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  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I feel like MS could avoid everyone’s gripes by simply not charging for their security update program. 7 to 13+ years is going to more than cover when most people would’ve upgraded anyway.

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      10 months ago

      That’s not how software works. Maintaining an OS until the end of time is a real problem.

      Should they be maintaining the beloved windows xp still?

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Agreed. I’m just looking at the machines that were purchased at the launch of Win 11, but might not have had the proper hardware to transition off 10. I would assume that computers on a that cusp will mostly support 11, but if the extended updates were free, it would ensure those machines would have had 7 years of security updates - which seems like a reasonable lifespan for a computer these days.

        Making those updates free would also mean computers that were 13+ years old were also getting security updates, so maybe my recommendation is overkill.

        At some point you just need to move on and stop taking customer service calls from people with old hardware.

        • mark3748@sh.itjust.works
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          10 months ago

          Agreed. I’m just looking at the machines that were purchased at the launch of Win 11, but might not have had the proper hardware to transition off 10.

          Windows 11 launched in 2021. The bare minimum hardware (8th gen intel) is from 2017. If you were buying 5+ year old hardware in 2021 then that’s on you.

          • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            10 months ago

            Don’t forget the TPM module! Which has also been pretty damn ubiquitous on mobos for a long ass time.

            This is all just clickbait and easy upvotes on lemmy with the big pro-linux movement.

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                10 months ago

                The module is only needed for older systems.

                Not needed at all. If you’re installing it on an older system, you’re already bypassing the requirements so why bother with a TPM?