Microsoft officially recommends a new PC and OneDrive to update to Windows 11

As all the cool kids keep saying, now is a great time to try out Linux.

No, I’m not recommending a distro for you, that is what DuckDuckGo is for.

I once ran the windows Troubleshooter to get an old scanner working, and the final page told me to but a new scanner!

I plugged it in to a mini PC I use as a backup server and the scanner worked fine with Linux.

And another recommendation issue: I noticed that my Windows laptop has a "reduce your carbon footprint" settings section that tells me to reduce power settings, screen brightness etc. but it's completely lacking a "stop giving me AI search results in Bing" section.

Big company recommends users turn functional hardware into e-waste so they can boost quarterly profits.

Microsoft recommends you remain ignorant about how awesome Linux is.

"and OneDrive". Yes, it is essential to have OneDrive.

My PC is getting old and I might replace it in about a year whenever I can get an OK GPU for a reasonable amount of money again.

I've built my own PCs since the late 90's and this will be the first time I will not install Windows on a computer I built. Get fucked Microsoft.

Headline in another universe:

"Microsoft aiming to push population into switching to Linux."

Devices running an unsupported version of Windows will still function, but Microsoft doesn't provide the following: Technical support of any issue

Oh, you mean the support forums? I don't think those have ever helped anyone

Man I really don't want to switch to Linux but Microsoft has ended things forever with Recall. There's just no way to stay with microsoft long term.

How is it an upgrade/update if you need to replace the hardware?

Companies promote their recent softwares. Is this a new thing?

Because people aren’t broke enough.

I still for the life of me can’t figure out what’s so great about secure boot and tpm. All it’s ever done for me is prevent me from booting a legitimate OS, or a bootable flash drive with iso images on it (like ventoy). It’s also pretty good at giving me a headache trying to figure out how the keys work and how to register them.

I just turn them both off and live in ignorant bliss.

If I upgrade my machine, I am keeping TPM disabled. I don't want Windows 11.

meanwhile you can run linux on a potato

Boo hoo, I need a TPM, recent SIMD instructions, and DirectX12 support to be able to boot. Please help!

Boo hoo! 🎻

Again: install Linux. Yes, there are a few edge cases left where you're screwed and must rely on Microsoft (and even there, most of yhose can run in a VirtualBox environment) but most work you can get done under Linux. Why suffer I der Microsoft bullshit?

This website is cancer, you can't even use it on mobile, without adblocker in Firefox.

I think this is the year. One of my long time Windows friends has recently decided to install Manjaro GNU/Linux after being fed up with forced reboots, updates that seem to overwrite settings, and constant bluescreens of death.

✋ no thanks

Last week, I installed Debian on a 20 year old 32-bit IBM Thinkpad and it's going strong.

I'll keep 10 then.

Atleast windows 10 still gets security updates for 1.3 years

My PC met everything except processor. Did a registry hack and updated anyway. All is well, for now. I don’t feel like building another PC at the moment.

Tried windows 11…can’t use some of my sim racing hardware without turning off a bunch of core security stuff. So what’s the point? Upgrade because it’s more secure but then turn the security stuff off so it actually works. I realize 10 doesn’t even have those features to begin with but it also doesn’t entirely suck like 11. So there’s that.

/yawn

New bits of info in this support guide, which is also meant as an FAQ, include recommendations for a new PC as well as OneDrive that should help users move over easily as they upgrade to Windows 11.

The article also discusses general information related to what exactly the "end of support" for a Windows OS means and whether users can upgrade for free to Windows 11.

This seems extremely reasonable. If they were a non profit, maybe they could advertise Linux conversion, but any company selling software is going to tell users how to get the latest.

The one drive bit is just to demonstrate the ease of transferring your files

Windows resource demand is plain stupid compared to Linux, but this article targets Windows users.

Not that they'll ever convince some to replace something "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"