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> But the TPM nonsense potentially marks even rather new and ultra-powerful computers as unsuitable for the upgrade. TPM has been built into processors for what... 5-7 years now? What mythical "new" x64 is this individual talking about? When I see someone arguing against TPM, it's fairly easy to write their argument off. They don't understand what it's used for or why, which is fine, but like those gamers discussing…
Windows 11 made me buy a Mac.
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Honestly, this is one of the biggest boons for Linux. If your stuff isn't gonna work on Win11 and it isn't gonna work on Linux, so either way you need to make a change, then why not pick Linux? The barrier to entry for Win11 is much closer to the barrier to entry for Linux now in terms of program compatibility, so it's an easier choice than it's been in the past. (obviously I'm still not gonna recommend Linux to some…
The barrier to entry is definitely still lower for Win11. I could install it and be productive in it day 1. My personal problems with Linux previously were 1- Things breaking seemingly randomly 2- Having to find alternatives to some of the software I use 3- Generally having to learn a new OS 4- Things like VR and games in general being a bit iffy Now games and VR (4) seem to work very well, everything is a webapp so…
My HP EliteBooks G8, AMD and Intel versions, work much more reliably under Linux. The AMD will regularly lock up during sleep for some reason under Windows. Bonus points for overheating the box... This PC is more that 4 yo by now, and it's still not fixed. At least it now has a working webcam!
The Intel one had GPU issues for a good year after I bought it. It only has the integrated Intel GPU.
I was thinking the same thing myself - Windows 11 needs 10x more powerful hardware than, say, Win XP, but doesn't noticeably provide any new features. Where's all the processing power going?
The Windows 11 Explorer titlebar is always colored depression-gray One of the most baffling aspects of modern Windows is that it's ridiculously hard to tell at a glance which window is active. It used to be that the active window's title bar was bright blue, and everything else was gray. These days, I have two 2560x1440 monitors, which was unimaginable back in the day, and regularly fail to identify which window is a…
It didn't have to come this far. Windows 7-10 had also decent bits not just intrusive disk encryption, "duel" boot where it prevents alternate EFI boot loaders and OSes, removing "virus" .exes without even telling, millions of pointless items in file explorer and start menus except the one that one actually is after, broken search, cringeworthy verboseness, ...
Like, y'all could just do a 25th Anniversary Edition of Windows 2000 and people would go ape shit for it.
Is there any "long term support" windows or something that will have security updates after October?
Wait until the programs you need to run only work on w11.