Windows 10 was 2GB minimum requirements, and 800x600 screen resolution minimum. There are many "cheap" laptops and PCs sold with 4GB RAM in my country. This change is going to be very painful here, especially the DX12 and 720p requirements. Most universities still run 1024x768 screens and nothing modern enough to have DX12 on it, outside of the "specialist" PC'S in engineering faculty.
Microsoft is going to have another windows xp situation because windows 10 home/pro will be supported till 10/14/2025. Microsoft even sold surface devices with 2gb of rams. I hope some government forces Microsoft to extend support because we at least deserve 10 year support like the past windows versions got.
Intel: Intel Haswell (4th gen. Core) and Broadwell (5th gen. Core) processors
AMD: Radeon HD 7000-series graphics cards, Radeon HD 8000-series graphics cards, Radeon R7- and R9-series graphics cards, and the following APUs (which meld CPU and GPU on a single chip): AMD A4/A6/A8/A10-7000 APUs (codenamed “Kaveri”), AMD A6/A8/A10 PRO-7000 APUs (codenamed “Kaveri”), AMD E1/A4/A10 Micro-6000 APUs (codenamed “Mullins”), AMD E1/E2/A4/A6/A8-6000 APUs (codenamed “Beema”)
Nvidia: GeForce 600-, 700-, and 900-series graphics cards, GTX Titan series
I did see a video that shows if you aren't connected to the internet while installing it (or something like that), you're able to get around that requirement. Still total BS though.
I do like the idea of Linux. I tried Ubuntu in 2006 but found it cumbersome and obnoxious. Maybe there are better ones now, but I'm just really used to windows. Waiting for the open source revolution on PC has been hard. I'm not interested in having Samsung Dex as my main OS
2006 is ages ago! If you've a USB you can try linux out without installing it via live usb (or you can do it via a virtual machine. I actually made my parents switch to linux and it only took me a couple of mins to show them how it works and they've been using it for months now
Check Kubuntu out and you might find it helpful if you switch to open source cross platform apps first, see this post
I was thinking of using Linux Mint and installed it on a thumb drive too. It was in 2010 or something. And didn't go through with it. Mint looks superficially a bit more like windows.
I love Linux Mint and I use it specifically because of Cinnamon. I hate fancy desktops, Cinnamon is the sweet spot. XCFE is also pretty good. Mint offers an XCFE version. Also, you can install pretty much any desktop environment you want and choose them at start-up but it is easier with Ubuntu to do that since it comes in so many release flavors.
When I bought my computer, it came pre installed and was asking for a Microsoft account. I didn't know of any option not to do that, so we used an old msn-messenger email.
If you skip where it asks for wifi/don't plug in Ethernet, you can skip making an account. If you connect to the internet at any point you will need one though. When I setup my mom's laptop I just wiped it and reinstalled from scratch, didn't even bother to go through the setup.
I don't know why Microsoft even bothered making it a new numbered version. It's literally just the next major Windows 10 update, but they are giving it a new name. It's all just fixes for problems Windows 10 has with laptops.
Knowing that I doubt the installation process will be any different.
Are these specs higher than windows 10 or very high? Has it been possible to buy a computer with less than 4 gb ram in the last 15 years?
Windows 10 was 2GB minimum requirements, and 800x600 screen resolution minimum. There are many "cheap" laptops and PCs sold with 4GB RAM in my country. This change is going to be very painful here, especially the DX12 and 720p requirements. Most universities still run 1024x768 screens and nothing modern enough to have DX12 on it, outside of the "specialist" PC'S in engineering faculty.
Microsoft is going to have another windows xp situation because windows 10 home/pro will be supported till 10/14/2025. Microsoft even sold surface devices with 2gb of rams. I hope some government forces Microsoft to extend support because we at least deserve 10 year support like the past windows versions got.
Yeah my old laptop already chugs hard on Windows 10, and it has 4GB ram. No way I'm going to put windows 11 on it, it will just make it even slower.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/2954260/these-graphics-cards-and-processors-support-windows-10s-directx-12-graphics-tech.html
basically things after 2014 support DX 12
It's about how much ram Windows itself needs to run without having programs open... also now a MS account is required
I did see a video that shows if you aren't connected to the internet while installing it (or something like that), you're able to get around that requirement. Still total BS though.
I had to do this for windows 10 also. After initial install, I was able to change settings to have offline logins
Yeah but that doesn't stop the spying... is there a specific reason why you can't ditch windows altogether?
I do like the idea of Linux. I tried Ubuntu in 2006 but found it cumbersome and obnoxious. Maybe there are better ones now, but I'm just really used to windows. Waiting for the open source revolution on PC has been hard. I'm not interested in having Samsung Dex as my main OS
2006 is ages ago! If you've a USB you can try linux out without installing it via live usb (or you can do it via a virtual machine. I actually made my parents switch to linux and it only took me a couple of mins to show them how it works and they've been using it for months now
Check Kubuntu out and you might find it helpful if you switch to open source cross platform apps first, see this post
I was thinking of using Linux Mint and installed it on a thumb drive too. It was in 2010 or something. And didn't go through with it. Mint looks superficially a bit more like windows.
I love Linux Mint and I use it specifically because of Cinnamon. I hate fancy desktops, Cinnamon is the sweet spot. XCFE is also pretty good. Mint offers an XCFE version. Also, you can install pretty much any desktop environment you want and choose them at start-up but it is easier with Ubuntu to do that since it comes in so many release flavors.
See my comment about Mint and KDE. You can just try them out and see which you like
If you don't connect to the internet when you install windows 10, you don't need a Microsoft account.
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When I bought my computer, it came pre installed and was asking for a Microsoft account. I didn't know of any option not to do that, so we used an old msn-messenger email.
If you skip where it asks for wifi/don't plug in Ethernet, you can skip making an account. If you connect to the internet at any point you will need one though. When I setup my mom's laptop I just wiped it and reinstalled from scratch, didn't even bother to go through the setup.
I wonder if win11 will do the same
I don't know why Microsoft even bothered making it a new numbered version. It's literally just the next major Windows 10 update, but they are giving it a new name. It's all just fixes for problems Windows 10 has with laptops.
Knowing that I doubt the installation process will be any different.
Purely a PR move to get away from the stigma of 10