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Windows PCs crash 3X as often as Macs, lag behind in security and lifespan
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Innerworld lemmy.world Innerworld@lemmy.world
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terabyterex lemmy.world terabyterex@lemmy.world
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bad title. the body of the article is more honest. companies arent patching their pcs.

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OwOarchist pawb.social OwOarchist@pawb.social
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Meanwhile on Linux: "You guys have crashes?"

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PNW_Doug lemmy.world PNW_Doug@lemmy.world
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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.

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CubitOom infosec.pub CubitOom@infosec.pub
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Brkdncr lemmy.world Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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Meanwhile on Linux: "You guys have crashes?"

Go figure out passwordless for a few weeks.

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OwOarchist pawb.social OwOarchist@pawb.social
Joined: 2026-02-13
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Go figure out passwordless for a few weeks.

... why?

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errer lemmy.world errer@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
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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.

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.

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Rekall Incorporated Moderator Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
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That's sounds realistic.

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

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Mihies programming.dev Mihies@programming.dev
Joined: 2024-06-16
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Macs are controlled hardware totally under Apple's control, whereas PCs are wild West.

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Specter piefed.social Specter@piefed.social
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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.

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.

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greyscale lemmy.grey.ooo greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo
Joined: 2026-03-20
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Go figure out passwordless for a few weeks.

ssh keys are your stumbling block?

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statelesz slrpnk.net statelesz@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2026-01-03
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Macs are controlled hardware totally under Apple's control, whereas PCs are wild West.

Yeah and a Windows PC is relying on a bunch of other manufacturers doing their part.

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HeyJoe lemmy.world HeyJoe@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-05
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Macs are controlled hardware totally under Apple's control, whereas PCs are wild West.

In this case wild west is actually a good thing if you ask me.

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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
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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.

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.

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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
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bad title. the body of the article is more honest. companies arent patching their pcs.

I've never worked anywhere PC's weren't managed. Sounds like a bunch of amateurs.

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IndieGoblin lemmy.4d2.org IndieGoblin@lemmy.4d2.org
Joined: 2025-01-22
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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.

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8uurg lemmy.world 8uurg@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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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.

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.

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galaxy_nova lemmy.world galaxy_nova@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-29
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Meanwhile on Linux: "You guys have crashes?"

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).

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Mihies programming.dev Mihies@programming.dev
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In this case wild west is actually a good thing if you ask me.

Sure, agree, but it comes with downsides. I'd still take it over Mac anytime.

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