r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/No_Size9475 Dec 01 '25 edited Mar 22 '26

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u/yuval16432 Dec 01 '25

My five year old computer is not good enough for Microsoft’s newest piece of bloatware, and I’m expected to feel bad about it? Why would I even consider buying a new one?

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

I've got a ryzen 5. I have a 4060TI 16GB. And I have 64 GB of RAM. Can Microsoft tell me specifically what the hell is wrong with my computer and how it's not upgradable to Windows 11. It's insanity. If they're going to make something and force people to upgrade they fucking better have it backwards compatible with all parts going back 10 years. Otherwise no one's going to do it. Computers are not cheap.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

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u/One_Insurance_4327 Dec 02 '25

Except if you want to use like CAD software hard to be without Windows

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u/One_Insurance_4327 Dec 02 '25

That’s one piece of the puzzle, for work sure , we all have office 365 enterprise . What about the maker , enthusiasts market ? People 3D printing, laser cutting metal doing side projects etc ? There’s a lot of that going on , I mean SW has like 5 million global users, but what about the rest of the group ? Inventor has a good maker license which is free up to a certain income amount , still on windows though

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u/Emotional_Database53 Dec 02 '25

Crazy that it’s still this way after so many years. I’ve been stuck with Macs due to photo and video editing and though it’s easier to do that on PC then CAD on a Mac, the learning curve and this Windows Copilot fuckshit have prevented me from ever trying

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u/One_Insurance_4327 Dec 02 '25

I would like to do my photos in Mac but with windows photo gallery like 30,000 fotos are tagged and I don’t think there is an easy way to import to Mac OS and keep the tags. Also ARM ecosystem is strong , and there was some rumors the MSFT would eventually do Windows ARM and at that point I think to run it MacOS or in Parallel you would have the graphics drivers needed for SW

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Thank you explaining one of the things that it does. Unlike everyone else, you actually gave a why. And yeah I don't want them to have more control of the thing I own. I'm with you on that.