Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025
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Fuck microsoft, on the bright side thing of all the cheap 2nd hand hardware
This really isn't anything noteworthy, and the headline would be roughly true each time Windows has had a major OS upgrade/release. Every new Windows release has higher base requirements than the last one.
The W10 requirements were almost identical to the W7 requirements. There might've been some edge cases but in general, anything that ran 7 could run 10.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-7-system-requirements-df0900f2-3513-a851-13e7-0d50bc24e15f
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-system-requirements-6d4e9a79-66bf-7950-467c-795cf0386715
It is actually noteworthy because Windows is forcing users to have a particular piece of useless hardware for "security" reasons.
Only enterprise will pay for new hardware to upgrade en masse.
SMB will upgrade as old systems age out. Nothing new there.