EinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoWindows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkWindows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCsarstechnica.comEinatYahav@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoSo if you got Win11 to install on an “unsupported” CPU it might not boot now? Backward compatibility is a big selling point for me. It bugged me for years when Windows got rid of 16-bit compatibility. Looking forward to Linux instead of Windows 11/12, I know it will be a learning curve but Linux is getting better and easier.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoHonestly, it’s easier to keep my Debian machine from killing itself than any Windows install. It seems like Windows actively sabotages itself for no reason.
So if you got Win11 to install on an “unsupported” CPU it might not boot now?
Backward compatibility is a big selling point for me. It bugged me for years when Windows got rid of 16-bit compatibility.
Looking forward to Linux instead of Windows 11/12, I know it will be a learning curve but Linux is getting better and easier.
Honestly, it’s easier to keep my Debian machine from killing itself than any Windows install.
It seems like Windows actively sabotages itself for no reason.