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The day Windows died

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Re: The day Windows died

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Post by sureglymop »

tonymet wrote: post #11

I’m not a big fan of these features and i turn them off right away. MS is going to where the consumers are. anyone under 30 will expect this content . imagine a 20 year old using windows 2k and the only real apps are notepad and ms paint . We give companies too much blame for providing consumers what they want. MS could do a better job with transparency and control of these features. But i don’t believe the blame is…

As a 23 year old, no idea what you mean. That seems more targeted towards 65 (those news) if you ask me.

Re: The day Windows died

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Post by DonHopkins »

josephcsible wrote: post #20
doctor_eval wrote: post #13

Having never lived in a Windows world I had no idea what life was like on the other side. So many times on HN I read about how MacOS is bad for the user, locked down, rubbish etc etc. But if this article is true then Windows 11 is absolutely insane. That is what anti consumer looks like. Not SIP. Not poor documentation. Not first party apps. While those of us who use Apple’s OS fear for the worst, those in Windows ap…

> That is what anti consumer looks like. Not SIP. It's not an either-or. Both of those are super anti-consumer. If you want an OS without anti-consumer "features", then install Linux.

Linux is only free if your time is worthless. ;)

Re: The day Windows died

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Post by jimbobimbo »

The obsession with monetization will put otherwise good system to grave.

I used all Windows versions over all these years, but even my patience is wearing thin.

Search, Bing, search, Bing! In every effing square inch of screen real estate they can get their hands on.

Re: The day Windows died

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Post by asveikau »

On the topic of setting up a PC for a kid: I set up Debian for my 9 year old. I put Mate desktop, since I remembered mid 2000s gnome to be ok. She has no complaints about it.

Re: The day Windows died

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Post by uberman »

jmkni wrote: post #8
uberman wrote: post #2

Something 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.

Technically no, however it was in a drawer under their desk, they only used it to debug software written long ago and they state they have not used windows since version 8.

Re: The day Windows died

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Post by judge2020 »

viraptor wrote: post #9
uberman wrote: post #2

Something 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

I think their argument is that most laptops from the W8 days don't support W11 mainly because of the processor requirements and check. Although the author could've burned the image to a USB disk with Rufus which has defaults that remove the W11 pre-checks during flash.

Re: The day Windows died

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Post by cjblack »

It's infuriating how much work one has to do to clean up what should already be a bare-bones, stock, factory environment. All of these 8 kb "apps" like LinkedIn, TikTok, etc. that you "uninstall" but then re-appear right in the Add or Remove Programs menu.

I haven't tried, but what do these little TikTok, LinkedIn apps even do? I imagine they don't install a local version of LinkedIn to peruse, right? I don't totally understand how the economic incentive for MSFT and manufacturers can be high enough to make these actively user-hostile actions worth it.

Maybe I'm cynical or naive

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