A normal user also shouldn't have to cope with things like registry errors, missing system files after uninstalling an application, BSODs, or driver updates.
I'm not trying to pile on Microsoft here at all. I just think Windows has ultimately hurt them by driving regular users to simpler devices. In fact, lately I feel more and more like Windows is a giant concrete weight around Microsoft's neck. Clearly they are steadily growing and improving in gaming and cloud services, and I feel like they actually do a pretty nice job with their iOS/macOS Office software. Not being a developer, I don't know what the solution here is, but Windows 11 ain't it.
A normal user honestly does not have to deal with any of those. Even driver updates are handled mostly automatically nowadays either through vendor updates or Windows Update itself. I haven't seen a registry error issue or missing system files in a long time on my PC.
My Macbook Pro kernel panicked (the equivalent of BSOD) yesterday. It's a rare occurrence on both operating systems in my experience.
It's just two operating systems with different sets of issues. For example:
MacOS has garbage tier handling for external displays where you are very likely to encounter issues the moment you move to any more advanced displays with high refresh rates, HDR, HDMI 2.1 or DSC. Windows handles those like a champ by comparison. Even just running Windows on an Intel Macbook Pro!
Windows on the other hand is very rigid in how and where applications are installed and still relies on that garbage next-next-next-finish installation wizard scheme. Its handling of permission elevation also sucks because you see that "app requests admin rights" dialog so often that you basically ignore its security implications at this point just so you can use a fairly normal app.
There's a whole lot of inconveniences on both operating systems overall. I do prefer MacOS. It's pretty stagnant in terms of feature updates but most of the stuff I use everyday works alright.
But for everyday stuff I feel Windows is perfectly fine too. I use Windows on my gaming PC and don't mind it at all. For my work as a developer MacOS is more convenient because it's more similar to a unix environment whereas Microsoft's valiant efforts in offering similar things are still more hacky than I'd like.
Windows hardware is hit and miss. I am extremely disappointed in the Razer laptop I bought for my gf. The design is very Macbook Pro-ish but the battery had to be replaced within 1.5 years and it's pretty noisy unless you limit its performance. Not unlike my Intel MBP in that regard tho. Windows laptop makers often do shady **** like bundle apps you don't want or have awful performance hogging apps of their own to do stupid **** like control some RGB lighting. I would definitely think twice buying a Windows laptop but have been building my own desktop PCs for ages. Even ran Hackintosh at one point but went back to Windows because I got tired switching between the two OS.
Apple hardware is often less than ideal. The new Macbook Pros have very poor pixel response times, not being able to swap SSDs for standard M.2 parts to upgrade/repair storage is downright ******** and all the upgrades from Apple are overpriced. The dongle hell with USB-C is real. Apple displays not being compatible with PCs sucks as you can't adjust things easily. There's not enough display outputs on Mac Mini/Studio (taking away precious TB ports) and the limitations on the number of displays simultaneously are awful when any desktop PC can generally handle at least 3-4 screens with a budget tier discrete GPU.
Forums like this often go into fanboy mode which is no good for anyone. It's fine to like something and still criticize it for what it doesn't do well.
