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Ask Slashdot: What Should A Mac User Know Before Buying a Windows Laptop?

Posted by BeauHD on from the cold-hard-truth dept.

New submitter Brentyl writes: Hello Slashdotters, longtime Mac user here faced with a challenge: Our 14-year-old wants a Windows laptop. He will use it for school and life, but the primary reason he wants Windows instead of a MacBook is gaming. I don't need a recommendation on which laptop to buy, but I do need a Windows survival kit. What does a fairly savvy fellow, who is a complete Windows neophyte, need to know? Is the antivirus/firewall in Windows 10 Home sufficient? Are there must-have utilities or programs I need to get? When connecting to my home network, I need to make sure I ____? And so on... Thanks in advance for your insights.

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  1. Re:Raise your child properly by Calydor · · Score: 5, Funny

    give em Linux and tell them to figure out how to run Windows games

    And then tell the rest of the world how he did it.

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  2. Re: Raise your child properly by Type44Q · · Score: 5, Funny

    I haven't seen a virus in years.

    Then you couldn't possibly have one!

  3. Re:ugh by tehcyder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, you can't have used Windows since the XP days, prior to Service Pack 1... So 2002 maybe?

    A True Slashdotter hasn't used Windows since 1991 when he first installed Linux, and so isn't familiar with anything after Windows 3.1

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  4. Re:wow by TheFakeTimCook · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, “saavy Mac user” is quite the oxymoron.

    Really?

    I think "Polite Linux User" is much more of an oxymoron.