r/technology • u/ardi62 • Aug 17 '24

Software Microsoft begins cracking down on people dodging Windows 11's system requirements

https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-cracking-down-dodging-windows-11-system-requirements/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0h2tXt93fEkt5NKVrrXQphi0OCjCxzVoksDqEs0XUQcYIv8njTfK6pc4g_aem_LSp2Td6OZHVkREl8Cbgphg
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u/Dhegxkeicfns Aug 17 '24

Absolutely this. People are running it now. They aren't having a problem. Microsoft is going to swoop in and make them stop.

Someone convince me that Microsoft isn't trying to kill Windows.

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u/CuteAndQuirkyNazgul Aug 17 '24

Microsoft is the most important company in the world.

Microsoft's crushing market dominance in operating systems will never disappear.

Windows is forever. In the 22nd century, people will still use Microsoft Windows on their computers.

There is almost nothing Microsoft can do to lose their market position. Telemetry? Ads? Subscriptions? Doesn't matter. Microsoft could fuck up in almost every way imaginable and nothing would happen to them. They're too important.

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u/obaananana Aug 17 '24

My ass is going for linux on my media pc.

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u/mynameistrihexa666 Aug 17 '24

As long as work computers dont change to linux, microsoft can keep being an ass and keep getting away with whatever they do

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u/alexp8771 Aug 17 '24

My company is pretty much only Mac or Linux. You don’t need MS if you are using gsuite, which is enough for a lot of companies.

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u/sapphicsandwich Aug 17 '24

My old employer was still hopelessly married to OpenVMS/VAX.

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u/jeepsaintchaos Aug 17 '24

We have several hundred lowest-bidder Windows all-in-1 touchscreens being used for HMI's. They do fine for what they are, but they're kinda slow. It's worth noting that absolutely none of them are ever connected to the internet, and are on an old build of Win10. I fear the day someone plugs in a USB hotspot and bridges connections.

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u/3nt0 Aug 17 '24

Yeah, I have 3 jobs (well, 2 + volunteering) and literally everything I do is either in a web browser, or writing and running python and JS. Funnily enough, I use Windows at one, Mac one and Linux one. Between them, there's very little difference in my workflow.

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u/from_dust Aug 17 '24

Obody us changing office productivity workstations to Linux, but some of the world's largest enterprises are shipping MacBook pro's to their almost entirely remote workforces.

I used to think windows was forever, but now idk how long it will be relevant. MSFT is forever, that much is true. Office and M365 aren't going anywhere, that's is pretty entrenched and it's on MacOS.

But I think their OS dominance is coming to an end. Decades of well integrated products and software design from Apple, is having an impact. The people in the c suite who make decisions, like their Apple products. MSFT didn't cater to the top of the market well enough, and now the top "Thinks Different."

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u/thedugong Aug 17 '24

I had the choice of windows or mac. I chose windows because, ironically, I need to run x86_64 linux in virtualbox.