An old one but a good one, still sums it up...

I think the cartoon is unfair to Apple. I am a late convert to Apple and I use a 2015 Mac Book Pro, it is running Monterey which is now a couple of versions of OS old but the OS updates to get to Monterey since 2015 have been free. For a 9 year old computer I do not think that is too bad as I still get updates to Monterey and I I had the 2017 version of the Mac Book I would be getting the latest OS  I have to accept if I want all the latest bells and whistles I have to update my hardware at some point.

Having been heavily involved with computers since I wrote my first program in 1968  and used MS DOS since it early versions along with various  Unix varieties, CPM, MPM, Turbodos and mainframe systems I am now just a user and now hate computers. Microsoft and many years of supporting it is the main reason for my dislike. The poor user interfaces on most software/web interfaces are my other gripe.

For Windows I use 98 Pro on a very old desktop, I have some software that needs Windows, and unfortunately my wife's computer uses WIndows 11 and I have to do the support on it. I am not a fan, partially due to the changes to the user interface to make things "easier" but to me just make it more complicated. I would use Linux but I would still need a WIndows machine and I no longer want to be messing around with computers.

I reboot my Apple once every few months if I remember but my wife's needs regular reboots to get rid of issues.

I wish Peter luck with his quest.

I think the cartoon is unfair to Apple. I am a late convert to Apple and I use a 2015 Mac Book Pro, it is running Monterey which is now a couple of versions of OS old but the OS updates to get to Monterey since 2015 have been free. For a 9 year old computer I do not think that is too bad as I still get updates to Monterey and I I had the 2017 version of the Mac Book I would be getting the latest OS  I have to accept if I want all the latest bells and whistles I have to update my hardware at some point.

Having been heavily involved with computers since I wrote my first program in 1968  and used MS DOS since it early versions along with various  Unix varieties, CPM, MPM, Turbodos and mainframe systems I am now just a user and now hate computers. Microsoft and many years of supporting it is the main reason for my dislike. The poor user interfaces on most software/web interfaces are my other gripe.

For Windows I use 98 Pro on a very old desktop, I have some software that needs Windows, and unfortunately my wife's computer uses WIndows 11 and I have to do the support on it. I am not a fan, partially due to the changes to the user interface to make things "easier" but to me just make it more complicated. I would use Linux but I would still need a WIndows machine and I no longer want to be messing around with computers.

I reboot my Apple once every few months if I remember but my wife's needs regular reboots to get rid of issues.

I wish Peter luck with his quest.

I glad to see you are using a 2015 MacBook. However later versions (for example 2016, 2017, 2018), had the Butterfly keyboard problem.

Peter Brooks

Palm Bay