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[β] cephus@lemmy.world 298 points 2 years ago (18 children) Would be funny if it was true...but you never pay for OS updates on Mac. permalink fedilink source hideshow 22 child comments replies: [β] smolyeet@lemmy.world 149 points 2 years ago (6 children) lol i was about to say. Updates have been free since what , Lion? Lemmy is just hurr durr non Linux operating systems bad π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [β] Satelllliiiiiiiteeee@kbin.social 72 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, it was Lion and even before then it was something like $35 to upgrade which was less than the cost to upgrade Windows at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Ziglin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Why pay Microsoft though? permalink fedilink source parent [β] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 2 years ago (1 child) This meme is older than Lion permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Baku@aussie.zone 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Same tbh permalink fedilink source parent [β] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Iβm pretty sure snow leopard was the last version you could buy physical media for at the very least because thatβs the last version I have physical media for lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (3 replies) [β] anonono@lemmy.world 77 points 2 years ago* (2 children) You pay it by buying new hardware. My 2013 macbook pro with 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB SSD has been deprecated by apple so the latest OS it gets is Big Sur, it has now been barred from signing updates (since they require the latest XCode which I cannot get with Big Sur) so its only viable life is via Linux from now on. I have had to buy a Mac Mini with 8 GB of RAM and a 250 GB SSD to be able to upload updates for my iOS apps. I mean I can afford it, but yeah, we are paying for OS updates dude. That's the reason they also updated their EULAs to set a minimum renting period of 24hs for providers like Amazon and MacStadium. They want you buying hardware, they don't want to leave any easy way out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] accideath@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) There are still workarounds for getting new macOS on older not supported hardware (aka the OpenCore Legacy Patcher) which works very well, even with really old macs. But yes, of course, there are no official updates. Thatβs not an Apple problem per se though, thatβs an industry problem. Windows 11 isnβt officially supported on Devices older than 2018 and unofficially not older than like 2015-ish, if you want full functionality and a non-hacky install (because of TPM 2.0). Also, most Android phones have a notoriously short period getting updates (although that is getting better with some manufacturers promising and delivering way more than before). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] accideath@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Windows 10 is also nearing end of life. In two years itβs over permalink fedilink source parent [β] M137@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's the same with windows though, I can't get Windows 11 on my laptop. Same with many things, it's just not feasible to support decade old hardware with new updates. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) hav ye herd a linux? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) You pay for linux with your time and sanity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] A7thStone@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (5 children) You're either memeing, and you use Arch btw, or you are a decade behind. Most PC users surf the web, print a PDF, and possibly look at pictures from their phone on a larger screen. All of those can be done from a vanilla install of most Linux distros. Before you say "yeah, but windows comes pre-installed on my pc" congratulations you've discovered why monopolies are bad, but also I can install Linux on my hardware before you're done watching the "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. Fun fact, Windows actually does have a verbose mode for these screens. It's completely convoluted to get it to do it though, but you can lmfao π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait, how? (out of curiosity) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's been awhile, but the gist of it as after the boot disk installation you have to stop it from rebooting and go back into the boot disk, open a command prompt, open the boot disk's regedit, connect it to the registry hive installed on the drive and set some flags there and reboot If you like pain, there's a YT video of a madlad installing windows completely manually permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (4 replies) [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago except the time is spent learning something instead of waiting for the pc to update(or you can, of course, use one of the many common distros that require no time to understand, eg. linux mint, fedora, tuxedoOS etc) permalink fedilink source parent [β] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago It used to be the case yea, but my experience last 5 years or so has been that especially for old hardware everything works out of the box. Might be extremely hardware or distro dependent though. permalink fedilink source parent [β] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You can, but not officially. permalink fedilink source parent [β] franklin@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (2 children) I know we all get off on a little Apple hate from time to time, why do so many of these things feel they need to make shit up? There's so much real shit they do that you could just make fun of permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Chobbes@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (3 children) I think this comic might have been from the era when you did have to pay for new versions of OS Xβ¦ they stopped doing that around Lion I think in 2011 or so. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] And009@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They used to sell it? Criminals! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The first few iOS updates they tried to charge for as well I remember because it was laughably easy to just go grab the package file online and "flash" it manually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (2 replies) [β] thorbot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Because Apple bad obviously, get on the bandwagon permalink fedilink source parent [β] urhovaldeko@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (12 children) There was a time when you had to pay for the next major version. I think it went free around mountain lion or so? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 14 child comments replies: [β] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) And even then it was only $20. The last time it was over $99 was 16 years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [β] JoShmoe@ani.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Are you telling me I can get a cougar for free? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] Norgur@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Animal protective services entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (10 replies) load more comments (14 replies)
[β] smolyeet@lemmy.world 149 points 2 years ago (6 children) lol i was about to say. Updates have been free since what , Lion? Lemmy is just hurr durr non Linux operating systems bad π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [β] Satelllliiiiiiiteeee@kbin.social 72 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, it was Lion and even before then it was something like $35 to upgrade which was less than the cost to upgrade Windows at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Ziglin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Why pay Microsoft though? permalink fedilink source parent [β] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 2 years ago (1 child) This meme is older than Lion permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Baku@aussie.zone 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Same tbh permalink fedilink source parent [β] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Iβm pretty sure snow leopard was the last version you could buy physical media for at the very least because thatβs the last version I have physical media for lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (3 replies)
[β] Satelllliiiiiiiteeee@kbin.social 72 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, it was Lion and even before then it was something like $35 to upgrade which was less than the cost to upgrade Windows at the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Ziglin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Why pay Microsoft though? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Ziglin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Why pay Microsoft though? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 2 years ago (1 child) This meme is older than Lion permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Baku@aussie.zone 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Same tbh permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Baku@aussie.zone 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Same tbh permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) Iβm pretty sure snow leopard was the last version you could buy physical media for at the very least because thatβs the last version I have physical media for lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[β] anonono@lemmy.world 77 points 2 years ago* (2 children) You pay it by buying new hardware. My 2013 macbook pro with 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB SSD has been deprecated by apple so the latest OS it gets is Big Sur, it has now been barred from signing updates (since they require the latest XCode which I cannot get with Big Sur) so its only viable life is via Linux from now on. I have had to buy a Mac Mini with 8 GB of RAM and a 250 GB SSD to be able to upload updates for my iOS apps. I mean I can afford it, but yeah, we are paying for OS updates dude. That's the reason they also updated their EULAs to set a minimum renting period of 24hs for providers like Amazon and MacStadium. They want you buying hardware, they don't want to leave any easy way out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] accideath@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) There are still workarounds for getting new macOS on older not supported hardware (aka the OpenCore Legacy Patcher) which works very well, even with really old macs. But yes, of course, there are no official updates. Thatβs not an Apple problem per se though, thatβs an industry problem. Windows 11 isnβt officially supported on Devices older than 2018 and unofficially not older than like 2015-ish, if you want full functionality and a non-hacky install (because of TPM 2.0). Also, most Android phones have a notoriously short period getting updates (although that is getting better with some manufacturers promising and delivering way more than before). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] accideath@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Windows 10 is also nearing end of life. In two years itβs over permalink fedilink source parent [β] M137@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's the same with windows though, I can't get Windows 11 on my laptop. Same with many things, it's just not feasible to support decade old hardware with new updates. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) hav ye herd a linux? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) You pay for linux with your time and sanity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] A7thStone@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (5 children) You're either memeing, and you use Arch btw, or you are a decade behind. Most PC users surf the web, print a PDF, and possibly look at pictures from their phone on a larger screen. All of those can be done from a vanilla install of most Linux distros. Before you say "yeah, but windows comes pre-installed on my pc" congratulations you've discovered why monopolies are bad, but also I can install Linux on my hardware before you're done watching the "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. Fun fact, Windows actually does have a verbose mode for these screens. It's completely convoluted to get it to do it though, but you can lmfao π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait, how? (out of curiosity) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's been awhile, but the gist of it as after the boot disk installation you have to stop it from rebooting and go back into the boot disk, open a command prompt, open the boot disk's regedit, connect it to the registry hive installed on the drive and set some flags there and reboot If you like pain, there's a YT video of a madlad installing windows completely manually permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (4 replies) [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago except the time is spent learning something instead of waiting for the pc to update(or you can, of course, use one of the many common distros that require no time to understand, eg. linux mint, fedora, tuxedoOS etc) permalink fedilink source parent [β] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago It used to be the case yea, but my experience last 5 years or so has been that especially for old hardware everything works out of the box. Might be extremely hardware or distro dependent though. permalink fedilink source parent [β] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You can, but not officially. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] accideath@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) There are still workarounds for getting new macOS on older not supported hardware (aka the OpenCore Legacy Patcher) which works very well, even with really old macs. But yes, of course, there are no official updates. Thatβs not an Apple problem per se though, thatβs an industry problem. Windows 11 isnβt officially supported on Devices older than 2018 and unofficially not older than like 2015-ish, if you want full functionality and a non-hacky install (because of TPM 2.0). Also, most Android phones have a notoriously short period getting updates (although that is getting better with some manufacturers promising and delivering way more than before). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] accideath@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Windows 10 is also nearing end of life. In two years itβs over permalink fedilink source parent
[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] accideath@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Windows 10 is also nearing end of life. In two years itβs over permalink fedilink source parent
[β] accideath@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago Windows 10 is also nearing end of life. In two years itβs over permalink fedilink source parent
[β] M137@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) It's the same with windows though, I can't get Windows 11 on my laptop. Same with many things, it's just not feasible to support decade old hardware with new updates. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) hav ye herd a linux? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) You pay for linux with your time and sanity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] A7thStone@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (5 children) You're either memeing, and you use Arch btw, or you are a decade behind. Most PC users surf the web, print a PDF, and possibly look at pictures from their phone on a larger screen. All of those can be done from a vanilla install of most Linux distros. Before you say "yeah, but windows comes pre-installed on my pc" congratulations you've discovered why monopolies are bad, but also I can install Linux on my hardware before you're done watching the "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. Fun fact, Windows actually does have a verbose mode for these screens. It's completely convoluted to get it to do it though, but you can lmfao π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait, how? (out of curiosity) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's been awhile, but the gist of it as after the boot disk installation you have to stop it from rebooting and go back into the boot disk, open a command prompt, open the boot disk's regedit, connect it to the registry hive installed on the drive and set some flags there and reboot If you like pain, there's a YT video of a madlad installing windows completely manually permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (4 replies) [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago except the time is spent learning something instead of waiting for the pc to update(or you can, of course, use one of the many common distros that require no time to understand, eg. linux mint, fedora, tuxedoOS etc) permalink fedilink source parent [β] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago It used to be the case yea, but my experience last 5 years or so has been that especially for old hardware everything works out of the box. Might be extremely hardware or distro dependent though. permalink fedilink source parent [β] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You can, but not officially. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) hav ye herd a linux? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) You pay for linux with your time and sanity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] A7thStone@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (5 children) You're either memeing, and you use Arch btw, or you are a decade behind. Most PC users surf the web, print a PDF, and possibly look at pictures from their phone on a larger screen. All of those can be done from a vanilla install of most Linux distros. Before you say "yeah, but windows comes pre-installed on my pc" congratulations you've discovered why monopolies are bad, but also I can install Linux on my hardware before you're done watching the "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. Fun fact, Windows actually does have a verbose mode for these screens. It's completely convoluted to get it to do it though, but you can lmfao π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait, how? (out of curiosity) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's been awhile, but the gist of it as after the boot disk installation you have to stop it from rebooting and go back into the boot disk, open a command prompt, open the boot disk's regedit, connect it to the registry hive installed on the drive and set some flags there and reboot If you like pain, there's a YT video of a madlad installing windows completely manually permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (4 replies) [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago except the time is spent learning something instead of waiting for the pc to update(or you can, of course, use one of the many common distros that require no time to understand, eg. linux mint, fedora, tuxedoOS etc) permalink fedilink source parent [β] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago It used to be the case yea, but my experience last 5 years or so has been that especially for old hardware everything works out of the box. Might be extremely hardware or distro dependent though. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children) You pay for linux with your time and sanity. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] A7thStone@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (5 children) You're either memeing, and you use Arch btw, or you are a decade behind. Most PC users surf the web, print a PDF, and possibly look at pictures from their phone on a larger screen. All of those can be done from a vanilla install of most Linux distros. Before you say "yeah, but windows comes pre-installed on my pc" congratulations you've discovered why monopolies are bad, but also I can install Linux on my hardware before you're done watching the "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. Fun fact, Windows actually does have a verbose mode for these screens. It's completely convoluted to get it to do it though, but you can lmfao π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait, how? (out of curiosity) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's been awhile, but the gist of it as after the boot disk installation you have to stop it from rebooting and go back into the boot disk, open a command prompt, open the boot disk's regedit, connect it to the registry hive installed on the drive and set some flags there and reboot If you like pain, there's a YT video of a madlad installing windows completely manually permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (4 replies) [β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago except the time is spent learning something instead of waiting for the pc to update(or you can, of course, use one of the many common distros that require no time to understand, eg. linux mint, fedora, tuxedoOS etc) permalink fedilink source parent [β] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago It used to be the case yea, but my experience last 5 years or so has been that especially for old hardware everything works out of the box. Might be extremely hardware or distro dependent though. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] A7thStone@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (5 children) You're either memeing, and you use Arch btw, or you are a decade behind. Most PC users surf the web, print a PDF, and possibly look at pictures from their phone on a larger screen. All of those can be done from a vanilla install of most Linux distros. Before you say "yeah, but windows comes pre-installed on my pc" congratulations you've discovered why monopolies are bad, but also I can install Linux on my hardware before you're done watching the "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. Fun fact, Windows actually does have a verbose mode for these screens. It's completely convoluted to get it to do it though, but you can lmfao π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait, how? (out of curiosity) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's been awhile, but the gist of it as after the boot disk installation you have to stop it from rebooting and go back into the boot disk, open a command prompt, open the boot disk's regedit, connect it to the registry hive installed on the drive and set some flags there and reboot If you like pain, there's a YT video of a madlad installing windows completely manually permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (4 replies)
[β] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) "please wait while we are setting up your computer" and "just a few more moments" screens that give you absolutely no information about what is actually happening. Fun fact, Windows actually does have a verbose mode for these screens. It's completely convoluted to get it to do it though, but you can lmfao π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait, how? (out of curiosity) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's been awhile, but the gist of it as after the boot disk installation you have to stop it from rebooting and go back into the boot disk, open a command prompt, open the boot disk's regedit, connect it to the registry hive installed on the drive and set some flags there and reboot If you like pain, there's a YT video of a madlad installing windows completely manually permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Cupcake1972@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wait, how? (out of curiosity) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's been awhile, but the gist of it as after the boot disk installation you have to stop it from rebooting and go back into the boot disk, open a command prompt, open the boot disk's regedit, connect it to the registry hive installed on the drive and set some flags there and reboot If you like pain, there's a YT video of a madlad installing windows completely manually permalink fedilink source parent
[β] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago It's been awhile, but the gist of it as after the boot disk installation you have to stop it from rebooting and go back into the boot disk, open a command prompt, open the boot disk's regedit, connect it to the registry hive installed on the drive and set some flags there and reboot If you like pain, there's a YT video of a madlad installing windows completely manually permalink fedilink source parent
[β] tubaruco@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago except the time is spent learning something instead of waiting for the pc to update(or you can, of course, use one of the many common distros that require no time to understand, eg. linux mint, fedora, tuxedoOS etc) permalink fedilink source parent
[β] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago It used to be the case yea, but my experience last 5 years or so has been that especially for old hardware everything works out of the box. Might be extremely hardware or distro dependent though. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You can, but not officially. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] franklin@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (2 children) I know we all get off on a little Apple hate from time to time, why do so many of these things feel they need to make shit up? There's so much real shit they do that you could just make fun of permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Chobbes@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (3 children) I think this comic might have been from the era when you did have to pay for new versions of OS Xβ¦ they stopped doing that around Lion I think in 2011 or so. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] And009@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They used to sell it? Criminals! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The first few iOS updates they tried to charge for as well I remember because it was laughably easy to just go grab the package file online and "flash" it manually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (2 replies) [β] thorbot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Because Apple bad obviously, get on the bandwagon permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Chobbes@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (3 children) I think this comic might have been from the era when you did have to pay for new versions of OS Xβ¦ they stopped doing that around Lion I think in 2011 or so. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] And009@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They used to sell it? Criminals! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The first few iOS updates they tried to charge for as well I remember because it was laughably easy to just go grab the package file online and "flash" it manually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (2 replies)
[β] And009@reddthat.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) They used to sell it? Criminals! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The first few iOS updates they tried to charge for as well I remember because it was laughably easy to just go grab the package file online and "flash" it manually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[β] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The first few iOS updates they tried to charge for as well I remember because it was laughably easy to just go grab the package file online and "flash" it manually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[β] thorbot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Because Apple bad obviously, get on the bandwagon permalink fedilink source parent
[β] urhovaldeko@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (12 children) There was a time when you had to pay for the next major version. I think it went free around mountain lion or so? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 14 child comments replies: [β] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) And even then it was only $20. The last time it was over $99 was 16 years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [β] JoShmoe@ani.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Are you telling me I can get a cougar for free? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] Norgur@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Animal protective services entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) load more comments (10 replies)
[β] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) And even then it was only $20. The last time it was over $99 was 16 years ago. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[β] JoShmoe@ani.social 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Are you telling me I can get a cougar for free? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [β] Norgur@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Animal protective services entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[β] Norgur@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago Animal protective services entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent
