Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025
Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025
But the progress must go on, right?
Microsoft, doing it's part to make the world a better place.
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Fuck microsoft, on the bright side thing of all the cheap 2nd hand hardware
This really isn't anything noteworthy, and the headline would be roughly true each time Windows has had a major OS upgrade/release. Every new Windows release has higher base requirements than the last one.
The W10 requirements were almost identical to the W7 requirements. There might've been some edge cases but in general, anything that ran 7 could run 10.
It is actually noteworthy because Windows is forcing users to have a particular piece of useless hardware for "security" reasons.
Name a place where you can buy a computer without TPM built in in the last 5-10 years.... It really doesn't exist. This is just people being dumb.
Windows 10 won't stop working either. If you want old hardware and software then use it. End of story. If you want new hardware and software, use it.
Only enterprise will pay for new hardware to upgrade en masse.
SMB will upgrade as old systems age out. Nothing new there.