400M PCs can't run Win 11: PIRG petitions Microsoft to extend Win 10 life

Last night I attempted to install Windows 11 on a new laptop, released 2022. The installer doesn&#x27;t allow you to continue without connecting to the Internet first, and Windows doesn&#x27;t have the right WiFi drivers built in.<p>I&#x27;m lazy, so I installed Fedora instead<p>I know this isn&#x27;t precisely related, but these anti-patterns add up. It does not feel good to be a Microsoft customer.

I wonder what is going on here, market wise. Microsoft displays one anti-consumer move after another. Classic monopolist behaviour.<p>Meanwhile, people literally prefer buying a new PC, tolerate the ads, tolerate the disrespect for their preferences, take the risk of cloud providers closing accounts and taking their life history with it.<p>The PC market seems ready for a shake up. I wish BEOS started today.

I have a 2019 Microsoft Surface laptop which cost a pretty penny (bought it for the wife). It doesn’t support Windows 11, I think because of TPM.<p>With end of life at 2025, I would have gotten about same life from a Chromebook which famously have expiration dates, for a fraction of the cost.<p>Is there really no way to work around the missing hardware with virtualization? Apple supports processor changes for several version (I have an Intel and an M2 MacBook both running same software). What is the deal? Forget extending windows 10 — get Windows 11 working somehow.

Windows 11 does not think my ThreadRipper 1950x is good enough for it. I wonder which one I&#x27;ll do without.

Its not like Windows 11 has to be supported. This is effectively a 400M device niche that will open up, not sure how thats a bad thing. People shouldnt use Windows, its not that great.

Then I guess this will be the year of the Linux desktop…

Real headline: 400M machines have unpatchable hardware bugs caused by Intel&#x27;s incompetence that have to be destroyed&#x2F;removed from prod before the end of their intended lifespan; Microsoft considers it a liability to keep those machines in use.