Well, if the alternative is the awful Windows 11, then no thanks.
Too bad I can’t use Linux, for many reasons.
If they want me to run Windows 11 then drop the specs as I am not buying a new computer. This one will either run Windows 10 until I die or it will run linux until I die. I am not buying a new computer at my age.
That’s IMO a big part of what’s different between the 7 transition and this one. Last time Microsoft was going around upgrading people’s computers for them, and even if people didn’t want to jump to 10 right away, they allowed Win 7, 8, and 8.1 keys to activate it pretty much whenever. Now with their hardware requirement, they’re official line is telling people without TPM that their hardware is junk when they stop supporting Win 10. That drove people to look for the better alternative Microsoft won’t tell you about.
I’m honestly amazed the windows 11 percentage is that high.
🤷♂️ I bought my old PC in 2020, got Windows 10 for it. 11 was a free upgrade via Windows Update, so I just updated. I’m here wondering how old everyone’s PC is who are gamers. Bought a new PC this year, left my Windows M.2 stick in the old PC, did a new installation of Arch in the new PC, and left the old Arch install as a media server.
Are people daily driving and gaming on like 10-year old systems? When did those TPM modules become common in CPUs?
Yep. I only got some extra SSD, RAM, and upgraded my graphics card in the last 10 years. I can’t ― nor do I care to — play modern AAA so it’s been fine. Also, even if I were to just upgrade my whole system tomorrow, it wouldn’t be for using W11.
new systems came forced for a while now. you’d have to go out of your way to put 10 on and most can’t be bothered
it was at 50 percent in aug 2024’s survey… that last 15 percent to 65 took over a year to achieve.
Why upgrade when you can get another year of updates? You don’t even have to have a MS account if you know what large rocks to look under.
I wouldn’t be so reluctant to upgrade if they didnt try to force onedrive down my throat. I do no want that shit.
Mass gives me years of safe use out of 10 ltsc iot and once that’s up I goto steamos.
