Makes me an ex PC freak and a saddo car freak Richard. I've long held the view that if we'd ever started a car forum here on PPRuNe the aviation content would have been forced into the shade in a matter of months
Stand by my point though. An enforced stay in another part of the UK in the last two weeks saw me helping out at a really good, local computer store. I can categorically assure you that XP Home edition users have not been using the auto update feature. Most work on the if it ain't broke principle - this went for their virus updating as well
This isn't a wintel versus Mac thing - it goes much deeper in my view. An entire industry sells itself on ease of use and practicality but as you pointed out a few weeks ago if you stay away from the state of the art discussion forums for more than a couple of weeks you really feel you're losing touch. I used to be the same way.
Reality is that the overwhelming majority simply buy, plug in the power and comms and work the machine in that state till it stops. They don't update OS, drivers, programs or anything else - it's just supposed to work. That's not hearsay, it is simple maths comparing the non pro networked licence users versus the uptake in service packs and security patches. In percentage terms it's not even double digit uptake.
If you sense any bitterness in the foregoing it's still not a Mac versus PC thing. Sad fact is that 80% of our mailbag here at the Towers is pathetically inept users baffled by the most basic aspects of using a computer. We're talking the level of ''what's logging in??''
Regards
Rob
This threadcreep has been brought to you as a service to soothing my tortured soul after years of answering our admin mail.
PS If I add up the power on the Volvo, the Mazda and the C90 in the tailwheeler I share I can beat your chipped beast....... just.