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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 10 Announced
« on: July 17, 2021, 02:20 AM »
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Microsoft unveils Windows 365, a Windows 10 PC in the cloud
-Arizona Hot (July 14, 2021, 07:09 PM)

Yeah, about that...

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« on: June 28, 2021, 09:55 PM »
Leaked footage of Microsoft hardware partners at the Windows 11 requirements design meeting.


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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced
« on: June 28, 2021, 02:08 AM »
Your CPU may not have TPM 2.0. My still-quite-capable quad-core (8 threads) Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz CPU certainly doesn't have TPM 2.0 since I bought it in 2011.

-Deozaan (June 28, 2021, 01:03 AM)

 Ordered at the very tail end of 2019, booted up for the first time, January 2020. That's 1.5 years of use before Microsoft decided that it's "obsolete". :(

That's ok though, because I now think Windows in general has come to its end of life, for me, even if it could be installed on this laptop. My next laptop will come with some sort of Linux pre-installed, not Windows. (How's ReactOS coming along, btw?)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced
« on: June 27, 2021, 05:57 PM »
Comment from SlashDot looks to be spot on:

"Windows 11 is Microsoft's kiss and make up gift basket to manufacturers for Windows 10. They want the Google Chromebook "5 years and dead" Model and were pissed that MS gave Windows 10 away for free to anyone on 7 or 8 and kept the Minimum requirements so low. Everybody upgraded, no one bought new computers and cue the PC recession.

Now that MS basically killed any PC over 4 years old, Either PC sales will skyrocket now or once 2025 hits."
-Shades (June 27, 2021, 04:55 PM)

And having an older laptop with higher hardware specs than most of the brand new crap available on the current market won't save your ass from obsolescence, any more.

My 2.90GHz quad core CPU doesn't qualify, even though it meets the minimum requirements of 1 GHz and at least 2 cores, simply because it's not on their list, by name.

There's no more reason to spend more to buy the best spec laptop available, in the hopes of lengthening the time between laptop purchases. Microsoft can and will kick one of your hardware components off their list, even if it is physically more than capable of running their OS, just to force you to buy a new laptop.

Save your money, buy mediocre...or make sure your kick-ass hardware is 100% Linux compatible.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Announced
« on: June 27, 2021, 04:04 PM »
YAY!  ;D

Screenshot - 6_27_2021 , 4_54_02 PM.png

And for anyone else that is wondering exactly what those system requirements are, and if there are some very simple changes you can make to put yourself in the "not qualified" category, Have a look at this:

Screenshot - 6_27_2021 , 4_47_45 PM.png

Not that I actually did anything to deliberately cause the incompatibility. Microsoft just doesn't like my i7-4910MQ CPU @ 2.90GHz for some reason. And that's ok with me, at least for now.

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