Posted on 03/18/2017 8:08:40 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Mint won't also fix the problem?
I'll dig out a link to the other thread on this and cross link in a couple of minutes.
Here you go. 56 comments:
Microsoft Blocks Windows 7 & 8.1 Updates On Current Generation AMD & Intel Processors
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3535466/posts
When this computer gives up the ghost I’m getting a used Apple!!!
I don't think one can quite say Windows 7 or 8 or 8.1 won't run on the new stuff....
But it does say
Don't call us if you have a problem with running the OLD STUFF!
Ethics? No, I think it's more a matter of a broken business plan. "Windows as a service" has been a MSFT dream practically from the get go.
What is Vole?
Google gives me a reference to a small mammal...shrew like. or field mouse like.
Vole is a web-based social network that is being used in its users' browsers, without a ... to their local machines, saving their data to a folder on their computers.
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I have Linux Mint 17.2. EXCELLENT
SCREW MS. I will NEVER buy an MS OS.
Mint runs better/faster on half the hardware.
Thanks for the Vole info. Interesting it’s mentioned in the article without explanation or a link.
They really, really, really want everyone on Win 10, don’t they?
Left Mint because I needed Gnome with its fantastic accessibility options ...zoom specifically.
Windoze updates are seriously overrated anyway.
It's a rodent.
That won’t solve the issue - Apple does not let you update old machines to their latest OS releases either.
Thanks for the photo....but also see #9.
I wasn’t in on the other discussion. Any operating system which has needed this amount of manipulation to get people to upgrade... is obviously going in a bad direction. I have appreciated the efforts of Microsoft since long before Windows came out, but the last few years have been a complete embarrassment. Satya Nadella has a vision for the products produced that goes against what many of us want. It is creating an opportunity for those who would like to get back to the basics when it comes to operating systems.
I have a Windows 10 computer. I have had a computer with every Microsoft Operating System installed. My preference is still Windows 7. These days the hardware is so good that getting the latest and greatest is no longer necessary for a pleasant experience. The most demanding applications that I currently use are high definition video editing applications and 3-D Modeling programs for producing objects on our 3-D Printer. And I am having a hard time justifying purchasing a new computer even for those programs.
I view any new updates from Microsoft for Windows 7 with suspicion because I know that their desire is to faze it out. So their incentive to screw your system up is strong.
Exactly correct. Case in point: Windows RT didn't "fail." It was Microsoft's test plan to see if "Windows as a Service" and "Windows Applications as a Service" would actually work.
It did. While Windows RT "failed" Windows as a Service is really where Microsoft has wanted to go all along. Office365, Azure, DevOps in the Cloud and more are all "Services" that Microsoft offers that are subscription based. It is no secret to those of us who are briefed on Microsoft's technology roadmap several times a year that "Windows as a Service" is coming. It's already being offered in the form of Windows Desktop "In the Cloud" via VDI that only work with other Microsoft based services, at least for now. It will be expanded to include third-party "as a Service" offerings soon.
Microsoft is also getting hardware manufacturers to lock down their hardware so that "legacy" Intel CPU's and mobo's won't work or install Windows 7 or 8 either.
In short, Microsoft is adopting Apple's PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE model with OS and Hardware. Running to Apple won't "fix" anything, other than cause one to spend more $$$ to run an Intel based system that is locked to only run an Apple OS and use Apple components that all cost a premium compared to their Intel/Windows based counterparts.
Don't like what Microsoft is doing? Don't run to Apple, move to Linux. That truly is the ONLY option at this point.
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