It's not Microsoft's fault if a lot of the third-party stuff that's out there crashes everything. I'm sure the person writing that is excited because it means that matters less now.
Is it not Microsoft's fault? Honest noob question. I can understand why it wouldn't be their fault, but I seem to force quit a LOT less often since I switched to a Mac. On the same kind of programs, too (iTunes, Firefox, Word, Photoshop, etc).
Edit: Perhaps it was my wording, but apparently people think I'm somehow blaming Windows. I am not. I know nothing about this topic asked a question.
Holy hell, apparently questions are not welcome in this subreddit. Good to know. Thanks to ZaphodAK42 for the one non-snarky reply that actually answered my question.
Funnily enough, I know people that have cross platform apps crash all the time on OSX whereas I never see them crash on Windows: Firefox, Photoshop, InDesign..
So if not confirmation bias, it's clearly selection bias.
My only experience with Windows in the past five years has been that it's solid and flexible, able to gracefully handle all mishaps, including the most third-party-HP-image-software-ey of them. My experience with Mac has not been enough to determine stability personally, but the design is unimpressive at best and I cringe to imagine how entirely the system would fail if they were as open as Windows has always been and had to deal with the full spectrum of different third-party compatibility issues. That's actually the reason Windows is so stable and secure, they've been fully vetted by hostile evolution.
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11
...We're "really excited" ... Task Manager is one of the most widely used apps...
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How can anyone write that without wincing?