Windoze updates! Probably the most annoying thing about 10 and 11. Although it's quite a long list.Geoff.R.G wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:18 pmI don’t like Windows and avoid it as much as possible but 10 at least reopens some of the programs I was running before a software upgrade. Earlier versions just shut everything down.
I note the new laptops on your list but I know nothing about any of them. Hence my previous post. If forced to choose one it would be the Lenovo but I’d rather have a MacBook, which I know you don’t want.
With the Linux flavours I've used, by default, you either don't get a reminder to do updates or you get a very discrete reminder in the bottom right. And when you do the updates you can kick them off and carry on working. No need for a reboot. And when it's doing the updates I've noticed no difference in how responsive the computer was.
I intend taking the SSD out of my kaput laptop and sticking it in whatever I buy, even if it's just a temporary thing for data migration. It will be interesting to see if it works seamlessly... With a Windows build I'd expect to have to pfaff around installing the wi-fi drivers off a USB stick, and then downloading half a dozen more drivers for the audio, video etc
...I've just realised, for the Lenovo E16, there's the "No Operating System" option which would bring the price down from £1030 to £940.