Recall is off by default and
opt-in:<p>“ During setup of your new Copilot+ PC, and for each new user, the user can opt into saving snapshots using Recall. If you don’t choose to opt in, it will be off by default and snapshots will not be taken or saved. You can also remove Recall entirely by using the optional features settings in Windows. ”<p><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/privacy-and-control-over-your-recall-experience-d404f672-7647-41e5-886c-a3c59680af15#:~:text=During%20setup%20of%20your%20new,optional%20features%20settings%20in%20Windows" rel="nofollow">https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/privacy-and-cont...</a>.
"discontinuing Windows" is obviously a step too far and clickbaity.<p>BUT the point remains - MS appears to not want people to run Windows.<p>In the old days, Windows was welcome on any damn machine you could boot with and Intel compatible CPU.<p>Windows 11 however has all sorts of restrictions on what it will run on - restrictions primarily designed to sell new computing hardware it seems.<p>I feel like Microsoft does not want me to use Windows 11.<p>So they point remains, despite the clickbaity title - Windows 11 ain't for me and Microsoft doesn't seem to want me to run it on all my old machines, so what now?<p>Wait for SteamOS for general computing?<p>Try Ubuntu desktop again?<p>Just stay on Windows 10 till it's deprecated then never run Windows again?<p>What is clear is that Windows users come last in MIcrosoft's calculations - before that comes Windows OEMs, Windows advertising sales group who put all the crapware and advertisements on Windows, and all Microsoft's other big businesses that have eclipsed Windows in importance such as Azure.<p>It's strange - MS just doesn't seem to care at all any more about whether you want to run Windows or not.<p>Steve Ballmer would turn in his grave, except he's alive and well.
One proven approach:<p>Older stable Windows versions for office work and non-internet hardware, air-gapped away from internet access.<p>Linux for the internet to concentrate on what it takes to avoid Microsoft's web, once you're more confortable there, then more smoothly migrate away from Windows for office work too.<p>Hurry up before the new PC's no longer have drivers for the older Windows versions.<p>Archive everything.
What about scenario 0: Windows 10 is discontinued, but unofficially supported for years afterwards with security patches all the while keepings its users anxious that "full support will really stop any day now", a la Real ID.
my major gripe with both windows 10 and 11 is how bloated they feel at all times. Even with 16 GB RAM it feels like a chore doing anything on them. It could be a perception issue or perhaps an actual one but Windows 7 was so much more faster at a time when hardware was not even that evolved
I thought Windows 8 was supposed to be Windows-ForEver. I think I heard the same for Windows 10. Weren't they supposed to be on perpetual upgrade?
I think this article is getting all anxious about a non-problem.<p>Microsoft ended up supporting Windows XP far, far longer than they expected to or wanted to. As long as people (especially corporate people) need to run Windows on hardware that Windows 11 rejects, Microsoft will extend the Windows 10 EOL date. They'll realize that charging all that for "extended support" will hurt them more than help them, and (mostly) drop it.<p>It's a little weird that the author didn't bring this up as a possible scenario. I think it's much more likely than any of the others listed. I expect the scenario where Microsoft relaxes the Windows 11 hardware requirements isn't that realistic; they seem to think those hardware requirements are critical for security (regardless if they are or aren't).<p>Eventually the hardware that Windows 11 doesn't like will age out to the point that Microsoft will actually EOL Windows 10. And the kind of people who will continue to still use that hardware are the kind of people who don't know what security updates are and/or won't care that they aren't getting security updates.<p>This all feels like a big nothingburger. Worse, the headline is super clickbaity, and I regret clicking it.
I don't think the situation is as dire as described. More people are ready for Windows 11 than most of these pundits assume-- they say they won't, but they will upgrade.<p>And onward marches the sands of time.
People hate Windows, but won’t stop using it.<p>Everyone gets to make their own decisions, I suppose, but let’s all tell the truth about what’s happening here.