Comment on Your Windows 10 PC will soon be 'junk' - users told to resist Microsoft deadline
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 year agoIt’s not when compatable chips started selling, it’s when you could still buy non compatible chips and computers. If I went to Best Buy last year and bought a new computer that’s not compatible with Windows 11, then that’s 1+ 2 more years for a total of 3 years support.
So the question is: when could you buy a computer that wasn’t compatible.
InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Good point, although by then we’re getting to variables that MS can’t control.
I know people have bypassed the spec check to get 11 installed, I think MS should just allow people to bypass it officially for a certain length of time. It’s a pain in the ass to support older machines and OSes, but striking a middle ground is good.
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They can keep supporting windows 10.
InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They have though. For ten years.
I’m sympathetic to MS trying to force updates along. One big problem especially in Enterprise is that the requirement to support ancient OSes and hardware causes unnecessary work, and holds back progress. Look at IE. Or Vista’s performance issues caused by underpowered GPUs.
The question is how long do you support and how forceful are you on requiring upgrades? Linux distros have LTS releases and generally do a great job on long term support, but even they will start deprecating branches.
There has to be a middle ground.
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are you back to this again? We just went through it, if you bought a computer last year that can’t run windows 11, then no it’s not 10 years. It’s 3.