Re:Microsoft backports AMD branch prediction improvement to ...
by dspillett on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @09:43AM
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Same. My main laptop came with 11 and won't regrade.
My desktop at home and “spare” laptop (the one that goes with me where it might get (more) damaged or lost, so I don't want to take the newer/expensive one) are both still running 11. Laptop2 keeps nagging me to “upgrade” but the desktop isn't even compatible (wrong sort of TPM?). They'll be getting the Linux treatment next year, as might the one that is currently on 11.
Though I suspect the life will get extended, like happened to XP when small-factor low-spec laptops (and to a lesser extent tablets, though few of those ran Windows or pure Linux, usually Android instead) were popular, there was no way Vista would run on them, and 8 wasn't ready enough for release. With the number of Win10 installs out there that might move to Linux, or be binned and replaced by an Apple device, it might not make sense for them to allow it to EOL without a sudden uptick in Win11 adoption. They'll need to keep supporting 10 for some large commercial and government clients anyway.
My desktop at home and “spare” laptop (the one that goes with me where it might get (more) damaged or lost, so I don't want to take the newer/expensive one) are both still running 11. Laptop2 keeps nagging me to “upgrade” but the desktop isn't even compatible (wrong sort of TPM?). They'll be getting the Linux treatment next year, as might the one that is currently on 11.
Though I suspect the life will get extended, like happened to XP when small-factor low-spec laptops (and to a lesser extent tablets, though few of those ran Windows or pure Linux, usually Android instead) were popular, there was no way Vista would run on them, and 8 wasn't ready enough for release. With the number of Win10 installs out there that might move to Linux, or be binned and replaced by an Apple device, it might not make sense for them to allow it to EOL without a sudden uptick in Win11 adoption. They'll need to keep supporting 10 for some large commercial and government clients anyway.