Seems to me that for the money hams pay Flex in that annual service
fee, (or is it monthly?) you ought to get professional Windows
maintenance. There are ex-MS techs out there who can be hired.
I've had a Mac at home for the past 15 years at least. Since 2008
it's been a mac mini. So far, Apple has set it up so that I can
choose between automatic and manual updates. I always have mine on
manual. I get a notification when updates are available and then I
pick a time when I'll install them. Macs have their share of nuisance
problems and I am not heavily invested in computerized ham radio. If
I had to depend on a computer for ham radio I'd probably find another
hobby.
Microsoft forces these updates because if they didn't millions of
users would blow them off, and updates are vitally important for the
security of your machine against outside threats. A lot of the
updates have to do with patching vulnerabilities, many of which are
immediately getting exploited in the wild. So many windows PCs have
been hacked over the years the Company got serious about it beginning
around 10 years ago and this is part of the result.
73
Rob
K5UJ
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