cybereality
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I'll admit I'm a recent Linux-convert and kind of done with Microsoft at this point. But I can still look at the facts, and form a fair opinion, or admit that I am wrong if warranted.
And I think Microsoft has done some good stuff recently, porting Xbox games to PC and releasing on Steam, Visual Studio Code and other cross-platform products, their warming up to open-source, etc.
But this Windows 11 is a mistake. Clearly it was meant as a patch update for Windows 10 (you can even see it on the insider build info) but some business suit thought they could make more money rebranding it as Windows 11.
And the system requirements are a joke. They are saying 4GB of memory is the minimum and a 1GHz dual-core, but then 7th gen Intel or Zen 1 won't work?! 4GB on RAM is nearly unusable on a modern OS these days, and the 7700K or Ryzen 1 are still good and not that old, it's so inconsistent.
Assuming they are giving the OS away like Windows 10 (and most DIYers probably get OEM keys for cheap) they are basically making their money from new PC sales, which is convenient for them when they are asking people to chuck perfectly good PCs from 3 years ago (even some their own Surface line they are selling today won't work).
I understand the security requirements, and, yes, it is more secure for sure. So I don't think that is a bad thing. But the way they are going about it seems like it's more for their benefit than the users (and honestly, how many average end-users are using BitLocker or anything else that supports TPM right now?).
So I don't know. Might install it when it comes out just to do some benchmarking and see if it is okay, but I honestly don't want to support them anymore so I will hold out on Linux as long as I can unless there is like a big new game I can't get working. I'm just kind of done.
And I think Microsoft has done some good stuff recently, porting Xbox games to PC and releasing on Steam, Visual Studio Code and other cross-platform products, their warming up to open-source, etc.
But this Windows 11 is a mistake. Clearly it was meant as a patch update for Windows 10 (you can even see it on the insider build info) but some business suit thought they could make more money rebranding it as Windows 11.
And the system requirements are a joke. They are saying 4GB of memory is the minimum and a 1GHz dual-core, but then 7th gen Intel or Zen 1 won't work?! 4GB on RAM is nearly unusable on a modern OS these days, and the 7700K or Ryzen 1 are still good and not that old, it's so inconsistent.
Assuming they are giving the OS away like Windows 10 (and most DIYers probably get OEM keys for cheap) they are basically making their money from new PC sales, which is convenient for them when they are asking people to chuck perfectly good PCs from 3 years ago (even some their own Surface line they are selling today won't work).
I understand the security requirements, and, yes, it is more secure for sure. So I don't think that is a bad thing. But the way they are going about it seems like it's more for their benefit than the users (and honestly, how many average end-users are using BitLocker or anything else that supports TPM right now?).
So I don't know. Might install it when it comes out just to do some benchmarking and see if it is okay, but I honestly don't want to support them anymore so I will hold out on Linux as long as I can unless there is like a big new game I can't get working. I'm just kind of done.