EinatYahav to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoWindows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up1602arrow-down117
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minus-square@ferralcatlinkEnglish-2•10 months agoYou can have it, but expecting modern windows to run seems a bit silly. It’s a for sale product not a community supported hobby project. If it was worth supporting for old ATMs or POS terminals, Ms probably would. But the people with those systems aren’t paying for windows updates.
minus-square@laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoI never said 14 year old PCs have to support modern Windows as it stands now. But anyway. With all the billions Microsoft has as its operating budget, why can’t it launch a Windows tailored to low spec machines? Not profitable enough. That’s why.
minus-square@laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoThe malware part is the sad truth. You’re right.
You can have it, but expecting modern windows to run seems a bit silly. It’s a for sale product not a community supported hobby project.
If it was worth supporting for old ATMs or POS terminals, Ms probably would. But the people with those systems aren’t paying for windows updates.
I never said 14 year old PCs have to support modern Windows as it stands now.
But anyway. With all the billions Microsoft has as its operating budget, why can’t it launch a Windows tailored to low spec machines? Not profitable enough. That’s why.
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The malware part is the sad truth. You’re right.