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Fuck microsoft, on the bright side thing of all the cheap 2nd hand hardware
Wine + proton/valve has made it very easy to run most anything windows related nowadays. I would expect this to help make Linux gain market share.
I'm still on the fence if gaining market share is a good thing ultimately, but I'm hoping to see it play out.
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This is why I switched over to Mac back in 2022. I knew that I didn't want to move forward with Windows but had to get a new computer anyways. I already have an iPhone and a Mac Mini M1 was only $700. Thanks Microsoft for forcing a Windows user of 30 years away from your OS.
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Microsoft doing its* part
I feel like MS could avoid everyone’s gripes by simply not charging for their security update program. 7 to 13+ years is going to more than cover when most people would’ve upgraded anyway.
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I wonder how long it will be until Windows is a subscription based desktop?
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Let's not mention the extended update service that people can buy for three years and that will make the oldest incompatible CPU 10 years old at that point...
Or the fact that people don't even realize or care that they don't get updates anymore...
Let's not mention the extended update service that people can buy for three years and that will make the oldest incompatible CPU 10 years old at that point...
What a weird way to say that the OS they bought will stop being supported on their 7 year old CPU unless they pay a subscription.
On a bit more serious way, it's a bit of a slap in the face that, you could buy W10, in theory as a single payment, with no announced EOL, and now they say that even though they are going to keep working on security updates, you have to pay extra for it.
I would have respected more of there was no extended period. This way they are encouraged to have higher W11 requirements, so that they can earn more with OEM licenses and subscriptions. And given the nature of the OS and telemetry, they are extremely informed about the install base, so it is a very calculated decision.
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Go ahead. Drop support for Windows 10. I stopped your mandatory updates months ago.
You cannot hurt me any longer.
I still have a box running 7. People around here act like it's the end of the world.
"Oh no, security, updates, blah blah!"
I've had 1000x more problems cause by updates than being hacked. And I've been using this stuff since DOS 4.x, Windows 1.0, etc.
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Gotta get my finances in order by then so I can buy all the "obsolete" computers I want
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