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> I "subscribed" to the preview track, and had to reformat my pc twice. "I subscribed to test betas and they were unstable. Thanks Bill Gates!"

tracker1 3y ago
I ran insiders since later windows 8.1 updates... I had to reinstall a couple times, when the win11 went full release (didn't have secure boot and tpm enabled and it broke itself) and there was another bug a few months later. What really irked me into leaving was that someone thought it was cool to show literal ads in the start menu search results. Insiders or not, that's something that is just wrong. I changed my default boot to my linux drive and haven't looked back on my personal desktop.
FirmwareBurner 3y ago
Yeah, I also don't get how people voluntarily choose to use a beta OS, and then complain that it broke. Like, my brother in Christ, that's why there's the stable version of that OS.
- hulitu 3y ago
  Because (i wish i was joking) Windows is a beta OS with the exception of some specific Service Packs. NT was stable only with SP6. 2000 only with the last SP when they discontinued development. Same for XP and 7 only the last SP was stable. I skipped Vista and 8, but 10 is a rolling release. Nothing is stable, everything is a moving target.
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    Funny, I never had OS issues with stability and been using Windows since 95. Had issue with other things. What stability issues are you referring exactly?
ramblerman 3y ago
Yeah this is the sarcastic take, but MS pushes people to get onto the insider preview to enable certain features. My surface pro wouldn't sleep properly, and only the "insider preview" would fix that for instance. There is a difference between having a few apps crash more often, and literally having the offical MS help tell you, the only solution is to reinstall everything.
- Shared404 3y ago
  This being the case on MS's own hardware is actually ridiculous. And unsurprising.
- hulitu 3y ago
  > MS help tell you, the only solution is to reinstall everything. They finally found out what everybody knew since Win 95 days: There is no problem in Windows(TM) that a complete reinstall cannot fix. /s

tracker1 3y ago

I ran insiders since later windows 8.1 updates... I had to reinstall a couple times, when the win11 went full release (didn't have secure boot and tpm enabled and it broke itself) and there was another bug a few months later. What really irked me into leaving was that someone thought it was cool to show literal ads in the start menu search results. Insiders or not, that's something that is just wrong. I changed my default boot to my linux drive and haven't looked back on my personal desktop.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago

Yeah, I also don't get how people voluntarily choose to use a beta OS, and then complain that it broke. Like, my brother in Christ, that's why there's the stable version of that OS.

hulitu 3y ago
Because (i wish i was joking) Windows is a beta OS with the exception of some specific Service Packs. NT was stable only with SP6. 2000 only with the last SP when they discontinued development. Same for XP and 7 only the last SP was stable. I skipped Vista and 8, but 10 is a rolling release. Nothing is stable, everything is a moving target.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  Funny, I never had OS issues with stability and been using Windows since 95. Had issue with other things. What stability issues are you referring exactly?

ramblerman 3y ago

Yeah this is the sarcastic take, but MS pushes people to get onto the insider preview to enable certain features. My surface pro wouldn't sleep properly, and only the "insider preview" would fix that for instance. There is a difference between having a few apps crash more often, and literally having the offical MS help tell you, the only solution is to reinstall everything.

Shared404 3y ago
This being the case on MS's own hardware is actually ridiculous. And unsurprising.
hulitu 3y ago
> MS help tell you, the only solution is to reinstall everything. They finally found out what everybody knew since Win 95 days: There is no problem in Windows(TM) that a complete reinstall cannot fix. /s