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M$FT is up to its usual tricks. Taking something good (Win 10) and wrecking it with a "new" version.

People say Linux is looking better and better.

1 posted on 07/02/2021 1:34:45 PM PDT by upchuck
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To: upchuck

who said windows 10 was good

windows 10 got on a significant number of peoples machines because it overrode/forced itself onto those machines, it was unwanted


2 posted on 07/02/2021 1:38:26 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: upchuck

Windows 11 adds support for Android apps.


3 posted on 07/02/2021 1:42:43 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: upchuck

“Taking something good (Win 10) and wrecking it with a “new” version.”

How is that?


4 posted on 07/02/2021 1:43:44 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: upchuck
This is one time I have to take up for MSFT. Windows was losing market share because many users wanted a tablet/ipad/smartphone look. So they provided that with Windows 8.


Even though Windows 8 had the option to switch back to a classic Windows look, way too many users grumbled, so Windows 10 had the more classic look.


Now users are back to fussing that it looks too much like their grandma's PC. Basically, there's no pleasing the customer base. It's kinda like many of the people who today fuss about too many blacks are behind bars are the same people who fussed in the 1990's to arrest more of the blacks that were turning black neighborhoods into ghettos. People tend to forget what they demanded to be happy in the recent past.

5 posted on 07/02/2021 1:44:09 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: upchuck

windows 10 has been morphing into windows 11 for a while


6 posted on 07/02/2021 1:44:26 PM PDT by butlerweave
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9 posted on 07/02/2021 1:47:56 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: upchuck

Why I’m staying with W7.


11 posted on 07/02/2021 1:49:03 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated)
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To: upchuck

It’s long past time to bet against Microsoft. They’re going to be a huge player in the USSS (US Surveillance State) This is a done deal.


12 posted on 07/02/2021 1:54:26 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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“Microsoft’s Terrible Windows 11 Launch Risks Repeating the Windows 8 Disaster”

Which Microsoft Windows release hasn’t n been a field day for hackers?


17 posted on 07/02/2021 2:20:15 PM PDT by antidemoncrat (somRead more at: https://economicti)
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18 posted on 07/02/2021 2:21:42 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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PING!


20 posted on 07/02/2021 2:27:48 PM PDT by CedarDave (With lockdowns & mandatory business closures, New Mexico is to Texas as E. Berlin was to W. Berlin)
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To: upchuck

I have Windows 7 64bit on my desktop pc.
I have 32gb of ram memory but I noticed that it said 16gb in use only (Control panel> System icon)

It turns out that Home Premium supports only 16gb and I had reinstalled the OS some months back and choose the wrong disc.....
I needed Professional which supports up 192gb memory.

I have a copy and inserted it but it said to use “upgrade windows anytime” when you type in the Start> Search box. So I did and entered my serial #. It took about 10mins and a restart later I had full use of 32gbs of memory.

What this tells me is Windows 11 can be installed on ‘older’ pc’s but Microsoft wants everyone to spend a thousand dollars to but new pc for just some cosmetic upgrade.

Now they are re thinking as many people will not! and I bet they change the requirements.


23 posted on 07/02/2021 2:42:27 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: upchuck

I am taking a pass on win11, got a win10 laptop 2 yrs ago because my job was moving to win10 and I wanted to be ahead of the curve.


25 posted on 07/02/2021 2:45:39 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: upchuck

Learned my lesson with MS DOS 4.0. Stood in line at midnight, installed it 4 times by dawn, went back to 3.3 and waited until 5.0 was a year old to make the move.


26 posted on 07/02/2021 2:47:23 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: upchuck

I have to use MS at work, but have had Debian on my home computer and laptops for quite a while. It was a little rocky back in the day, getting drivers to work, but now it’s pretty slick.


28 posted on 07/02/2021 2:53:54 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: upchuck

Windows 8 was not as fine as Windows 7, but I much prefer it to Windows 10, which induced me to buy a Mac. I still use the Windows 8 laptops I have.


30 posted on 07/02/2021 3:25:06 PM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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I have Windows 11 installed already. Available now if you’re on on the “Developer channel” for updates.

It’s just seems like a minor update. A slightly different look (more understated), but hardly noticeable. Seems faster! Not one issue since installing. I think it’s a going to be an easy transition for most people.


32 posted on 07/02/2021 3:48:46 PM PDT by AUTiger83 ( )
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I hear you won’t be able to get updates unless you show that you have been vaccinated. /sarc


38 posted on 07/02/2021 4:56:18 PM PDT by Revel
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I’ll be going back to Mac.

No OS as a service and tight Teams integration for me.


39 posted on 07/02/2021 5:01:45 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: upchuck

XP was the last M$ OS that sold itself. Everything since then the consumer has had to be extorted or strongarmed into switching to (in no small part because they keep making drastic changes in the user interface, so with each new version you have to learn how to use Windows all over again).

If you want a version of Win10 with all of the M$ bloatware, crapware & spyware removed (which also inadvertently disables authentication verification), look into Windows 10 Ameliorated (Win10 AME).


56 posted on 07/03/2021 10:21:33 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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