Windows 11 should run on ANY PC.

I am customer and I absolutely hate it that they have restricted the machine that Windows can run on.

If they don't fix this sort of anti customer garbage then all their words are pure horseshit.

SloppyDrive 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is one of the areas that annoy me due to how limp microsoft is with the requirements...

Either give a solid set of requirements that let a dev assume things about a windows 11 system (good hardware security, in particular), or fuck off entirely.

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alex_duf 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

have you thought about switching to another OS?

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mkl 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Unfortunately Linux doesn't run well on my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (which is perfectly functional other than the lack of Windows security updates). I'm very unlikely to buy or recommend a Microsoft computer again, even though I liked the hardware.

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m4rtink 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Looks like your device is supported & has been for a while ?

https://www.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/nwr4kd/best_d...

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mkl 9 hours ago | parent [-]

I check out the status every so often. Not much is upstreamed yet, so it requires a patched kernel and some mucking about, likely on an ongoing basis. I'll probably try it at some point but not until I have moved my uses for that machine onto something else.

	▲	hedora 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		For what it's worth, I have a surface laying around somewhere. It doesn't run Windows any more. I have plenty of older Linux machines that are still supported. Moving forward, I'm sticking with hardware where everything works without setting the Linux 'taint' bit (i.e., zero proprietary code in the kernel). Most laptops made in the last few years with an AMD CPU + GPU meet that requirement. I'd require that even if I was running windows, given how badly I've been burned on short hardware support lifespans in the past. For instance, I also have an Intel OEM reference motherboard that never had Linux video drivers. It no longer boots windows.