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I'm using the exact same build of OSX that I started with over 12 years ago. It's been upgraded many times and undergone several machine changes and even moved from hard disk to hard disk.

Its NEVER been rebuilt. With Windows I simply had a process of expecting to do a complete clean reinstall every year or two.

Another of the many big reasons I ditched Windows for OSX.

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So you never updated and missed out on security updates? Or what do you mean by "exact same build"?

He says he updates his OS in stead of reinstalling it with the newer version. He probably switched away from Windows during XP or Vista.

Microsoft reinstalls the OS when they do a new release of windows 10 and moves your files over, so on windows 10 you no longer need to do this.

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