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by genocidicbunny
2148 days ago
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Sure, for your average HN user, that is viable. Most people aren't your average HN user. Most people wouldn't be able to really figure out dual-boot, much less shared folders, Wine and Valve's Proton. It's still just too complicated compared to Windows. For these people, any use of Windows-only software makes the decision for them. They will use Windows because its easier and it 'just works' as far as they're concerned. |
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Dual-boot is scary — it can ruin the only computer user has — but live USB is super simple. Shared folders? Put shared data on FAT USB. Start with browser, that's 99% usage. Windows-only software? There would never be 100% parity. Same story opposite way - a lot of programming languages do not work that well on Windows.
Windows is easier because it is familiar, it has a lot of quirks
* why do I need disks? I'd better put everything in personal folder
* right click on desktop to setup display?
* "my computer" on the desktop of my computer?
* File > Exit?
Most of the Windows users would not switch to Linux even if it was as polished as Mac. We know because they don't switch to Mac.