reasons Windows is better uh i'll save you guys the trouble
there aren't any
um actually yeah i agree
are you guys kidding me the vast majority of the world runs Windows on
the desktop and believe it or not there are some pretty darn good reasons for it
so guys we compiled the top 10 of them from our community to share with you in
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first up and this one's a shocker
gaming our community spoke and we agree gaming
on Windows is just better not only are
there tons of current games for the Windows pc platform like literally
thousands of them but accessing them and keeping them up to date is much simpler
than it used to be thanks to online marketplaces like steam origin uplay and
yes even the epic game store and Windows gaming has far more going for it than
just the current library recent progress towards integration with microsoft's
xbox ecosystem has brought cross-platform play to some titles and
even cross-platform purchases and on the subject of compatibility well there's
the back catalog of games which numbers in the tens of thousands with a shocking
number of old games still being playable on modern hardware
i fired up 1602 ad a game from almost
1602 a.d on my Windows 10 pc with a
titan rtx on it with minimal tinkering required that's crazy
so we're actually working on a collab with good old games right now to show
this off make sure you're subbed so you don't miss it on the subject of tankering Windows
games particularly the older ones allow for a ton of it with large communities
that have built everything from their own servers from multiplayer to mods
that alter visuals or gameplay elements and even mods that change the genre of
the original title fun fact for you young kids out there
dota used to be a custom map in warcraft
3. finally there's the advantage that comes
naturally with being the incumbent gaming platform support want to try out
the hottest new peripherals like brand new graphics cards vr headsets haptic
feedback vests odds are excellent that the Windows
software is going to be much more polished than what's available for other
platforms that is if anything exists for them at all rtx real-time ray tracing on
mac please 2 is actually a common one for
users of every platform and it's that it just works or
because i don't feel like learning something new like apple microsoft has made an os that
for the most part works as intended out of the box
no real extra effort is needed thanks to auto magical third-party driver installs
through Windows update when you get into the leads with obscure devices hardware
compatibility on the platform does have its issues but for the average user it
is much better than it used to be and so is the general intuitiveness of using it
i mean i still remember when they introduced the documents and pictures
folder i was like what is this crap it's like for losers who don't understand a
file directory structure but now i don't know how i lived without my handy little
shortcut to the downloads folder so for better or for worse generations of
people now have grown up doing things the Windows way and many people use a
computer just to get something done rather than for the joy of using it so
if it ain't broke don't fix it three is customization most people probably don't
realize this but beyond just changing your wallpaper and accent color you can
do a lot to Windows both functionally and aesthetically want to make it look
like a mac doc included sure why not
want to change colors fonts cursors etc you can do that too want to replace core
system functionality with third-party tools okay and the rabbit hole goes on pretty
much forever Windows exposes the registry editor tool to the user which
enables everything from small tweaks like speeding up system animations to
big ones like bringing back the Windows 7 start menu or
getting rid of that shake to minimize gesture by the way lttstore.com
four is the toolbox the registry editor if used responsibly
is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to optimizing the Windows
experience task manager got some big upgrades with Windows 8 and now makes it
so simple to monitor CPU RAM network and
even GPU usage so anyone can do it but
if you want to go even further this rabbit hole 2 has pretty much no bottom
resource monitor gives you a much more granular look at the information from
task manager making it easy to identify processes that are sending large amounts
of network data out or causing your disk to churn and slow down the rest of your
system task scheduler is a crazy powerful
utility that lets you have Windows automate tasks for you it can open and
close programs for you when you log in and out it can send emails when tasks
complete and you can even post to twitter and facebook using the Windows
scheduler and power toys are back so these are
actually microsoft provided tools that enthusiasts can use to add or enhance
features i was a huge fan of sync toy back in the day and this new window
management one for Windows 10 looks sick
five is the support base you want to learn how to do some of the stuff we've
talked about well with 78 percent of the
worldwide desktop os market share if it exists
someone has probably done it so like you want to become the new macro
king well there are tutorials on how to do that need to troubleshoot a weird
error between the official support from microsoft for both current and legacy
Windows and the thousands of enthusiasts on forums around the world the odds of
finding someone to help you are pretty good one great resource is actually our
forum linked below where our community is ready willing and able to help feel
free to check that out after the video six is productivity even apple had to
acknowledge Windows strength when it comes to buckling down and just getting
some work done whether you're trading stocks writing reports tracking
financials making super cool powerpoint slides or making youtube videos like us
Windows probably supports the software and the hardware that you need to get it
done microsoft's office suite is incredibly
powerful and works best on Windows if you want to do 3d or cad work most of
the industry standard software is on Windows and let's not forget the
plethora of one-off and highly specialized programs needed for
scientific study engineering and many other industries
now i wasn't sure where to put this little bit so we're going to chuck it in productivity shortcut keys
so many shortcut keys the classic control alt delete for when things go
wrong Windows and 1 two three and four to launch the corresponding app on your
taskbar go ahead and try it it's really cool and if you like that one you can
grab the other new power toy that lets you hold the Windows key to see all the
shortcut keys for your active programs productivity bliss awaits my friends
seven is os unity with some notable
exceptions Windows hasn't changed too drastically over the years so if you
went straight from Windows xp to Windows 10 you'd probably find your way around
it sooner rather than later and if you're a technician this can be really
nice because it's not uncommon to find yourself working on a different version
from one hour to the next it's a totally different experience compared to Linux
which has i don't know i stopped counting after
30. let's just say a lot of different
distros or versions that are designed for a multitude of different tasks or
specialized use cases there are mainstream optimized distros out there
but if you don't consult the internet beforehand as a newcomer it can get
really confusing and thing is even if you do consult the internet people might
not agree on which flavor of the month is best like when did ubuntu stop being
cool eight was a bit of a surprise to me but it came up a lot so
maybe i just take the task bar and file explorer for granted the modern taskbar
is a great tool for maintaining a clean and organized desktop giving you quick
access to frequently used programs and offering up a quick preview of all of
your active Windows as for file explorer well it's got its issues the search is
pretty slow the up folder navigation is dumb sometimes documents should go to
sql slash users slash your username not
this pc etc but it's got wide support for thumbnail
previews lots of useful information readily available and it requires no
keyboard shortcut to cut paste sometimes you don't have to be great
just better than your competitor nine is reliability with good hardware the days
of daily blue screens are long gone crashes do still exist but for years now
i've experienced long periods of smooth and stable performance
microsoft does have some work cut out for them to make their automatic update
smoother in this regard but they at least seem to be aware of the problem at
this point bringing us to 10 finally
sort of related to gaming 2 compatibility got an old program from
the Windows xp days well there's a decent chance that with some trial and
error you will be able to get it to run even in the latest builds of Windows 10.
there are just so many specific use programs that have been written over the
last couple of decades and losing access to them because of an os update could be
devastating for some people compatibility mode actually works more
often than you'd think and when it doesn't some quick googling will often
bring up a solution and the cool thing is that goes both ways got a computer
that mom bought 10 years ago but still wants to use well there's a solid chance
that Windows and most programs that run on it will still work on that even if
not very well our skull trail system from 2008 was actually a great example
of this no driver issues and aside from
a couple of games that refused to launch because of missing CPU instructions our
issues were related to performance rather than to compatibility so guys go
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