I feel like this group of people are the kind that would already be on Linux though. If you’re that anti Microsoft why be on any version of Windows when such a great suitable replacement that also still works on these older systems exists?
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btaf45@lemmy.world 5 months agoI like Windows 7 precisely because I still have complete control over my computer. Microsoft cannot brick my computer on a whim like they have the power to with later versions of windows.
Hyrulian@lemmy.world 5 months ago
btaf45@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I feel like this group of people are the kind that would already be on Linux though.
I have plenty of Linux machines and used Unix since before Linux existed. But when I want to play WINDOWS games and dont want to deal with wine hassles I need a windows box.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Wine hassles? It’s not 2013 anymore. Proton sets up a prefix on first run and you don’t think about it.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You’ll probably even have more issues on Win7 for gaming than on Linux lol
No DX12 support, questionable driver support from AMD/Nvidia, Win7 CPU scheduling not playing well with plenty of recent CPUs, etc.
kzhe@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Linux gaming is good now.
kzhe@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Linux?
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
“brick my computer on a whim”
Paranoid much?
It’s funny that you fear Microsoft but not all the people that can exploit all the flaws that are now left open in your computer because you haven’t received a single security update in 357 days.
btaf45@lemmy.world 5 months ago
…microsoft.com/…/15b6e4a5-9710-4b7b-a83e-5368bce1…
[Microsoft update system has destroyed my computer completely]
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Odds that these computers were infected by something in the first place?
Pretty fucking high.
I support five computers that are always running the latest Windows version, never had one where an update broke it and if it happened it’s a pretty major leap to go from “that update broke my computer” to “Microsoft intentionally bricked my computer”
It’s also completely ridiculous because you’re implying that the same situation couldn’t have happened with a Windows 7 update.
btaf45@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Didn’t say it was intentional. Why would it be intentional?
You can turn Windows 7 updates off. You can also control the timing of the updates.
Zero since they specifically noticed it happened during the update process.