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Microsoft admits Windows 11 needs to be faster and drop ads, and some fixes are already shipping (www.windowslatest.com)
submitted 7 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Thankfully, for work, we stayed ahead of the RAMpocalypse by replacing many older PCs that weren't going to fully support 11 over 10. However, this year alone I've replaced only a couple devices and tried to save money by buying my own RAM to upgrade laptops, etc, and I might as well function with no budget, bc idk how else I'll function.

I also chuckle and die inside at the and time while companies are pushing browser clients vs local install apps. I get it helps with version control and updates, but, its no less taxing with 50 browser tabs open vs a few application windows.

Windows 7= 1GB minimum, 2GB recommended (though I think that was x86/32-bit) so we'll call it 2/4GB for x64/64-bit)

Windows 11= 16GB minimum with 32GB to function. It's so ridiculous!!!

Even windows 8 or 8.1 was super debloated as they tried to slim down Windows to work on tablets that were ~2GB RAM. Bring that back at this point.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Windows 8 was decent once the 3rd party guys figured out how to fix the clusterfuck of a start menu/screen.

[–] siravious@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

I’ve noticed a lot of windows improvement related posts lately, but absolutely none of them have mentioned a thing about the most important part which is yanking out that stupid fucking tracking ID. What is this, the “what Epstein files “ moment for Microsoft?

Doesn’t matter they’ve been making it shit for years and just at the wrong time. I’m with the other person on Let’s use Linux. Microsoft can fuck off

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 34 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The idea an operating system has add at all is so absurd. Especially since iirc one still needs to pay for Windows. Right?

[–] eurodyne@piefed.world 21 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

The idea of charging money for an operating system is just so bananas nowadays. Shit, even Apple stopped charging for macOS over a decade ago.

But ads? and in an operating system that barely even fucking works? It’s just so slimy and grubby.

[–] Untamed_Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I mean the price of apple oses is kinda included with the hardware, not like you can get it any other way anyways. If you want to argue hackingtosh, it's called that for a reason besides from it being impossible at the moment on the last update.

I don't think any of their oses have ads as bad as the windows ones tho, maybe in some built in apps but windows didn't even put it in an app just directly there lol.

[–] eurodyne@piefed.world 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

You can download copies of it from Apple‘s website. You can even sign up for the developer program for free and download copies of beta versions of their operating systems, as well.

You pay for the hardware. The operating system is free. However Apple does their internal accounting is their business. But you can download copies of it without paying.

And hackacintoshes are called that because you installed the operating system on hardware other than apples. But you don’t have to pay to get a copy of macOS.

[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 18 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

"Windows announces strategic move to damage control after their PR team says their reputation is in the shitter."

Microsoft states, "We need some time for the consumers to settle down before we implement these surveillance and advertising features we promised to investors. We will be pushing a few quality updates and bug fixes before laying off the team that made them and swapping back to the regularly scheduled AI slopdates."

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 6 hours ago

I'm still very happy with Linux. Microsoft can fuck off.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago

"Microsoft attempts to prevent Linux installs by reducing requirements."

[–] schwim@piefed.zip 14 points 7 hours ago

This likely has something to do with them removing the 32gb suggested RAM removal on their product page and replacing it with a laughable 8gb recommendation in light of the AI-rampocalypse.

[–] shweddy@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

But not the less ads part

[–] sanitation@lemmy.today 1 points 6 hours ago

No. Not like this.

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

don't care, screw of microslop. you're dangerous to use

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Fuck microslop, Linux for me rrim now on blow me bitches