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Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades
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this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2026
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I still have clients refusing to buy Office 365 subscriptions and insist on sticking with their old copies of Office 2016. I'd love to see how Microsoft is gonna convince those cheap fucks that this is the correct path forward. This OS is dead.
It may not even be them being cheap, just that most people/organisations not directly tech-focused simply aren’t inclined to update software. Like wearing clothing until it starts to fall apart. That trend is another nail in the coffin
Good, keep killing your own OS and forcing people to alternatives.
I love how short sighted they are.
Oh my God they're gonna do it again? I'm so fucking giddy rn
No, I don't think I wil.
One of my 2 PCs already switched to linux because of mandatory TPM 2.0 for windows.
It's like they want us to leave their ecosystem. Requiring hardware changes in the middle of a major component crisis, one that they are in no small part responsible for, is certainly a choice.
when one understands the unified and singular nature of existence, its easier to see how the greed driving the actions of those in power is also the necessary call for others to respond. with the call getting louder and more extreme, many are waking up to the truth of their reality. anyone hoping life will go back to normal will not survive the transformation, only those who embrace change as a necessary growth opportunity to overcome darker elements of our collective culture and experience. for example, we all understand the sickness if an individual pedo, but we have yet to fully expose and understand the breadth of the affliction. It will continue to reveal itself like an infected wound that can no longer be ignored and must be treated. so yes, they do want us to leave their platform only they don't know it and they will only inspire a better one to be built with a purpose beyond individual gain. The enshitification is a blessing.
I think I'm too sober for this shit.
If they do this, they are going to be laughed out of the room. But then they will announce end of life for Win11 and everyone will stop asking questions and move anyway because "Linux scary".
I hate reality.
Sounds like a sound plan Microslop!!!
Its not enough for me to see linux do better. Microslop needs to suffer.
I check the stock markets daily just waiting for that fkn line to drop even further.
Quite surprised that they are pushing that, seeing as one of the biggest obstacles for Windows 11 getting adopted was that a lot of the existing hardware didn't support the TPM requirements it put it place.
Doing it again so soon seems like a recipe to make people not want to use 12 at all. After all, Windows 11 works fine for them, why change so soon?
Calling it: win12 will have a thin client cloud hosted SaaS edition, for those who can't afford new ai-priced hardware.
I'd bet on that as well. It is big tech's master plan.
How much longer will corporate buyers keep taking this?
The enterprise editions don't seem to attract all of the bloat that home and pro editions get. I think they know they can't get away with it.
everyone switches to alternative OSes any%
Fingers crossed they will go even further and make it even more intrusive than win 11, I pray for AI all over that thing
No it will force operating system upgrades, as people switch to Macos or Linux
So they're going to try to get everyone to buy new hardware when there is a shortage of ram and storage and they are ridiculously overpriced.
The timing of this couldn't be worse.
Pass the popcorn.
Real men of genius
"Don't worry about that, you can just run it in the cloud for an eternal subscription" - Microslop.
Or just spend a couple of months of growing pains slowly switching everything over to Linux and spend all that cash on something fun.
Install Linux, Problem Solved.
This is the Year of the Linux Desktop.
I'm trying :( but they don't work well enough on my stupid machine
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