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I wasn't focusing on code complexity. I was focusing on the fact that MS only tests on VMs nowadays, and that's not sufficient as it's not representative of the real-world computers actual people use.
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Except there is no way that Microsoft can test in any reasonable way using actual hardware.
Any combination chosen is going to be a very, very small subset of what is out there.
Not to mention that the introduction of the management software onto the machine which would allow them to automate the process would itself change the nature of the test environment and thus guarantee that no machine would match it.
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I agree, it's unrealistic to expect them to have every combination and permutation of hardware imaginable on hand.
But they used to have a pretty good subset of the most popular hardware, and that's reasonable. But at some point they just gave up on even that, and that's pretty much inexcusable for a company of their size/worth. "Works on VMs" is as lazy as "works on the dev's machine".
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That explains why I've had unalloyed success with Windows 10 - I run it on a virtual machine on a Linux host.
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Or even a better alternative is let the user of the computer decide what and when...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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I will say that Mac updates aren't much better.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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I just continue to decline the upgrade to Windows 11.
Its not like it will provide me with anything I actually need...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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Hi Steve, I suggest Win 11's improvements to WSL might be worth looking at:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/10/the-best-part-of-windows-11-is-a-revamped-windows-subsystem-for-linux/
It's all about your use cases, of course. Given I spec/built my own tower, Win11 works well for me (except for the now fixed Ryzen 5600-TPM stuttering). What I *do* like about it is the relentless Fluent UI integration, which Just Works.
- BTW, I'm an ex-MS 25+ year Senior Escalation Engineer (Win9x/NT services/Open Spec Team). Win 11 has more abstraction in the shell, which is good. There is more *fun* in the registry for the shell, not all of which is exposed in Settings, which is not so good. Time for some git gists.
What would be great features for Win 10/11 would be tear-off tabs and preset tab sets in File Explorer.
Bill Wesse
Bill Wesse
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I just got a brand new XPS 8950 and powered up for the first time on May 11. After connecting to the internet, Windows started to check for updates -- and hung! (The little blue arc on the circle just stopped) Finally Dell told me to do a clean shutdown and restart. Lo! Windows11 came up with no further difficulty, except that it is really ugly after ten years of Windows 7.
Joan F Silverston
jsilverston@cox.net
nhswinc.com
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Trim this French guy to confused endless nothing! Is the best! (9)
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Paramount ?
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Nope
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Thank goodness for that - it's a very complicated clue
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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It's a nice word... not very common, I guess. Came across it in the papers yesterday after a long time.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Paradisal?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Nope.
OT: OriginalGriff wrote: Paradisal
isn't a word we see in the papers lately 
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Yay! YAUT 
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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You'll have to explain it, though. I had none for endless nothing and guessed from Is the best! I assume that confused is an anagram indicator, but I don't know how to get pareil from Trim this French guy, even if anagrammed.
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OK.
Trim: PARE
this French guy: IL
endless nothing: NON
confused - indicator for the above sets jumbled up
Is the best! - NONPAREIL
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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I think you've used this word in the past ?
[edit]
kinky alien porn is unsurpassed (9)
[/edit]
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 10-May-23 6:42am.
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My ten year old PC is becoming a bit flaky, and wont support Windows 11; time to replace it. The last time I purchased a store-bought PC was in 1994, and it didn't work out real well. I've built all of them since, but I'm getting older and getting the configuration just right isn't quite as fun as it used to be. If I land the job I'm currently pursuing, Manager of Generation, with an Indian tribe on a vast reservation hosting multiple mixed-source micro-grids in diverse geographical locations spread across a million acres, I anticipate doing a lot of administrative stuff, along with a bunch of graphics-intensive AutoCAD things and computation-intense electrical system simulation functions.
I know we have people here who do these sorts of things - what do you recommend? Buy or Build? If Buy, what should I buy?
Will Rogers never met me.
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If you want to save space and Full HD suffices, this all-in-one might be interesting:
DELL Inspiron 7000 All-in-One Desktop, 27" FHD Touchscreen, 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1255U, GeForce MX550, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD.
Another option might be to purchase a PC with an AMD Ryzen 9 processor, it's integrated Radeon graphics are probably more than enough for AutoCad and you won't need to buy an expensive graphics card.
I would also recommend a monitor with a higher resolution than Full HD.
modified 10-May-23 5:04am.
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If you have access to Microcenter (or something similar), you can choose the parts and then have them build it for you.
I decided to build my own cough cough gaming computer because I love to live dangerously.
It's completely mismatched, over powered in some aspects, underpowered in others, but it's my computer and it's kinda fun.
For work, I've always had my computers pre-build (dell) and shipped as per company specs.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Maybe a nice laptop with a docking station and a couple big displays?
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