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I was a little surprised to learn that my four-year-old processor (i7-7700) was locked out of running windows 11. It's certainly not processor speed issue, it's still plenty fast for games today. It's not TPM either, which it supports. The best I can tell, Microsoft drew a line and said "too bad," for everything before a certain generation. I really only play games on my computer--I have no idea when I'll upgrade the…
"with a lot of effort, Microsoft succeeded in adding undo" not 1987
I assume it will be at least as slow to load as the redesigned Calculator, and bug me to rate it Microsoft Store every now and then.
Hacker News: Windows is terrible because the user interface is inconsistent Microsoft: Okay, we've made a small visual refresh of Notepad so that it's more visually consistent with Windows 11 Hacker News: Stop breaking my childhood!
There's literally only one poster complaining about the new notepad UI (a brand new account). It's as much of a meme to see the top post on an HN story is "OMG why are all the top posts such toxic whiners" and scroll down to not see any.
"with a lot of effort, Microsoft succeeded in adding undo" not 1987
If they replace the current high performance codebase inherited from the previous system with a much slower UI people will complain. Not to mention changes in bugs and behavior.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gigantic menu bar for the sake of one icon. Aka “design language” Aka “bullshit”
Assuming you're a Windows or WINE user that uses notepad somewhat regularly, I challenge you to use the new notepad for a month and then try switching back. I'm very curious whether you'll miss more features or be more happy about those five pixels. I do agree, it's completely unnecessary, but I'm still surprised the "bullshit" is limited to those few pixels of menu bar and some actual problems were fixed instead. (T…
My key problem is this is epic bike shedding.
I was a little surprised to learn that my four-year-old processor (i7-7700) was locked out of running windows 11. It's certainly not processor speed issue, it's still plenty fast for games today. It's not TPM either, which it supports. The best I can tell, Microsoft drew a line and said "too bad," for everything before a certain generation. I really only play games on my computer--I have no idea when I'll upgrade the…
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