> compared to the struggles one used to face to make either a Windows or Mac system function well. (when was the last time you had to use regedit?)

We used to have books with clear, comprehensive, information about fixing windows.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-98-Annoyances-David-Karp/dp...

I'm not sure what point this supports: that the process was easy because all this stuff was in one place (with a nice index); or that all OSs suck and Windows 10 (while an improvement) isn't an exception.