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reasons Windows is better uh i'll save you guys the trouble

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there aren't any

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um actually yeah i agree

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are you guys kidding me the vast majority of the world runs Windows on

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the desktop and believe it or not there are some pretty darn good reasons for it

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so guys we compiled the top 10 of them from our community to share with you in

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this video thanks lastpass for sponsoring a portion

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end of the video or at the link below

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first up and this one's a shocker

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gaming our community spoke and we agree gaming

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on Windows is just better not only are

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there tons of current games for the Windows pc platform like literally

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thousands of them but accessing them and keeping them up to date is much simpler

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than it used to be thanks to online marketplaces like steam origin uplay and

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yes even the epic game store and Windows gaming has far more going for it than

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just the current library recent progress towards integration with microsoft's

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xbox ecosystem has brought cross-platform play to some titles and

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even cross-platform purchases and on the subject of compatibility well there's

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the back catalog of games which numbers in the tens of thousands with a shocking

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number of old games still being playable on modern hardware

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i fired up 1602 ad a game from almost

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1602 a.d on my Windows 10 pc with a

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titan rtx on it with minimal tinkering required that's crazy

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so we're actually working on a collab with good old games right now to show

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this off make sure you're subbed so you don't miss it on the subject of tankering Windows

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games particularly the older ones allow for a ton of it with large communities

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that have built everything from their own servers from multiplayer to mods

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that alter visuals or gameplay elements and even mods that change the genre of

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the original title fun fact for you young kids out there

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dota used to be a custom map in warcraft

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3. finally there's the advantage that comes

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naturally with being the incumbent gaming platform support want to try out

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the hottest new peripherals like brand new graphics cards vr headsets haptic

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feedback vests odds are excellent that the Windows

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software is going to be much more polished than what's available for other

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platforms that is if anything exists for them at all rtx real-time ray tracing on

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mac please 2 is actually a common one for

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users of every platform and it's that it just works or

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because i don't feel like learning something new like apple microsoft has made an os that

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for the most part works as intended out of the box

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no real extra effort is needed thanks to auto magical third-party driver installs

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through Windows update when you get into the leads with obscure devices hardware

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compatibility on the platform does have its issues but for the average user it

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is much better than it used to be and so is the general intuitiveness of using it

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i mean i still remember when they introduced the documents and pictures

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folder i was like what is this crap it's like for losers who don't understand a

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file directory structure but now i don't know how i lived without my handy little

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shortcut to the downloads folder so for better or for worse generations of

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people now have grown up doing things the Windows way and many people use a

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computer just to get something done rather than for the joy of using it so

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if it ain't broke don't fix it three is customization most people probably don't

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realize this but beyond just changing your wallpaper and accent color you can

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do a lot to Windows both functionally and aesthetically want to make it look

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like a mac doc included sure why not

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want to change colors fonts cursors etc you can do that too want to replace core

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system functionality with third-party tools okay and the rabbit hole goes on pretty

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much forever Windows exposes the registry editor tool to the user which

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enables everything from small tweaks like speeding up system animations to

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big ones like bringing back the Windows 7 start menu or

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getting rid of that shake to minimize gesture by the way lttstore.com

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four is the toolbox the registry editor if used responsibly

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is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to optimizing the Windows

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experience task manager got some big upgrades with Windows 8 and now makes it

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so simple to monitor CPU RAM network and

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even GPU usage so anyone can do it but

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if you want to go even further this rabbit hole 2 has pretty much no bottom

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resource monitor gives you a much more granular look at the information from

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task manager making it easy to identify processes that are sending large amounts

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of network data out or causing your disk to churn and slow down the rest of your

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system task scheduler is a crazy powerful

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utility that lets you have Windows automate tasks for you it can open and

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close programs for you when you log in and out it can send emails when tasks

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complete and you can even post to twitter and facebook using the Windows

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scheduler and power toys are back so these are

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actually microsoft provided tools that enthusiasts can use to add or enhance

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features i was a huge fan of sync toy back in the day and this new window

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management one for Windows 10 looks sick

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five is the support base you want to learn how to do some of the stuff we've

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talked about well with 78 percent of the

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worldwide desktop os market share if it exists

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someone has probably done it so like you want to become the new macro

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king well there are tutorials on how to do that need to troubleshoot a weird

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error between the official support from microsoft for both current and legacy

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Windows and the thousands of enthusiasts on forums around the world the odds of

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finding someone to help you are pretty good one great resource is actually our

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forum linked below where our community is ready willing and able to help feel

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free to check that out after the video six is productivity even apple had to

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acknowledge Windows strength when it comes to buckling down and just getting

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some work done whether you're trading stocks writing reports tracking

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financials making super cool powerpoint slides or making youtube videos like us

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Windows probably supports the software and the hardware that you need to get it

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done microsoft's office suite is incredibly

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powerful and works best on Windows if you want to do 3d or cad work most of

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the industry standard software is on Windows and let's not forget the

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plethora of one-off and highly specialized programs needed for

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scientific study engineering and many other industries

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now i wasn't sure where to put this little bit so we're going to chuck it in productivity shortcut keys

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so many shortcut keys the classic control alt delete for when things go

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wrong Windows and 1 two three and four to launch the corresponding app on your

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taskbar go ahead and try it it's really cool and if you like that one you can

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grab the other new power toy that lets you hold the Windows key to see all the

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shortcut keys for your active programs productivity bliss awaits my friends

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seven is os unity with some notable

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exceptions Windows hasn't changed too drastically over the years so if you

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went straight from Windows xp to Windows 10 you'd probably find your way around

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it sooner rather than later and if you're a technician this can be really

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nice because it's not uncommon to find yourself working on a different version

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from one hour to the next it's a totally different experience compared to Linux

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which has i don't know i stopped counting after

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30. let's just say a lot of different

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distros or versions that are designed for a multitude of different tasks or

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specialized use cases there are mainstream optimized distros out there

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but if you don't consult the internet beforehand as a newcomer it can get

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really confusing and thing is even if you do consult the internet people might

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not agree on which flavor of the month is best like when did ubuntu stop being

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cool eight was a bit of a surprise to me but it came up a lot so

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maybe i just take the task bar and file explorer for granted the modern taskbar

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is a great tool for maintaining a clean and organized desktop giving you quick

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access to frequently used programs and offering up a quick preview of all of

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your active Windows as for file explorer well it's got its issues the search is

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pretty slow the up folder navigation is dumb sometimes documents should go to

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sql slash users slash your username not

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this pc etc but it's got wide support for thumbnail

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previews lots of useful information readily available and it requires no

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keyboard shortcut to cut paste sometimes you don't have to be great

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just better than your competitor nine is reliability with good hardware the days

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of daily blue screens are long gone crashes do still exist but for years now

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i've experienced long periods of smooth and stable performance

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microsoft does have some work cut out for them to make their automatic update

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smoother in this regard but they at least seem to be aware of the problem at

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this point bringing us to 10 finally

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sort of related to gaming 2 compatibility got an old program from

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the Windows xp days well there's a decent chance that with some trial and

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error you will be able to get it to run even in the latest builds of Windows 10.

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there are just so many specific use programs that have been written over the

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last couple of decades and losing access to them because of an os update could be

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devastating for some people compatibility mode actually works more

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often than you'd think and when it doesn't some quick googling will often

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bring up a solution and the cool thing is that goes both ways got a computer

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that mom bought 10 years ago but still wants to use well there's a solid chance

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that Windows and most programs that run on it will still work on that even if

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not very well our skull trail system from 2008 was actually a great example

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of this no driver issues and aside from

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a couple of games that refused to launch because of missing CPU instructions our

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issues were related to performance rather than to compatibility so guys go

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