As a contractor I spend considerable amount of effort and money to have my work tools in good shape. I buy top-notch hardware and am not afraid to buy software if it helps my life just a little bit.

I can't understand how Microsoft thinks it is okay to force updates on me and then not even bother to make sure those updates work.

After having couple of high-cost delays due to my laptop deciding reboot while doing important analysis or deciding not to boot at all due to Windows update failures I was forced to drop Windows and a dozen Windows-only tools I have used along with it.

Macbooks are non-starters. The laptops are barely usable. I am heavy keyboard user and touch-typist and I can't envision using a laptop without physical function keys. A laptop that can die due to dust speck? Apple, please make a laptop for people that actually work and need reliability and usability more than shedding another half millimeter of thickness.

I don't want to say Linux is perfect. It is extremely irritating to spend hours trying to get basically anything working.

I just want a machine that works and that I can rely to work next day when I open it to start my work day.

Why is it so hard in 2019?