Microsoft should accept and give up Windows 11, throw everything at Windows 12

Re:Microsoft should accept and give up Windows 11, throw eve... by ivraatiems on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @03:24PM (#40504536)

A big reason that nobody is switching to Windows 11 is because Microsoft actively makes it impossible for most consumers to do so. They're trying to force you to buy new hardware by obsoleting the vast, vast majority of Windows 10 machines - even though those machines are completely capable of running Windows 11!

If they simply allowed people on older devices to install Windows 11, those usage numbers would double or triple basically overnight. I don't think most non-HN people care about spying, but they also don't care enough about having the latest version of Windows to buy a whole new computer. I can't imagine why Microsoft thought they would.

The big question is what happens when Windows 10 support ends, about a year and a half from now. Microsoft will basically be creating one of the biggest security disasters of all time by no longer providing updates for Windows 10 to keep it secure. It's hard to believe they'll do that, but all signs point to it. Support ending is not going to convince people to start throwing out perfectly functional computers.

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Re:Microsoft should accept and give up Windows 11, throw eve... by JohnTHaller on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @03:41PM (#40504741)

Microsoft is doing about what Apple does except more as a one time thing. 7th Gen Intel chips launched in early 2016. These machines will lose support for Windows 10 in October 2025. Most Macs are supported about 5 years for full OS updates and about 2 more years of security updates though this all varies a bit OS to OS version.

As an example, when macOS 12 (Monterey) reaches end of life in a few months, MacBook Pro pre-2017, MacBook Air pre-2018, iMac pre-2017, and Mac Mini pre-2018 will all be unsupported and no longer receive security updates.

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Re:Microsoft should accept and give up Windows 11, throw eve... by nonillion on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @05:12PM (#40505664)

While preparing to help my family I found the official way to bypass the artificial minimum requirements to upgrade from 10 to 11: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/ways-to-install-...

Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\MoSetup

Name: AllowUpgradesWithUnsupportedTPMOrCPU

Type: REG_DWORD

Value: 1

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Re:Microsoft should accept and give up Windows 11, throw eve... by hulitu on Friday May 31, 2024 @05:28AM (#40532966)

Why would you want to upgrade ?/s

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