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Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware
(www.xda-developers.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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Nope. Brother in law is upgrading all the family PCs (a total of 3) so he can carry on with 11. Only nerds like everyone here and myself will switch to Linux because we know upgrading your PC just to support the OS is ridiculous.
I'd bet most non-nerdy people would rather not upgrade their PCs at all. Upgrading is financially hard, while using an EOL OS in their eyes, especially if it is better than the new version, isn't bad. Maybe even good, because no sudden, annoying, unskippable updates would come anymore.
Well, I guarantee you that the whole world that don’t have strong currencies (like the dollar or euro) will find workarounds to avoid buying new computers.
Two sides of the same coin though. For every ten people not switching even if there is one, it's good just for the push alone