Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 21 hours agoWell, we are talking about half the active PCs still running Windows 10 instead of Windows 11.
That’s a lot more than just the few “I don’t care”-people.
Instead it consist mainly of the “I don’t have the means” people, that don’t have the Hardware required to upgrade and also not the money to quickly change that.
Microsoft screwed up here. There simple was no need to demand such harsh hardware requirements and especially no need to enforce them that hard.
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 21 hours ago
I have to firmly disagree - I mean Apple changed their whole cpu setup to force upgrades didn’t they…
Also it is over 10 years old, that’s a good run. Has nothing to do with tight ass business owners who are turning to AI and using the money there instead has it?
The hardware requirements are not that harsh. People simply believe they are. Intel rested on its laurels for 10 years and then people are like, oh I need a new setup my cpu won’t run Win 11!
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 21 hours ago
Well there is a big difference between switching the CPU architecture altogether and just arbitrarily declaring a slightly older CPU with the exact same instruction set to be “outdated”.
Also, the customer profile of Apple users and Windows users is somewhat different. You won’t find a lot of Macs at normal peoples homes in e.g. Indonesia…
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 21 hours ago
and? Saying it has the same instruction set shows you actually don’t understand what is needed to run win 11. Of course you can force an upgrade as well. But people seems pissed at Microsoft but give Apple a free pass for being far more manipulative, and again Intel here is the reason as they were so shocking for years Apple decided it could and has done a better job!
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
TPM is not needed either, it’s an arbitrary restriction.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 20 hours ago
And that would be?
x86 processors are fairly standardized, I don’t see anything that could be the reason for such exclusions…?
ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 20 hours ago
The upcoming macOS Tahoe still supports some Intel Macs from 2019.
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 20 hours ago
Win 10 launched in 2015, and your point is? 6 years v 10… not really comparable is it in any shape, way or form…
Cricket@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
I bought a used PC specifically to run Windows 11. It had a 6 year old AMD Ryzen CPU which turned out not to be supported so I returned it.
That’s worse than Apple. If hardware could run Windows 10 it absolutely could also run Windows 11 if it weren’t for completely arbitrary requirements.
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 7 hours ago
oh boo hoo! You were sold something and it wasn’t compatible? My heart bleeds for you…
The absolute stupidity of half of the people on here, the blind hatred. It is like going back to school again, it really is… and yet here we are, and those same petty users wonder why people don’t stay here and they continue to be exactly the same. This is exactly why here will become like Myspace and Nokia