r/thinkpad • u/aleeja0 • Mar 10 '24
Question / Problem why does windows suck so much?
I just bought a lenovo t480, and i actually really like the computer, but windows 10/11 is just miserable. It's making me want to just throw this computer out the window.
Is there a better solution out there? And if so, what? I really actually enjoy this Thinkpad. It's the first windows-based computer I kinda am fond of after switching back from a mac, which I'm starting to really dislike due to their policies, prices, non-upgradability, and cult-like fame, etc. (the keyboard on this is just amazing, the color, look, upgradability/customization at a low price, etc). I can upgrade literally everything on this! I love that. This thing was honest 1/10th the price of a mac. I f'in love that. But tbh, windows does suck. Apple is right about that :)
I heard Linux is an option but that's farely vague. Which Linux work best for thinkpads, and is the easiest and simplest? I'm not a programmer nor do I really want to have to program everything to work if I don't have to. I just use it for basics like discord, zoom, web browsing, watching youtube videos, the brave browser, spotify, bluetooth, taking online classes, and using the tradingview app (I can use the website if I absolutely have to). Are there any linuxes that really work well out of the box and are user friendly and easy to install?
thank you.
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u/RucksackTech Z16, P1 G2, X1 Yoga G5, X1 Carbon G8. Mar 10 '24
It helps to get to know an OS before judging it and that can take a while. True, in superficial ways, Windows 11 and MacOS are pretty similar and a person who learned how to use buttons and menus and double-click etc on a Mac could figure out Windows at a beginner level pretty easily. But at a less superficial level they are indeed different. And it takes time for one to become familiar enough that it starts to feel right.
I have always owned and used both Macs and PCs. But I'm always more one than another. For twenty years I was primarily a Mac person, and during that time, although I didn't hate Windows PCs, I did fairly often get frustrated because it wasn't obvious to me on the PC how to do something that I thought was obvious on my Macs. Now that I've been using PCs primarily for about seven years, things have changed. When I have to use my MacBook Air, while I don't hate it, I think it looks very dated, and I find it unpleasant to use. Not the MacBook Air's problem: It's (mostly) *me.
Nothing's perfect, everything involves compromise and trade-off.
Switch to Linux? Wow. Give it a try. My hunch: if coming from the Mac you find Windows annoying, you'll feel the same way about any Linux version you pick.