can cost you an entire day's work. Macs don't crash as often.

Just to name a few reasons. Now I wouldn't recommend a Mac for everyone. Naturally if you play games you pretty much should stick with PC, however if you want a machine for productivity with a high reliance and uptime, Mac is the better option if you are willing to spend the money.

There is a lot of misinformation and misleading info about Mac out there like how "they are underpowered for their price" but that is... Very misleading:

• The reality is that most specs actually don't translate to better performance in real world use. In theory a Windows machine with the same processor as an iMac should perform better, but it seldom does because optimization on Windows is low due to requiring to be used on many hardware specifications.
• A lot of what Apple is using is actually intelligent such as I see Windows users all the time say that they can get RAM clocked at 3200MHz thinking it's inherently better... Yeah but the problem is most CPUs don't actually support higher than 2666MHz by default, etc. A lot of the power you pay for on a custom windows machine is overkill that you'll never use.

Etc.

Those are all valid concerns but I want to say with what my experiences are. I know I won't change your mind on what you bought but I want to lay out what I think.

The ONLY bluescreens that I have gotten on Windows 10 were due to my motherboard failing, it's true that it didn't really tell you that my motherboard was failing due to it saying it was driver issues but Windows doesn't exactly do that.

Windows has barely ever consumed that much RAM for me. I am a power user and I always have more than enough RAM. I have DDR3 16gb at home on my desktop and DDR4 8gb on my laptop right now. Neither of them have problems with managing ram. I always have more than enough.

I do agree with you that the random Windows updates are annoying but you can always turn those off or you can install updates manually yourself whenever you want to.

I also agree that the stock apps are fucking disgusting. The Microsoft store is not that good since it's like an app store for a phone. I the start menu is pretty annoying but with a little tweak you can get rid of that ugly start menu easily. You can even get back the Windows 7 start menu if you so wish with another little tweak.

I am also pretty sure you can uninstall OneDrive or have it stop nagging at you. It's a pretty easy process to do and it's not that much of a hassle.

For me, there are tiny problems with Windows 10 but also for me, I have MANY more problems with Apple products (like them being proprietary, not being able to change around parts due to it being soldered to the motherboard, etc...)

In my opinion, if I were to ditch Windows, I would go with a good Linux distro and have a grand ol' time.

14 minutes ago, Key Sharkz said:

I used them back in college so I had some prior experience and I did a ton of research before getting this iMac.

The main reason I made the switch was because I simply was getting tired of Windows. Windows 10 has been a big joke to me and I kept looking with envy at Mac users who didn't have to deal with all of these nonstop issues. Everything on Mac just feels more intelligently designed and things just work better. After some thinking I started to realize the only thing that was keeping me on Windows was gaming and I was more or less done gaming on PC. Most of the games I want to play have come out on PS4 or Switch which I already own.

I had been struggling with my hatred for Windows 10 for a while now and I had given them a good two years to improve but I don't really feel any major improvements, instead Windows 10 feels really mediocre. 

Non-stop issues like what? Windows 10 is perfectly fine and the issues that I have ran into are either my fault or hardware problems.

I'm sorry if this is arguing or something but I just want to understand.

I think the forums is pretty nice with a bunch of cool people on it.

Good afternoon everyone! How is everyone today?

I would chat with you guys more but if I do I think that will take time away from my precious studying time. That degree isn't getting itself.

Just now, King of Canterlot said:

It's only like, 11:20 here in Minnesota, plus it's the weekend for me! 

The weekend? It's technically Monday right now.

Oh wow, a lot of you guys are still up? It's almost 12:30am

@The Recherche never sleeps, guys.

He just says he gets off and secretly goes on another account to post.

Just now, Rising Dusk said:

Is the thought that counts. 

Sometimes the wonderful @Alexshy stops in! I guess that's her morning though. 

I can try to stop in more often! I am just super tired in the morning.

3 minutes ago, Twilight Luna said:

Unfortunately that can happen when you get a job.

Fortunately, I have the great ponies here to liven things up. 

Well, maybe when you are off the job?

2 minutes ago, Rising Dusk said:

Indeed. Except when ya'll are asleep and I'm left alone to tend to the Lounge. 

sorry, I have to sleep. I wish I could stay up.

3 minutes ago, Rising Dusk said:

Seems to be common for one to show up with a 'good morning /evening' and the Lounge springs to life. 

Like good friends always greeting each other. 

I like when the lounge is alive. It's always nice talking to people

Just now, Im_not_crazy_im_just said:

why is everyone a guest. It makes me sad

They like lurking I guess

Just now, Twilight Luna said:

Yep. Another week of the mind-numbing grind. 

Always nice spice the grind up with something in your life.

I would probably go insane if I had to do the same thing over and over again every week.

Just now, The Recherche said:

Eh, there's not much else going on right now, so we have to satiate our interest somehow.

I actually for some reason thought something broke on my end. Guess it's just dead tonight?

Is it me or is this the only active thread on this forum right now?

Just now, Sliding Bolt said:

@TheTaZe and @The Recherche Very good thank you. I’ve just been cut short on my video games due to a WiFi issue so I decided to check in. 

Awh, I hope you can get back to it soon!

What games were you playing?

Just now, Im_not_crazy_im_just said:

@The Recherche X @Rising Dusk?? I ship it.

 

 

IT IS ONLY JOKE PLZ DON'T BAN ME!

Shall it be?

Just now, Sliding Bolt said:

Good evening. How are all the lounge ponies doing tonight? 

I am doing great, how are you doing?

Hello

What I try to do is either lay down or take something to help settle it without trying to throw up.