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[โ€“] Chivera@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

They allow you to enroll in extended updates so you can get more time to upgrade ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] minorkeys@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Only Microsoft wants to upgrade. A product without a market in a monopoly is capitalism end game.

[โ€“] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This happens every time there's a new windows version

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[โ€“] bigbabybilly@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I sidestepped the win11 artificial requirements, and things are great.

[โ€“] JTskulk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Bro they couldn't convince me to upgrade to Windows 8.

[โ€“] Gearheart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I have win 11. I only use it as a steam game machine and sometimes vr games.

If I'm ever required to reformat I'll probably try IoT Enterprise LTSC. Unsure how video game friendly the version is though.

[โ€“] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

IoT Enterprise works just fine. That said, I still don't trust Microsoft - it still insists on forced updates and reboots, and likely AI, down the line.

I am figuring on switching to SteamOS Desktop, once that is released.

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What bothers me is that I'm getting all this "upgrade to windows 11" crap from other companies, like my antivirus. I get that eset reason to tell me about possible security risks to my computer, but I'd prefer if they give me options for addressing it that don't involve dealing with a new OS, especially the win 11 dumpster fire.

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