Microsoft with the push to require TPM 2.0, that isn't really required, is responsible for huge amounts of new e-waste. Any green initiative they claim is out the door.

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throw_m239339 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It's an eco-disaster but on the other hand there is Linux... at some point people need to take a stand, especially given how crappy W11 is...

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beached_whale 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Im not going to do the support for my kids not using windows along with the schools using O365 and such. So found a refurb business laptop for them on the one without TPM2. Popped linux on the old one and it went from slow to fast for OS related things and not a terrible machine but snappy. Like, it's a 10yr old i5 but that was enough for sims4, office, and minecraft. It's crazy how much compute performance Windows is taking from its users.

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Aeglaecia 3 hours ago | parent [-]

to be fair the iot edition of windows ten is also blazingly fast to the point where >10yo thinkpads are perfectly fine for everything outside of gaming ... so id blame microsoft for adding layers upon layers of shit to the os , instead of blaming the os itself

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beached_whale 2 hours ago | parent [-]

that's picking at what is the OS. Sure, but no one is generally running Windows 10 IoT

	▲	Aeglaecia 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		is there a single person in the world that would choose windows 11 over windows 10 iot if microsoft deigned to offer the choice ??