Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year | Company CFO sees benefits of a coming "Windows Refresh"

new versions of windows just kind of feel like new phones now. It's good but.. who cares?

I can remember as a teen and upgrading from windows 98 to XP felt like jumping into the future.
Or, more recently, getting the first samsung galaxy after having a basic candybar phone.

Just seems like more of the same all while charging an arm and a leg for it.

Isn't windows 11 still... unfinished?

As long as 10 is supported, I'm not updating. At least I'm not hammered with ads like on 11.

If 10 is sunset, I'll probably switch back to Linux. I rarely game on my laptop anyway.

windows 11 isnt even the majority of installs yet and they're trying to push for windows 12? They tried doing "windows as a service" with Windows 10 but that never really manifested either.

I know people whine that Linux users always harp on about Linux, but there's a better alternative to having a £100 tax on every new laptop you buy, or having to buy a new license every time you upgrade a PC a little too much in one go. Or being locked out of security updates because you dont want to subject your system to adware.

I haven't even bothered "upgrading" to windows 11 because it still looks terrible.

I see no compelling reason to accept this "upgrade."

A new version of windows coming next year isn’t really shocking news.

Fucking fix your bloated background service's, every update they add more and more services and background applications that serve little purpose, like the touch screen service that's running on my fucking desktop that only has a mouse and keyboard

I wonder if they will provide a "Windows 13" after that.

And another thing in Windows I am waiting for is the moment when they encrypt all your data "for security", then blackmail you into a subscription service where you can only access your files while you pay your monthly dues. And how long it will take for this being hacked in a way that hackers, microsoft, and the relevant government agencies can all read your data, and you can not.

Any bets on this Refresh not supporting 8th-gen and below Intel chips except the Surface Studio for “reasons”?

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But why.

windows refresh cash grab

Thank god my PC doesn't have a TPM.

Otherwise, I am just waiting for some industrial software to be usable on Linux (they're migrating now!) so I can finally drop Windows for good.

Pop! OS is great.

I have been using Linux since the windows 8 days, and still see no reason to return.

If not 12, an incremental patch release to 11 as a "revamp" version they've done with all the others, but no significant changes. Meh.

Maybe they'll move to the MacOSX model with friendly-named feature updates, but otherwise I don't see Windows 12 coming out next year.

Isn't it more likely that the Intel cfo is just frothing at the mouth about the end of windows 10 support likely forcing people to buy new cpus that meet the windows 11 requirements?

Refresh bloat.