Can’t upgrade your PC to Windows 11? Buy a new one, is Microsoft’s laughable solution

On one hand, eff Microsoft and install Debian. It'll run on a potato.

On the other hand, I look forward to the coming glut of secondhand PCs I can install Debian on.

As melon scratchers go, that's a honey doodle.

My computer can't upgrade to Win11 and I am buying a new one, but I'm putting Linux on it.

I will not be upgrading to W11. Some time between now and when they sunset W10 I will be switching to Linux.

PCs that can’t run Windows 11 are valuable to people who don’t want to wake up one morning and find they’ve been upgraded against their will.

Windows isn’t even that good. The OS is kind of a huge mess. It has two unfortunate advantages though: it’s the default on many devices, and (because of that) software availability is best. I wish it wasn’t the case.

Or I could switch to Linux...

OH WAIT, I already did that, darn. Such a shame I can't ditch Windows twice.

This isn't news, it's just the standard notice that Microsoft isn't going to spend time making their new shiny OS work on 10+ year old hardware.

Yupp, Linux it is

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After about 10 hours of reading and video watching, it seems pretty unanimous that linux mint with cinnamon is the easiest one to use and everything else is hobbyist stuff.

Smells like Microsoft air in here... A bit stale, dirty, corporate vibe.

Windows users have no idea what they are missing out on by avoiding Linux.

Just run windows 3.1 dual booted with Linux mint. Easily the most rational decision.

"upgrade"

If one's hardware is 10+ years old, I don't think upgrading to the latest OS is likely high on their list of priorities.

So in other words, switch to Linux, never look back, bever again use anu Microsoft software or product. Done.

I'll just keep running Windows 10.

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Considering I have Logitech devices that don’t even work on Win11 without first disabling a bunch of security settings…why bother? When some of your major vendors don’t have drivers that work on win11 fully you might want to help them out first before forcing people onto that OS.

I just would like to point out that you would not be using Windows 10 on or past Oct 2025. You have exactly one year to move on.

As soon as it reached end of life you know it will immediately be a huge target. Don't let personal preference put you at risk.

just give contractors the option to sell their pcs without your bloatware for a hundred bucks cheaper or something

Get a new OS for free for your PC.

Humm, I installed Windows 11 on a really old Dell laptop (clean install). I'm sure it was not HW supported but it installed fine. I may have had to click something like, " Yeah I know it doesn't meet the specs"; but otherwise fine.

No, I don't like Windows but it's what my partner needed at the time.

I'll just keep running my Win 7/Ubuntu dual boot machine tyvm