this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2024
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Software Gore

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Why does this screenshot look like Windows 7? It’s 2024.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It is an old screenshot, back from when people awoke to find Windows 8 suddenly installed on their computers.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Then the Lenovo updater is the least of your problems.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I don't think it's a problem for the guy who answered your question

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I don't think there's even a problem. It's just poorly worded but saying that system update is going to update itself.

[–] wander1236 5 points 6 months ago

It might be a problem for fuckwit_mcbumcrumble if the name means anything

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What's gorey about this? The program is called "System Update" and needs to be updated to be able to receive system software updates.

Yeah, it sounds a bit funny but I've seen that happen with many OEM update utilities. Even Windows Update once told me that itself needed an update, it's a perfectly normal thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Fourteen occurrences of some form of the word "update" on-screen from one program.

"Please wait while System Update searches for new updates for your system" reminds me of the classic Nintendo instruction card on the Donkey Kong arcade game: "Jump button makes Jumpman jump."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Who checks for updates to the updater 🤔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The universe is updaters all the way down. 🧘‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago