Ryzen CPU owners can now download better gaming performance thanks to a Windows 11 update

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Ryzen CPU owners can now download better gaming performance thanks to a Windows 11 update
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What a time to be alive

Well yeah. Imagine for a 250$ "Operating system" to take weeks until it performs the same as a FOSS OS.

Edit: 259€.

I'm sorry, 250 bucks? Where does it cost that much? 😅

Windows 11 Pro, doesn't matter if it's just the License or with USB, officially costs 259€. Which is ~289 USD.

https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/d/windows-11-pro/dg7gmgf0d8h4/000P

And even for the US, it's 200$.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/windows-11-pro/dg7gmgf0d8h4/000P

This is just the official price. Of course, you'll almost always get free Win 11 Home with new computers, or a Volume License for 10€ from ebay, or you just don't activate it. But the official price by M$ is 259€/200$. Which kinda means they think it is worth that much, and it would be justified to charge germans almost 300 USD for "an advertisement delivery platform strapped to a program loader".

Ok, this is the second time I've seen this $250 price. Where did you get that from?

Worst I'm seeing is ~$60 for a usb set up to install Pro along with the license, and you can easily get OEM Pro licenses for far far less.

Windows 11 Pro, doesn't matter if it's just the License or with USB, officially costs 259€. Which is ~289 USD.

https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/d/windows-11-pro/dg7gmgf0d8h4/000P

And even for the US, it's 200$.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/windows-11-pro/dg7gmgf0d8h4/000P

This is just the official price. Of course, you'll almost always get free Win 11 Home with new computers, or a Volume License for 10€ from ebay, or you just don't activate it. But the official price by M$ is 259€/200$. Which kinda means they think it is worth that much, and it would be justified to charge germans almost 300 USD for "an advertisement delivery platform strapped to a program loader".

Normies hate grey market because it feels like they are stealing from the rich 🤡

Normies don't know what an OS is. I'd say there is not a single person that would actually pay the official price - but it's nonetheless what M$ is asking for, implicating that's what they think their Trojan is worth.