Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day agoWell 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architecture altogether and just arbitrarily declaring a slightly older CPU with the exact same instruction set to be “outdated”.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 1 day 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 1 day ago
TPM is not needed either, it’s an arbitrary restriction.
3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 1 day ago
I said you can force an upgrade and not need tpm, but you’d like to argue about something that helps security? Really? The x86 instruction set is widely varying, you can run win 11 on older hardware but it doesn’t perform well. I guess that is something many don’t like but it is the same across the board and also with pretty much any OS. Hating upon Microsoft seems to be a popular thing on the fediverse though, and it is one of the things that ruins what could be a great resource
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
kde plasma runs better than 11 as it’s user interface was not created with web tech.
but my concerns about 11 are rather the further erosion of user privacy, on more fronts than just recall. automatic bitlocker encryption is also not something I can stand behind, several people lost all their data needlessly because of it.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
And that would be?
x86 processors are fairly standardized, I don’t see anything that could be the reason for such exclusions…?