Windows 11 is finally killing the Blue Screen of Death

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Jun 27, 2025 - 17:50
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Windows 11 is finally killing the Blue Screen of Death

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The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error messages in Windows are one reason I switched to Mac more than 15 years ago and never looked back.

It wasn’t the blue screens themselves that finally convinced me to move to macOS and leave the familiar Windows experience behind. I just got to a point where I hated everything about using Windows. The BSOD errors were just the cherry on top, warning me that something had gone terribly wrong and might need immediate attention. Sometimes, that meant reinstalling Windows from scratch—an experience I never want to go through again.

I wasn’t just fixing my Windows computers when I needed to. I was also the go-to guy for family and friends who were dealing with Windows issues. Almost all my Windows problems went away after switching to Mac. I still had to fix Windows machines here and there, but that got a lot easier once Windows 10 rolled out.

The error screens are still there, but they're not as bad as they used to be. The sudden restart experience is about to change, though, as Microsoft decided Windows 11 should display the Blue Screen of Death messages in black again.

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