Comment by grumblepeet

I’ve been in computing a long time. In the early days I made build systems to take apart and deliver DOS 5 and Windows 3.1 to student labs based on what they needed in that session. I ran Windows servers by the thousand. I administered thousands of users and thing client terminals. I ran SharePoint farms and used PowerShell scripts to build large farms on the fly. In my day job now I’m a cloud consultant, and I script migrations of users and I install telephony systems.

And nowadays I hate computers.

I can’t bear to use one when I’m relaxing at the end of the day. Now I use an iPad Pro to either consume content or creatively to draw and make videos. Yes it has limitations and restrictions. But I cant bear to use a desktop OS in any shape. It just grinds my gears and feels like work. Automate my house? Hell no. IOT fridge? Please. You have to know when to stop. Plus I’ve been burned by every OS and idiom in computing that you can think of, and I’ve had enough. Just let me browse the web (yes I use adblockers) and watch some vids. Ive gone through everything and now only use ‘computing’ devices creatively to improve my life.