They’ll revamp the requirements to quiet down the complaints, then revert back to the more stringent hardware requirements at a late time.
As an IT security professional, I can’t begin to tell you the headaches caused by legacy hardware. While their intentions are lauded by the security communities, they’re a bit tone deaf to the current state of the semiconductor market.
If you value data security, you understand why this is a good thing. Otherwise, I expect FUD from most folks.
I leave my Windows 10 PC on 24/7 and there haven’t been any notifications of an update to Win11. To me that’s a good thing.
What is it about an operating system that requires more and more processing power?
I can understand programs such as Adobe Premier or Photoshop, and of course the myriad of video games, that require more and more processing power, but an OS should be a minimalist gatekeeper filing system that should in this day and age be processor and memory agnostic for the most part.
[[what happens when Microsoft gives its blessing to a rootkit?
That’s what happened a few months ago and was just now discovered thanks to G DATA Software security analyst Karsten Hahn. Initially, the company received a false-positive alert from a driver that was signed by Microsoft. After a lot of investigation into the matter, it turns out that the positive was valid. A driver signed by Microsoft was redirecting traffic bound for hundreds of IP addresses to a server in China]]
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Windows Ping heads up!
I guess my 8088 just won’t do...................
Many enterprises do not upgrade OSes until EOL. The switchover time is a larger part of the reason than the hardware cost alone. Also, Microsoft products in general require a bit more prudence in implementation. A lot of folks like to wait for at least one service pack or major patch release before jumping in at the enterprise level.
It needs far more powerful hardware because of the bloat and spyware it’s forcing on people.
Windows update check told me my 8 year dell laptop would not run Windows 11.
Guess what downloaded on its own 2 days later, Windoes 11. I let it install, runs fine.
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Just do it. Within a week you will wish you had done it a long time ago.
Microsoft is trying to get most of their programs Cloud based, and that’s probably why. That way they do not have to put so much new hardware, and that helps keep the prices lower.
Microsoft is far behind the 8 ball. I think not having a successful smart phone makes it more difficult for them. Although because they dominated for so long it will take probably another 20 years before they run into any type of real trouble. This is because a good portion of the Internet still runs on Microsoft.
Bill Gates lost the race when he became more focused on depopulating the planet than keeping up with computer software. Apple and Google are now the dominant computing software and hardware. Do not get me wrong Microsoft is still very strong, but just not dominate like it was in the 1990 to 2010. They had a very good run, and it’s why they are still so powerful today.
As for Linux it spies on you too. However, it’s a lot harder to track since it’s not as popular as the others.
I have a good friend and co-worker on Lunux. He was saying it’s terrific, but you have to know what you are doing or you will be in trouble. He is really intelligent and has a degree in nuclear physics. To him he can work with it, but for me I am not that computer savvy. I just want the computer to work with point and click.
Since Bill Gates and Steve Balmer left Microsoft operations, the product has improved and Microsoft has shown greater respect and attentiveness to the customer. I'm not a fan boy. I used to exchange emails with Linus Torvalds 30 years ago at the naissance of Linux. Until this year, I probably never had more than an hour of time using Windows of any form. I'm a seasoned Linux user yet Microsoft has won my respect with a greater attention to product and security. I hate to say it, but Microsoft makes good stuff now.
By the way, Windows 11 allows you to run a full GUI Ubuntu Linux installation inside of Windows 11. No fuss, no muss, no configuration. It just works.
I get the feeling this is going to be a hardware hog.
We used to joke at Intel that MS was the main demand for boosting CPU speed.
Since most notebooks don’t run more than 4 core, its going to be interesting to see the plan.
They’re not forcing anybody into anything. People are free to stay on their old OS and old computer.
You can run most Linux distros on machines up to 10 or 15 years old.
Still running a 2013 Dell XPS 8500 with a 3rd gen i7 processor, and it’s still smoking fast. I have upgraded the spin drive to an SSD, and swapped in a GeForce GTX150 Super graphics card. There’s no way in heck I’m going to allow MS turn a perfectly fine system into a brick on their whim, and there’s no way I’m spending another $2K+ on a new system. Guess it’ll be Linux when the time comes.
A Intel 7th generation processor is considered old?
Give me break. They will still selling them very recently at higher end prices. What a joke. Always forcing people to dish out money to buy buy buy more. And these are the same people talking about the environment. Replacing perfectly good stuff and throwing it away is not good for the environment.
The TPM 2.0 requirement is not happening for the final Windows 11 release.
I would not be surprised if TPM 1.2 minimum was soon dropped to merely ‘strongly recommended’