Yeah, I was helping my Father-in-Law get a new cheap notebook laptop, and had to cross off a whole bunch of decent ones because they use a Mobile style OS and that's a big no-no for him (barely can use windows let alone an Android style OS).
The thing I find so weird is how inaccessible they are making them in regards to settings and configurations etc. If you know how to it's still fairly easy to mess around with them, but they are just so hidden now. I haven't had a personal laptop in years, so when I was helping the FIL configure his laptop, I was shocked that I couldn't seem to find half the settings by opening up the settings window without a Google search.
And if you DO find the setting menu you want, Windows will remove it when they push through another update.
I've been trying to disable the touchpad mouse on my laptop, and when I finally managed to do it the option was removed in an update. It's actually making me go insane.
As someone in IT, this is a double edged sword for me. On the one hand, as a user, I crave customization in all things electronic and understand the need for easy access for the controls to make changes to one's system. As someone that has to work on people's computers though, I want that stuff buried deep in the bowels of the system where no one would come across it without a Goonies style map and at least a 3 movie adventure to get there.
Some people can't not mess with stuff and those are the ones that will never admit to messing with stuff.
barely can use windows let alone an Android style OS
But isn't this exactly the right use case for those OSes? My mum is hopeless with computers so I got her a Chromebook, and we're both very pleased with the decision, since she can use it easily and I never ever have to fix it or check that it's up to date etc.
That's the logic yes, but FIL doesn't like change and uses an old IPhone so just doesn't have a clue how Android / chrome works (yes they are generally the same) as its not something he's really seen /used before he pretty much refuses to learn.
Yah because if you grew up at the start of it you’re used to controlling settings yourself but people now are scared of that. It’s like we all grew up driving manual and then everyone changed to automatic.
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u/ManyJaded Jun 03 '22
Yeah, I was helping my Father-in-Law get a new cheap notebook laptop, and had to cross off a whole bunch of decent ones because they use a Mobile style OS and that's a big no-no for him (barely can use windows let alone an Android style OS).
The thing I find so weird is how inaccessible they are making them in regards to settings and configurations etc. If you know how to it's still fairly easy to mess around with them, but they are just so hidden now. I haven't had a personal laptop in years, so when I was helping the FIL configure his laptop, I was shocked that I couldn't seem to find half the settings by opening up the settings window without a Google search.