Flying Squid to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoNot even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square397fedilinkarrow-up1693
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minus-square@deegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish22•2 years agoNo, this is the usual reaction to Microsoft’s habit of following a good Windows release with a terrible one. Vista made people stick with XP Win8 made people stick with 7 Win11 makes people stick with 10 There were no die-hard fans sticking with the shit releases, just as nobody will cling on to Windows 11.
minus-square@dx1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoThe backwards compatibility starts getting unbearable after a while. XP runs like a dream on modern hardware but the fact that everything after ~2014 or so only supports 7+, there’s a limit on how mucn you can do with it.
No, this is the usual reaction to Microsoft’s habit of following a good Windows release with a terrible one.
Vista made people stick with XP Win8 made people stick with 7 Win11 makes people stick with 10
There were no die-hard fans sticking with the shit releases, just as nobody will cling on to Windows 11.
The backwards compatibility starts getting unbearable after a while. XP runs like a dream on modern hardware but the fact that everything after ~2014 or so only supports 7+, there’s a limit on how mucn you can do with it.