Last time I was using a windows computer I was turning it off to re image it and I didn't want to wait for it to shut down so I just held the power button since it didn't matter if it got messed up and windows popped up this message on screen that was like "Please stop holding the power button we just need a few minutes". Like what are you doing you aren't supposed to tell the user what to do, that isn't the job of a computer

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 64 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Funny button on the back of the PSU goes click

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I wish, the new dell optiplexes are terrible, not only do they not have an actual psu switch, it takes like 20 seconds of holding the power button before they turn off and then you have to wait like 10 seconds before you can turn it on again, during which time it does a really good job of pretending to be on and flashing disk activity lights and things but it's actually just self testing and you have to wait for it to turn back off before you can actually turn it on again. Dell used to make such good quality computers but they are genuinely awful now

[–] tibi@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can still yank the power chord out.

[–] techt@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

I was known to yank a power chord or two back in college...

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

has any OEM computer ever had a PSU switch? I thought those were only on aftermarket psus and user built machines. I've got a few Dell computers and none have a switch.

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The moment my computer refuses to obey my commands sent from the physical layer, is the moment it will cease to exist on this physical plane

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Honestly that's one of the least annoying ways windows interacts with modern hardware, you should experience when it changes your efi settings and breaks pxe booting