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by that_guy_iain 1375 days ago
So you're basically forcing your decisions on to her? You've forced your decision of not upgrading to the latest windows version. And now you want to go out of your way to not get her a laptop she would be happy with. All because you're not happy with what many would consider be a minor issue.

Since you're saying you've already talked about the privacy implications I'm going to assume your wife has made her opinion clear. Yet here you are trying to figure out how to get her to do what you want. Seems very controlling and generally controlling partners aren't healthy ones. Maybe you should seek some therapy (not couples therapy, just therapy for you) to help you get over this controlling urge you have.
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A4ET8a8uTh0 1375 days ago
That seems.. unnecessarily harsh? I am not going to play armchair psychiatrist though. With that in mind allow me to focus on a technical piece:

<<You've forced your decision of not upgrading to the latest windows version.

Hmm. Why would you assume it was forced? At the time, my wife could barely mount an objection in that area. From her perspective, if status quo is maintained, it is good. Beyond that though, Windows 7 upgrade was an effective downgrade ( addition of telemetry being one sticking point, but there were others ).

Edit: I am not going to respond to this portion of the post anymore. I dislike playing a game of gotcha especially if I do not see a good faith effort to respond to me. Apart from everything else, I do not think it is in the spirit of HN.

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that_guy_iain 1375 days ago
> That seems.. unnecessarily harsh?

That was me honestly, trying not to be harsh. And it seems necessary.

> Why would you assume it was forced? At the time, my wife could barely mount an objection in that area.

Barely, so she did? And more or less, this was a decision made by you? That is how you put it across.

Edit: It's not a game of gotcha, it's that you made this clear and it was obivous. As I said, you put it across that you made the decsion and acted upon it. And seriously, look into getting help. It's not healthy.

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virgildotcodes 1375 days ago
> my wife could barely mount an objection

So she did mount an objection?

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Handytinge 1367 days ago
This whole comment is incredibly overreaching and reflects a lot more on you than the GP.

You should probably try and re-read it and take stock of where you're at.

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