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Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by trespasser69@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Magister@lemmy.world 55 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

I know it's not a hardware compatibility problem. People just don't want ads/tracking/AI bullshit, a removed control panel, settings that are hard to find/hidden, etc.

All intel processor 8th gen+ (and even some 7th gen IIRC) are win11 compatible, motherboard have TPM2 for years, even my intel 6th gen MB have TPM2.0.

Next year the intel 8th gen will have 8 years, people have PC/laptop more recent than that. Problem is that win10 will not get security updates and all.

I'm using MX Linux BTW.

[–] n2burns@lemmy.ca 29 points 13 hours ago

It's not a hardware compatibility problem for you or people who have reasonably new computers. However, for the last decade or so, computers have kind of stagnated and old computers are still very functional, something I couldn't have said a decade or two ago.

I'm typing this on a ThinkPad x201 which was released in 2010. TBF, I've updated it as much as I can (8GB of RAM and an SSD), it's running Linux Mint because Windows drags, and even then it's getting tired.

My Spouse's laptop is an Acer with a 5th gen i3. A couple years ago, she was complaining it was getting a bit slow, so I threw an SSD in it and now she's happy with how it runs Windows 10, and I'm sure it would run Windows 11 fine if a TPM2.0 chip wasn't required.

It's forced obsolesces for a hardware requirement most home users are never going to use.

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I still got a Ryzen 1600, that would be just fine for when my flatmate needs a PC for working remotely, but his company reqires Windows 11 :-(

[–] NateSwift@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I’m still gaming on my 1600X, although it is starting to show its age

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

6th gen intel and 1st gen ryzen run perfectly fucking fine still.

[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 12 hours ago

My parents are using a 3rd gen i7 and it works fine. My brother has a few computers, one is a 2nd gen intel, but I think he put Linux on that one. My home server was running on my 4th gen i7 until I upgraded it to my second gen Ryzen earlier this year after I upgraded my gaming.

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 4 points 11 hours ago

CPUs from around 2005 onward are all perfectly usable IMO for the purposes of x86 desktops. As long as it's got x86_64, SSE4 and at least two available threads. I would even wager that Pentium 4 hyperthreaded models (Wolfdale?) are still acceptable if we're really pushing it.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

I'm currently using a trick on my Windows 11 work machine to get the old UI for file explorer by going through the control panel and going up a directory.

I'll be so pissed the day they strip it out, because their new design language is ridiculously slow and terrible for the sake of "cleanliness."