Microsoft cracking down people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

I'm mainly a Mac guy these days but when the time comes for my Windows 10 machines, I'm sorely tempted to put a Linux distro on them. I don't really game and mainly use it for ham radio programs.

Re: Microsoft cracking down people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

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Post by giancarlostoro » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:38 PM UTC

I switched to Linux, and when my Surface Book 2 stops being supported by Microsoft, I'll switch that over too. I'm done.

Re: Microsoft cracking down people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

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Post by giancarlostoro » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:39 PM UTC

lenerdenator wrote: post #4

I'm mainly a Mac guy these days but when the time comes for my Windows 10 machines, I'm sorely tempted to put a Linux distro on them. I don't really game and mainly use it for ham radio programs.

You can still game on Linux, Steam is phenomenal. ;) I havent gone back to Windows.

Re: Microsoft cracking down people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

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Post by lenerdenator » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:42 PM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #6

lenerdenator wrote: post #4

I'm mainly a Mac guy these days but when the time comes for my Windows 10 machines, I'm sorely tempted to put a Linux distro on them. I don't really game and mainly use it for ham radio programs.

You can still game on Linux, Steam is phenomenal. ;) I havent gone back to Windows.

What do you find yourself playing on there? Is it something that can be done with any distro, or is it something that some are more suited to?

Re: Microsoft cracking down people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

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Post by snozolli » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:43 PM UTC

I'm surprised that anyone is upgrading older hardware to Windows 11 in the first place. It's shocking how many performance issues I've come across. Explorer bogs regularly. I can't game and stream a video anymore due to some rendering change that was made in Win 11 (I forget the details).

Re: Microsoft cracking down people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

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Post by bluedino » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:46 PM UTC

lenerdenator wrote: post #4

I'm mainly a Mac guy these days but when the time comes for my Windows 10 machines, I'm sorely tempted to put a Linux distro on them. I don't really game and mainly use it for ham radio programs.

I'm on 7 for that kind of stuff because of Windows 11 not letting me change the display resolution, and 10 contains just enough extra crap...

Re: Microsoft cracking down people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

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Post by fishgoesblub » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:47 PM UTC

Not often a software company stops users from using the latest version of their product. Why does Microsoft not want more people to be running the latest version of Windows? Wouldn't it be best for them given the data collection in Windows 11?