And from the glowing reviews it’s clear that
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W11 doesn’t actually need a new PC to run and the limitations are completely artificial
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For many people, a ten years old PC is fast enough (or even faster than a brand new Intel N100 PC that is officially W11 compatible). They won’t even notice that’s something from 2015, as long it has a shiny new case, enough RAM and SSD
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Amazon doesn’t care that the PC comes with pirated software, or that someone is scamming their customers, as long they get their 15% cut from marketplace sales (the cost of a genuine license of W11 pro and office exceeds the price of those ewaste specials)
stupidcasey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not actually eWaste you can buy a TPM chip for it, or ya know Linux.
Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Windows 11 doesn’t actually need the tpm. They just check: “oh it’s Intel 6th gen, it’s trash from the last decade, sorry incompatible”
Their marketing told us the lie “it needs tpm and secure boot” but they actually check if it has introduced to the market after 2018 or not
Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Just block W11 updates entirely.
www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-8/
It’s mostly bullshit that one absolutely needs the latest Windows updates; if you use uBlock Origin in your browser and don’t download/run random .EXE/.MSI shit from the internet you’ll be fine. Keep Windows Defender up to date once a month just in case as well.
But really the best option is to switch to Linux.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yes it does
Anything else isn’t supported by Microsoft. You really don’t want to screw around since you need security updates from Microsoft.
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
I’ve formatted and installed W11 on dozens of computers and never had it fail once. My gaming rig is an Optiplex from 2014, runs 11 just fine.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Don’t do that
If anything run the long term support version of Windows 10