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Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year | Company CFO sees benefits of a coming "Windows Refresh" (www.techspot.com)

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Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year | Company CFO sees benefits of a coming "Windows Refresh"::undefined

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Didn't the same happen with Windows 7 and 8.1?

Most were still using 7 when 10 was released.

Microsoft and the consumers will be fine.

And no, it still isn't the year of Linux. Back in 2016 it had somewhat of a chance, but not anymore. And neither with the Windows 12 launch, sorry.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure but 8 and 8.1 were famously unpopular though (even though I personally enjoyed the Metro design language).

Windows 11 seems to be received generally well, but what's the push to upgrade now? Windows 10 being as good as it was has turned it into another 7/XP.

It's gonna be a slowwwww march for any alternative but Windows doesnt have the benefit of being the best by default anymore -- it has to work for it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are a few factors at play, I think.

Microsoft isn't nearly being as aggressive about pushing free Windows 11 upgrades as they were with Windows 10. Windows Update will offer it to you, but not install it unless you explicitly opt-in.
Windows 11's system requirements of a processor from the last 5 years plus TPM being enabled (it was off by default on most motherboards bought before 2022) leaves a lot of users not even being offered the upgrade (they can manually upgrade after jumping through some hoops).
Windows 10 is still actively supported and will be for a while, removing any impetus for users or organizations to upgrade unless they specifically need some of the new features.

All of this adds up to a substantial portion of Windows 11 installs likely being new machines rather than upgrades.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The steam deck got me used to Linux, I personally am never going back to Windows