• ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world
      3·
      7 hours ago

      Is the hypothesis that Windows being constantly broken forces you to learn how to fix it ? Because that’s kinda what happened to me 😆

      I’d add that PCs also had great gaming, which also encourages upgrading, and PCs have always offered more options for upgrading. You learn a lot and can break a lot doing that, both of which add to the experience.

    • Damage@feddit.it
      1·
      9 hours ago

      I mean, I managed to fuck up my Windows 95 just by installing a couple of games. God knows how that happened.

      • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        I remember!

        My family just got a new computer; running the brand new Win95. It was so fancy, I can’t remember what game it was, but I couldn’t get the sound to work, so I tried reinstalling the sound drivers…

        I managed to completely nuke our 2 day old PC. Had to get a friend of my stepdad to come and fix it…basically reinstall Windows. I have no idea what I did, but I did learn from that point, you can basically fix anything not hardware related given a bit of time and knowledge.

        And that was my origin story, been using Linux full time since 2007, and dabbled for a few years before that.

        • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          17 minutes ago

          “Reinstall windows” was such a common solution, I still have my windows 95 and my windows XP key memorized (and no, not the FCKGW one)

        • Damage@feddit.it
          1·
          9 hours ago

          Same, but I did not mess with the drivers. Learnt quickly how to format and reinstall after the first visit from the “computer guy”.