Windows 12 could be another costly upgrade for supporters of Microsoft operating systems. A new report reveals that the AI-dominated OS will require AMD and Intel CPUs with a dedicated NPU. Possibly surfacing in late 2026, the follow-up to Windows 11 may also rely on subscriptions.
  • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    18 minutes ago

    Quite surprised that they are pushing that, seeing as one of the biggest obstacles for Windows 11 getting adopted was that a lot of the existing hardware didn’t support the TPM requirements it put it place.

    Doing it again so soon seems like a recipe to make people not want to use 12 at all. After all, Windows 11 works fine for them, why change so soon?

  • rockandsock@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    2 hours ago

    So they’re going to try to get everyone to buy new hardware when there is a shortage of ram and storage and they are ridiculously overpriced.

    The timing of this couldn’t be worse.

    Pass the popcorn.

  • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    49 minutes ago

    So a forced upgrade again? I don’t understand why people put up with this still, apart from shitty Windows only software and even then, maybe it’s time to try something new.

    • BriniaSona@lemmy.worldEnglish
      322·
      2 hours ago

      Can i flawlessly run Photoshop, mine raft java, FFXIV, steam and all games, Media player classic. Music bee without having to deal with work around and terminal garbage as easy as I can windows? No, I thought so, I’ll come back once I can use the things I use daily without an issue and without having to install 6 different things to make stuff work

      Ubuntu is neat the few times I used it though.

      • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 hour ago

        Would you also claim the diesel cars are worthless because you can’t use regular gas in them? No, I thought so

        Photoshop is trash.

        Minecraft works just fine (it’s Java for crying out loud)

        Steam works natively. Valve’s most popular hardware device runs Linux.

        Media player classic

        You want to use a garbage Windows built-in application on Linux?

        without having to deal with work around and terminal garbage as easy as I can windows?

        Two things here;

        1. You can get around on Linux without a terminal

        2. The terminal is king in functionality

        3. Windows requires a command line for many things also, this isn’t a Linux only thing

        If you come to Linux expecting it to work like Windows and run all Windows applications, then you’re setting yourself up for failure with bad-faith expectations.

        • BriniaSona@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          1 hour ago

          Media player classic is not window Media player. Windows Media player is trash.

          Photoshop might be trash (all of Adobe is, greedy little leeches), but it’s what I’ve been using it for like 22 years now and I’ve tried to use gimp but it’s just not the same, same with krita.

          I know steam and MC work, I was just listing stuff I use, I think music bee might even have a Linux version, and he’ll Linux might even have something better than Music bee. It usually does for media players.

          I never insulted Linux, I have no idea why people act like I do. Maybe me choosing I ubuntu might be insulting, but Linux having 6k options for me to pick is my own choice.

      • kahoodd@reddthat.comEnglish
        3·
        1 hour ago

        the thing is that if you are fresh gnu/linux guy there’s usually a store app where you can install software with no problems at all and as you get more familiar with gnu/linux you can start digging that terminal stuff

        and those apps you said really sucks…

  • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    41·
    2 hours ago

    I know Lemmy is a Linux echo chamber. But also, I feel like people did actually managed to move to alternative OSes or stay on Win10 cause they were fed up with NoPilot on win11.

    Also, once Steam Machine is released, that probably will boost migration to the skies.

  • BromSwolligans@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 hours ago

    They can force upgrade themselves in the ass.

    The only thing I’m looking forward to more than the collapse of the AI bubble is Microsoft, specifically, eating shit at the hands of a public that doesn’t want, need, or give two shits about them anymore. Just like Intel or whatever your favorite example is, see some fucking titan that thought they were some great titan, only to turn out to be Ozymandias when the whole fucking world looks up at them and shrugs. Like the end of the Truman show when this massive, all-consuming industry of a production comes crashing down in an evening, and the television viewers at home happily shrug and say, “what else is on?”

    The word about Linux is out, and, as Snazzy Labs recently pointed out, Macs have accidentally become the best value in new computers. There are excellent non-Windows options for ordinary people who just do everything through a web browser and an office suite, for not much money all over the fucking place, and the day their greed catches up to them and they start to lose real market share is so close I can taste it.

  • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
    22·
    4 hours ago

    Making windows worse, AI, and forced CPU upgrades in this economy? There really is something for everyone to hate here.

  • user28282912@piefed.socialEnglish
    11·
    4 hours ago

    If vibe-coding is wrecking Windows 11 and Office now … just wait until Windows 12 sees the light of day! Ohhh boy, will that ever be some infinite-monkeys-on-typewriters-shite!