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Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11 (www.theregister.com)
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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] dx1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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.