1st Rant of the New Year "2023"

    Hi all, (not that I have a lot of followers, or readers). Yes, it's been awhile, (since May2022) but not as long as when the pandemic started, (man that was about a 2 year hiatus). Anyway, hopefully I'll be able to start being a little more consistent on my own page.  Most of my rants or questions have been,  or were "Autodesk related" so that's why I'm re-posting this in a few different spots, or locations & yes I've said this before. Let's see how the year goes, (WARNING THIS WILL BE A LONG POST).

    Well, for starters I would like to revisit one of my older post:                                                               "Is Technology Ruining, Relationships?"
I've asked this question before, (twice) on my blog post, from April2022, & July2015, in regards to moving from Windows 7 up to Windows 8, which we ALL have to agree was really bad☹️. Back then I was still in my LTR (God Bless her) and I wound up moving one of our computers back to Windows 7. Thank God, I had a back-up & was able to do a "Restore" otherwise I may have lost my relationship back then. It's 6 years now since my better half has passed, (again, God Bless her), and I have since then, moved most of my computers to the latest operating systems.

    So, now the question(s). In regards to upgrading computers/laptop or using  tablets, or phones, "What is the best" or to say "What is the best thing to do"? For the devices, what are the best? Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus, & Acer come to mind but I'm sure there are others, and I'm sure the real "Techy's" out there still just build their own. Obviously the "Apple users" are comfortable with their product (mac devices) and I believe the advantage (which has always been the case) is that it is tougher to catch a virus.

    With what's loaded (software/operating systems) I guess it's down to what you are comfortable with & what works for the software you are using. I use a lot of drawing/drafting/graphics programs so having a computer that's able to handle those types of programs has always been important to me. In the past I was told Apple machines worked best with drawing/drafting/graphics products but for about a 10 year period, Autodesk didn't support Apple devices so needless to say, I simply did not use Apple devices until I went back to college and was forced to use a Mac.
That all being said, I still prefer a regular Windows machine. I will say this, I've seen $300 "Store Bought" computers out perform a "Super Computers" (the one's that are just short of being a "Gaming computer") simply because of "other software" bogging the machines down. The best example was my old Windows 7 machine (my personal computer), that I picked up in Staples, still out performed my work computer (HP "Z-Book") and I ran AutoCAD2018 on that machine until the license ran out.

    Where am I going with this? Well, I now know the newer versions of AutoCAD require Windows10 or Windows11. It also looks as if I may be in a position to finally request or show that the engineering group needs something better than the "one size fits all" computer package. that most companies push out". Will (by requesting a better computer) this cause an additional strain between the IT group/CAD Manager? I already have run into push-back from finance in regards to software, (them not realizing we need an Autodesk product vs Microstation or Microsoft) because there is an industry standard that we all need to follow.

    Just a little background here. I prefer the Windows operation system over Apple, or Linux obviously just because it's easier to work with. Same with phones, (Android over the Iphone) & again for basic functions we all know they work the same. It's the apps that seem to be different, and the permissions to use those functions that are different.
Feel free to comment but please stay on topic, and no real judgement here. In other words no bashing or hate speech/text. Just give us pro's and or con's for using each systems.
Just saying and Just asking....Take care & "Happy New Year's again.

Drafter1981