Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
1–10 of 343 posts
Re: Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
#2I just hope that some of that needless trash enters the secondary market rather than going directly to recyclers. First of all because Win10 will stay useful for most people for quite some time yet, second because these boxes/laptops make great Linux machines!
Re: Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
#3It IS a heap of needless trash!
Re: Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
#4Sorry for the aside, but do these TPM 2.0 modules actually guarantee any additional security?
Re: Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
#5I wonder how many will be convinced to install Linux, especially given the increasing move for Operating Systems as a browser shim.
Re: Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
#6I wonder how many will be convinced to install Linux, especially given the increasing move for Operating Systems as a browser shim.
Probably zero.
Re: Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
#7I just hope that some of that needless trash enters the secondary market rather than going directly to recyclers. First of all because Win10 will stay useful for most people for quite some time yet, second because these boxes/laptops make great Linux machines!
Most recyclers repurpose stuff like this...
Re: Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
#8Sorry for the aside, but do these TPM 2.0 modules actually guarantee any additional security?
A TPM does provide security, but unclear if it'll actually matter for the Windows use cases.
Re: Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
#9I think the article makes a good point about the arbitrary red line drawn between two CPU generations with no justification whatsoever, but "heaps of trash" isn't the strongest argument against this. Arguably, Intel releasing new CPUs causes that even more heaps of trash, probably orders of magnitude more than Windows. It's a silly argument IMHO.
Re: Windows 11 will create heaps of needless trash
#10I get the frustration with the requirements, but it is a little dramatic to say those machines who don’t meet the requirements will go straight in the trash. Those machines can still run Windows 10, and a lot of people will just keep using it. Why would people who don’t feel the need to upgrade to the newest hardware as soon as it is out feel the need to upgrade to the newest OS as soon as it comes out?