Fuck AI

"upgrade"

Instead of going to Win11, I went Linux on Mac hardware.

I hating the thought of the day I'd have to "upgrade" to Win11 on my mobile device. Even if I went Linux it would mean there would be a good chunk of commercial applications that simply wouldn't be compatible and proprietary solutions would be out-of-reach without a mainstream supported commercial OS . It would also mean potentially having to have some kind of Windows for doing certain firmware updates.

I'm now 1 day in on using a Macbook Air M2 dual booting with Asahi Linux. I still have OSX to fall back to if I run into a proprietary application or solution I need to use or do firmware updates.

And vast majority would rather become ransomware targets than try Windows alternatives.

I upgraded my partners computer to windows 10 IOT.

Windows 11 itself+AI were factors, but the hardware restrictions were too.

All these articles mention 10 being dead, but free extended support is offered by Microsoft with a couple of clicks until next year so really it's not. Massgrave gives you 3 I believe, and IOT is even longer.

I already have to use Windows 11 at work so I know the problems it comes with and I absolutely refuse to upgrade at home. I'd sooner go to exclusively Linux than upgrade at this point. I've already been duel booting Linux and Windows at home just in case I gotta bail completely. And as someone that has tried Linux back in 2015 it is leaps and bounds better than it used to be. Besides certain proprietary software you can basically do 80% of what you can on Windows at this point.