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Microsoft allows Windows 11 to be installed on older, unsupported hardware but specifically nixes official support — minimum requirements for full compatibility remain unchanged (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Also thank fuck I'm not in my company's IT department. Like really? Busy with engineering parameters and getting parts drawn up and ready for procurement? How about a little Windows update? Its just going to take a few Microsoft minutes.... 2seconds to be exact, 3 hrs actually, 25 days, 23 seconds, 7:15! , 4 years exactly, 19hrs, 256368468 microseconds!....were almost there! You're not on your first ow two planned work from home days are you? Admim password please! Oh hey, don't shut down the computer!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A well-seasoned IT department with reasonable funding blocks updates and schedules them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah, our IT is two guys.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm dealing with a fair bit of this because my predecessor had the brilliant idea to put windows 11 on unsupported hardware (which I'm actively working on getting replaced). Every time I think I've found the last stupid thing they did, I find more janky shit like that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Gotta pay the Microsoft tax.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Skill issue tbh, just rotate your screen a quarter and watch gravity do it's work. Trust me, I have a doctorate in troll physics

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I tried. It got worse because there was a crack in the plastic. Now I got Windows on my desk and it's spilling on the floor. Scotch tape won't hold much longer!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hey, you're all up to date! Your computer is missing items that are really important! Like Linux for example.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 4 points 6 days ago

Updates on Linux are painless, I install them and keep working, and even when it's done, I save and reboot, then back to work. I can even check what services were impacted and restart those instead of rebooting.

I don't underhand why Windows and macOS overcomplicate things. I run a rolling release distribution (Tumbleweed) and things have been smooth for years. But even release based distributions are way simpler to upgrade than either Windows or macOS.