Is there anything better than the BSOD on your ATM machine...
Or in your plane's cockpit?
Or your airline company's terminals?
Or even when you are ordering burgers? (shudder -- seriously now!)
Posted on 06/14/2024 10:05:58 AM PDT by fireman15
Windows 11 officialy squeezed within the confines of 16GB storage.
Microsoft has published the system requirements for Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024, which recently started to roll out. The specification will help steer design decisions for upcoming devices and computers running Windows IoT Enterprise. Lowered minimum specifications, with TPM and Secure Boot optional, are among the most interesting aspects of this release.
Windows 11 IoT Enterprise is a full version of Windows Enterprise intended for fixed-purpose devices like ATMs, point-of-sale terminals, digital signage, kiosks, and industrial automation systems, among others. In other words, this version of Windows is not for your desktop or laptop computer, but rather for custom appliance-type devices you might encounter or use that need an operating system. However, the release may also be of interest to makers, modders, and tinkerers.
Microsoft offers two licensing channels for Windows 11 IoT Enterprise, a General Availability Channel (GAC) and the Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC.) The LTSC option provides a 10-year support lifecycle for these fixed-purpose devices in which there are unlikely to be any functionality changes.
What’s most notable about the system requirements for Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024 is that it can run on computing devices with much less storage than is typically required, as little as 16GB. Moreover, the TPM and Secure Boot requirements are optional for this version.
Additionally, Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC will support certain Qualcomm processors for the first time, in addition to AMD, Intel, and NXP processors. Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC included support for AMD, Intel, and NXP processors, but not Qualcomm. This new support is expected since Microsoft recently announced Surface laptops using the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Arm-based processor.
(Excerpt) Read more at tomshardware.com ...
As the first commenter said in the article, "So great news. So for all the road blocks and the work arounds to make Windows 11 work on non supported shiny new parts. Microsoft goes and does it itself. :popcorn:"
Despite the hype Windows 11 has been easy to install with a couple of minor work arounds on the vast majority of computers currently running Windows 10. The only real question has been why bother? The main reason is that on October 14, 2025 Microsoft is supposedly going to end official support for most versions of Windows 10.
There has been a flury of news about Windows 11 LTSC in the last couple of weeks including how to download and install the preview from Microsoft. Regardless of how you feel about Microsoft and Windows... it has become an interesting development.
I wanted to ping you in first on this discussion.
Here are a few links that people might find interesting:
Microsoft 90-day evaluation download:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/download-windows-11-iot-enterprise-ltsc
They jammed a desktop change down my throat without a by-your-leave several months ago.
I finally figured out how to delay their forced updates for a longer period.
Is there anything better than the BSOD on your ATM machine...
Or in your plane's cockpit?
Or your airline company's terminals?
Or even when you are ordering burgers? (shudder -- seriously now!)
Windows is notorious for having security issues... https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-has-uncovered-loads-of-windows-11-security-threats-heres-what-you-need-to-do
Also... Widows 11 is not only full of security holes.... it is full of bloatware, spyware, and gathers PII from you whether or not you want it to.... forget you privacy if you install this opsys....
Not saying widows is all bad.... just try to make an informed choice and balance what you want against what your willing to give away.....
May it flop as big as Windows CE
“Is there anything better than the BSOD on your ATM machine...”
How old are those photos? 10, 15, 20 years old?
Sorry, Microsoft. Win 10 Pro will be my last full-time Windows operating system. When it goes EOL in October 2025, I will be switching to Linux Mint (or any other Linux desktop distro) for my full-time Internet OS.
Windows 10 was that way OOTB, but through a series of registry and install tweaks, nearly all of it could be contained. My understanding is that containment isn't possible with Windows 11.
Oh sure now. Too late I already got a new laptop at work because my old machine couldn’t install 11 because of that TPM crap. Too late.
You will love Linux Mint.
I have been using it for years.
It’s kinda like the Toyota of Linux Distributions. It never breaks down.
Hi fireman15
Thank you for the ping, unfortunately I’m not where I can post to the list yet, that’ll be later tonight. Looks like you’ve got plenty of flaming comments already, lol.
I don’t use Windows 11, and I have Windows 7 and 10 installed on my computers now (dual boot). When I get to the point where I don’t need either, I will go to a Windows 7/Linux dual boot with Linux as my primary O/S.
Been using it for a while on our 2nd PC. My wife is usually on her tablet, but if she ever needs access to the Internet with something more secure, she uses the PC with Linux Mint. There are a few items that will be an issue going forward, for instance using software like TurboTax. Using the online websites to file taxes is a non-starter for me.
That’s where I will be headed with Windows 10/Linux. There are going to be some Windows applications I will want to run offline that may not have a suitable replacement in Linux.
There was likely no need to replace your laptop. In the first place I likely would not have bothered if it was running Windows 10. But it is very easy to install Windows 11 on most “unsupported” hardware that is currently running Windows 10. The only complication is that the latest update needs some form of TPM and Secure Boot which didn't start coming standard on most machines until about 12 years ago.
That article is almost 30 months old.
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