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Ask Slashdot: What Should A Mac User Know Before Buying a Windows Laptop?
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.
Give em a Mac, if he doesnâ(TM)t want it, give em Linux and tell them to figure out how to run Windows games.
If you need to start with Windows and youâ(TM)re not a completely knowledgeable sysadmin, youâ(TM)ve lost. Do you fix any computers for family? Ever notice how they always get viruses, even with Windows 10 and a paid ($50/year) antivirus. Now imagine a horny teenager that only cares about pron using the computer.
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...Windows sucks.
Windows is like the herpes of the modern computing world. It's not good enough for most enterprise applications and has turned to sucking up consumer's personal information and selling it for a profit.
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...get a console. Are there really that many PC-only games that are worth: A) dealing with Windows overall and B) dealing with Windows? Seriously - keeping up with the latest drivers, etc - even, yes, in Windows, plus add Direct X versions.. - just.... why???