The more I use Windows, the more I like Mac OS X

Last night I got home at 9:30, and decided to blow off steam by playing a bit of the MMORPG that must not be named.

While I was playing, the graphic screen went away and was replaced by the Windows desktop with a popup on it saying that updates have been installed and I need to reboot. I clicked the “reboot later” button and went back to the game. I figured that would be the end of it, but about 4 more times in the course of playing the game, it did the same damn thing. This would be an annoyance in a single player game, but when you’re playing with other people it’s infuriating to you and everybody else around you.

Why isn’t there a “REBOOT LATER, I REALLY MEAN IT AND STOP ASKING ME FOR FUCKS SAKE!” button?

Meanwhile my Powerbook was sitting there, needing to reboot after installing the new version of iTunes and Quicktime, and all it was doing to annoy me was the Software Update program icon was hopping up and down in the dock. I’ve never seen it change the video mode or do anything more obtrusive than that, even when I was playing DVDs.

5 thoughts on “The more I use Windows, the more I like Mac OS X”

  1. Temporarily kill the “Automatic Updates” service (stop it, but leave it on Automatic). That will turn off prompts (and further updates) until you reset.

  2. The windows paperweight in my office has SPSS on it, and I have some stats to do. I logged in for the first time in probably 9 months (others who share the office use it regularly). Immediate lock-up. Tried the three-finger salute and did get to task manager, which locked things up even worse and ended up having to manually restart. That’s the windows I know and wish to eradicate from the Earth.

    The machine in one of my spring classrooms had the incurable focus-stealing pop-up disease, as well. Every 10 minutes it would break into my lecture note presentation and want something. Very soothing.

  3. You’re lucky. I was typing a report a few months back and it popped up. The ‘reboot now’ button was selected and I had just finished typing a word, so as I pressed ‘space’ the focus was stolen from word to that dialog. Poof! Everything gone.

    I’m happy I’ve learned to work on older machines and I still type C-s and variants at the end of every paragraph and function…

  4. My iBook asked me to reboot after it’s iTunes and QT update recently as well.

    I said “later”, and it hasn’t bothered me since.

    I guess when I next reboot it’ll take care of whatever was necessary…but since I only reboot it about once every 2 or 3 weeks, that could be a while.

    …guess I should just reboot it now.

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