Make sure to leave all your passwords and personal data on them as well.
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Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Changing Operating Systems is obviously impossible, toss em all in the trash…
drasticpotatoes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 6 months ago
For your average and below user, it wasn’t part of the deal on purchase.
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
it’s about the hardware requirements. most Windows 10 machines CAN’T be upgraded.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
CAN’T be upgraded
*to windows 11.
There’s lots of OSs out there. Plenty will just keep using win 10, others will move to various flavors of linux, and others still will continue to stick with win 7/XP as they always have. (yes, I know people still actively using XP)
Windows 10 no longer receiving updates doesn’t make those computer’s cease to function. Hell some even consider the lack of updates a great new feature.
DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Well, a lot of them can, but it’s a much bigger PITA than if the machine has the “required” specs.
Noerttipertti@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Setup.exe /product server ;) Not a magic bullet, but helps in many cases. You have to use older ISO, thou.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Many will, but most people will not. The average user barely knows Linux even exists as an option, let alone wants to learn something new.
It’s all moot for now. Microsoft will end up extending out security updates for 10. They’ll just wait until the deadline is closer before they announce it.
NoRodent@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I have a perfectly functioning PC (that will very likely be still perfectly usable by 2025) that cannot be upgraded to Win 11 because MS has for some strange reason put quite harsh but completely artificial hardware requirements on W11 that only CPUs manufactured in the last 3-4 years meet. And before you say “You can install Linux”, no I can’t. Not with the software I use for work. And then there’s gaming of course…
(Now, I bought a new PC recently, so I’m fine for the foreseeable future but not everyone can either afford it or simply feels the need to upgrade their computer)
Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
All the limitations can be bypassed easily, if you use Rufus (the program) and a windows 11 iso to make the usb installer it asks to disable telemetry and tpm requirements when you make the usb.
Source: running windows 11 on my old overclocked intel x5690 since the betas came out
Rednax@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This info needs to be more widespread.
LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 6 months ago
The problem with that is the same I’ve had trying to update an old MacBook my mother uses.
The patching tools work most of the time, but especially with Windows what happens when there is an update forced on you that breaks everything and you have to wait a few days and reinstall the whole OS again.
Most people don’t want that insecurity. And don’t tell me if it catches on in the slightest that Microsoft won’t do everything they can to break the patches.
Just look what John Deere did when people made 3rd party GPS devices for their farm equipment.
As much as I hate to say it for people who won’t use Linux isn’t there that version of chrome OS you can run on a normal x86 laptop. That’s a lot better then making a ton of landfill ( and I really hate Chromebooks)
mycus@kbin.social 6 months ago
there is virtualization so you can run windows on it and work with those pesky proprietary softwares, but yeah performance will never be better than running things directly (except games with shitty directx implementation that run better with dxvk, ie sekiro, elden ring), albeit it can get really close. If you're into tinkering, this will not be a problem.
on that topic, I was considering giving cassowary a try since my partner uses some windows only software too, looked promising.
then there is the game problem, but really, unless you play something that uses anticheat that doesn't support proton, you're good to go.
I've been gaming on it for over three years now.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Quite a lot of games run the same or better on Linux, converting Windows system calls to Linux ones isn’t much of a performance hit, and often the lean-ness of Linux overcomes it. It’s not like emulation where it’s always going to be worse.
The issue is more to do with some anti-cheat implementations (namely ones that rely on installing a kernel-level windows rootkit), and GPU makers not contributing many “game ready” drivers, I.e. patching game issues in-driver.
PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Win 10 Iot saves your day, for now…
It’s supported until 2032