The day Windows died
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The day Windows died
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Re: The day Windows died
#2Something smells off about this. The author pulled an old laptop from under their desk and was able to install windows 11? Not likely in my experience.
How did the author even get a windows 11 install since they claim they have not used windows since version 8.
Will any win8 laptop even support an upgrade to 11? I doubt it.
Why not get linux running on the old laptop. Mint likely installs just fine.
I'm not saying win 11 is great and frankly none of the systems I have will even install it as they do not meet the requirements just that I find the set up to be sus.
Re: The day Windows died
#3Something smells off about this. The author pulled an old laptop from under their desk and was able to install windows 11? Not likely in my experience. How did the author even get a windows 11 install since they claim they have not used windows since version 8. Will any win8 laptop even support an upgrade to 11? I doubt it. Why not get linux running on the old laptop. Mint likely installs just fine. I'm not saying wi…
I'd say though that the complaint about having TikTok preinstalled, plus the trashy tabloid news, plus the endless begging for you to use Teams does ring true and it is something that Microsoft needs pushback against.
Re: The day Windows died
#4Something smells off about this. The author pulled an old laptop from under their desk and was able to install windows 11? Not likely in my experience. How did the author even get a windows 11 install since they claim they have not used windows since version 8. Will any win8 laptop even support an upgrade to 11? I doubt it. Why not get linux running on the old laptop. Mint likely installs just fine. I'm not saying wi…
you can easily install 11 on any hardware using rufus (gets rid of TPM2 req.)
I agree with the article too. Windows is dead.
Re: The day Windows died
#5Something smells off about this. The author pulled an old laptop from under their desk and was able to install windows 11? Not likely in my experience. How did the author even get a windows 11 install since they claim they have not used windows since version 8. Will any win8 laptop even support an upgrade to 11? I doubt it. Why not get linux running on the old laptop. Mint likely installs just fine. I'm not saying wi…
I think there's some ambiguity re Windows 11 hardware reqs. I was unable to upgrade an older laptop, with it labeled as "not supported" (Older Surface Pro), but I was able to do a clean install from USB.
Re: The day Windows died
#6Something smells off about this. The author pulled an old laptop from under their desk and was able to install windows 11? Not likely in my experience. How did the author even get a windows 11 install since they claim they have not used windows since version 8. Will any win8 laptop even support an upgrade to 11? I doubt it. Why not get linux running on the old laptop. Mint likely installs just fine. I'm not saying wi…
> The author pulled an old laptop from under their desk
The blog post doesn't say it was old. Did you misread So far, I have only used it a couple of times to debug old software I wrote long ago that needed some fixes ?
Re: The day Windows died
#7Windows 11 is horrendous but so is this article. I've installed Windows 11 on probably 10 machines and I've never seen 'TikTok' preinstalled but assuming that it can be in certain regions it really isn't that difficult to remove the default bloatware apps. As for the rest of the problems this guy mentions, has he ever heard of Group Policy? Even if you're on a version that doesn't have access to GPEdit, what about the Registry?
Windows 11 has a fuckload of problems and is objectively a step or 12 backwards in terms of configurability, but this article doesn't really sell the problems very well IMO.
Re: The day Windows died
#8Something smells off about this. The author pulled an old laptop from under their desk and was able to install windows 11? Not likely in my experience. How did the author even get a windows 11 install since they claim they have not used windows since version 8. Will any win8 laptop even support an upgrade to 11? I doubt it. Why not get linux running on the old laptop. Mint likely installs just fine. I'm not saying wi…
The author never uses the word ‘old’ in regards to the laptop.
Re: The day Windows died
#9Something smells off about this. The author pulled an old laptop from under their desk and was able to install windows 11? Not likely in my experience. How did the author even get a windows 11 install since they claim they have not used windows since version 8. Will any win8 laptop even support an upgrade to 11? I doubt it. Why not get linux running on the old laptop. Mint likely installs just fine. I'm not saying wi…
> How did the author even get a windows 11 install
From Microsoft? https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11
Re: The day Windows died
#10Windows 11 is horrendous but so is this article. I've installed Windows 11 on probably 10 machines and I've never seen 'TikTok' preinstalled but assuming that it can be in certain regions it really isn't that difficult to remove the default bloatware apps. As for the rest of the problems this guy mentions, has he ever heard of Group Policy? Even if you're on a version that doesn't have access to GPEdit, what about th…
> has he ever heard of Group Policy?
Doesn't Group Policy only work in Pro, which costs $100 to upgrade to? Even if you're rich enough to afford that without thinking twice, do you really want to reward Microsoft with more money for their bad behavior?