They only managed to pry Windows 7 from my grip a few months ago and I'll be riding Windows 10 LTSC all the way to 2032...and probably longer if my previous rig is anything to go by.
Windows 7 was a beautifully matured product. All they needed to do was keep it stable and patch security vulnerabilities and it would be fine for another twenty years. Everything past that operating system has been a degradation in quality and control of the system.
They already have their enterprise licensing shit for that. They make ungodly amounts of money licensing their OS and office software to businesses. They didn't need to burn their good products to the ground, they just needed to continue charging businesses for products that worked like they'd been doing for years already.
I thoroughly reject the premise that they needed to change the OS in order to sell it again because they were already on the subscription model for perpetual revenue.
Linux is just a different set of headaches and ones you don't have decades of familiarity with circumventing. It's a case of the devil you know, but goddamn do I hate what it means for the future of PC gaming, or just PCs in general.
I had to switch to Win10 in 2023, when my 10 year old laptop finally started to show signs, it was on the last of its legs. I hope this laptop will last as long.
I would have put Win7 on this one as well, if it had been at all possible, lol.
Remember to upgrade to Windows 11 by October 14, cattle.
Last remaining Windows XP users: "YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!!!"
They only managed to pry Windows 7 from my grip a few months ago and I'll be riding Windows 10 LTSC all the way to 2032...and probably longer if my previous rig is anything to go by.
Windows 7 was a beautifully matured product. All they needed to do was keep it stable and patch security vulnerabilities and it would be fine for another twenty years. Everything past that operating system has been a degradation in quality and control of the system.
You can't make money making a great long-lasting product. Gotta push shit shovelware 24/7.
They already have their enterprise licensing shit for that. They make ungodly amounts of money licensing their OS and office software to businesses. They didn't need to burn their good products to the ground, they just needed to continue charging businesses for products that worked like they'd been doing for years already.
I thoroughly reject the premise that they needed to change the OS in order to sell it again because they were already on the subscription model for perpetual revenue.
Welcome to the rent-seeking economy.
I kinda just want to give up on Windows and switch to Linux, but I need Windows for games.
Linux is just a different set of headaches and ones you don't have decades of familiarity with circumventing. It's a case of the devil you know, but goddamn do I hate what it means for the future of PC gaming, or just PCs in general.
I had to switch to Win10 in 2023, when my 10 year old laptop finally started to show signs, it was on the last of its legs. I hope this laptop will last as long.
I would have put Win7 on this one as well, if it had been at all possible, lol.
What stopped you?
there are dozens of us! DOZENS!!!
Can I just skip to 12? Haha no your computer hardwares aren't compatible