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Windows PCs crash 3X as often as Macs, lag behind in security and lifespan

https://lemmy.world/post/44844534

Windows PCs crash 3X as often as Macs, lag behind in security and lifespan - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

Mar 28 at 1:49amWeb
Show threadterabyterex1d ago
bad title. the body of the article is more honest. comoanies arent patching their pcs.
Show threadOnomatopoeia22h ago
I’ve never worked anywhere PC’s weren’t managed. Sounds like a bunch of amateurs.
Show threadOwOarchist1d ago
Meanwhile on Linux: “You guys have crashes?”
Show threadBrkdncr1d ago
Go figure out passwordless for a few weeks.
Show threadOwOarchist1d ago
… why?
Show threadgreyscale1d ago
ssh keys are your stumbling block?
Show threadgalaxy_nova20h ago
This is funny but ironically I had maybe a few bad kernels for a bit because I was getting kernel panics all the time for a few weeks. My mac is still my most stable device, but also tbf I would hope that it is in comparison to my computer part legos (aka desktop pc).
Show threadPNW_Doug1d ago
Now I’m as partisan a Mac user as you’ll find, but considering I see one of my Macs crash once every couple of years or so, I can’t really call “3 times as often,” a horrifyingly egregious number.
Show threaderrer1d ago
Compared to operating systems of the 90s/00s our current operating systems are rock solid. I’d crash once a week on a Mac back in those days.
Show threadSpecter1d ago
I was gonna say… do Macs even crash? I don’t think I’ve ever seen those two words together in a sentence before. Not that I’ve used a Mac but yeah… I have an iPhone and I barely ever need to restart this thing, really only do it when I have to install an update and it really just restarts itself.
Show threadOnomatopoeia22h ago

I’ve used Macs a lot - and they do crash.

I’ve had as many software crashes on Macs as in Windows.

I haven’t seen a BSOD on Windows in years, and I’m in IT. It happens, just nothing like it used to.

Show thread8uurg21h ago
The BSODs I’ve had on Windows in recent years have all been due to faulty hardware. Once that was resolved I’ve had no crashes. Can’t really blame the OS for that.
Show threadCubitOom1d ago
Show threadRekall Incorporated1d ago

That’s sounds realistic.

Both the types of use cases and demographic coverage (think globally) is very broad for Windows PC.

Show threadMihies1d ago
Macs are controlled hardware totally under Apple’s control, whereas PCs are wild West.
Show threadstatelesz23h ago
Yeah and a Windows PC is relying on a bunch of other manufacturers doing their part.
Show threadHeyJoe23h ago
In this case wild west is actually a good thing if you ask me.
Show threadMihies19h ago
Sure, agree, but it comes with downsides. I’d still take it over Mac anytime.
Show threadIndieGoblin22h ago
I oversee a fleet of both devies and they are both way less stable than they should be considering what we pay for them. Also fuck HP its actually so dogshit. These fucking idiots fuck their own drivers up so often I hesitate to push the updates even though were paying out the ass for enterprise tier support.