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> Windows group is living in the 1990's and still thinks you can make money on a desktop operating system. I can't speak for others but I'm more than willing t
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
> Windows group is living in the 1990's and still thinks you can make money on a desktop operating system.
I can't speak for others but I'm more than willing to pay good money for a version of Windows that isn't actively user hostile and full of garbage. Like, give me a Windows 2000 UI on top of modern Windows underpinnings and I'll give you $500/year. They can even keep putting out the shitty version of Windows and just make it explicitly ad/creepy-data-harvesting supported. That might still not be enough to actually make them money, I can't say.
What I can say is that I feel like Window's current strategy is less about making money and more about actively trying to kill off personal computing for the sake of pushing everyone to subscription services.
- notriddle 5y agoAren't you asking for Windows Server?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoNo. Windows server w/ Desktop Experience contains pretty much all the same bullshit as Windows 10. Even LTSC only cuts out a relatively small portion of it.
- letitbeirie 5y agoSounds like Windows Server... 2008
- at_a_remove 5y agoI typically get downvoted for mentioning this, no idea why: This is basically Windows Enterprise LTSC/LTSB. That is what I use and that it what I set up for my less technically competent friends and family who are not good at navigating the ever-shifting sands of the Windows UI, the situation changing on them, a game they had not remembered installing appearing in their Programs. Working on the simple rhythm of muscle memory and repetition, they draw the Worm.
- shmde 5y agoI am a power windows user and its such a shame ( on my end ) that I did not have a clue that Windows 10 LTSC existed till recently. I was quite happy with the Windows 10 PRO version, wanted to check out WIN 11, installed it, it started giving me the dreaded memory leak issue ( on AMD currently ) when opening windows explorer. Tried to revert back to windows 10 but the option was greyed out ( 10 days is the max time to revert back to Windows 10 ). Got to know about Windows 10 LTSC version, activated it with KMS and its snappy as f, no Ads, no Microsoft Store, no cortana, no bullshit. Basically the version people should've gotten in the first place.
- andi999 5y agoWhile I love LTSC, I think it is not possible to use the windows subsystem for linux on it.. which is my only pain point.
- xaduha 5y agoSure is, on a new 2021 one.
- asmosoinio 5y ago> 10 days is the max time to revert back to Windows 10 What, why?!
- shmde 5y agoYes, after upgrading to windows 11, you get a 10 day period during which you can revert back to windows 10. After that it greys out automatically. I was forced to do a fresh install because of how laggy windows 11 was.
- asmosoinio 5y agoWhat's the purpose of this? Means it's TECHNICALLY possible, and Microsoft actively takes away the option after 10 days? Do people not hate this? On macos the only way to revert is through full machine backups. That at least lets me think the upgrade is irreversible without backups, and then I am fine with it. :)
- marcosdumay 5y agoThe fact that they are killing Office just so that they try to push people into the cloud should be enough evidence that they have this strategy. Compared to MS Office, Windows is nothing.
- tomnipotent 5y ago> they are killing Office There is no such plan.
- AniseAbyss 5y agoThe paid pro version still has the ads and upselling tricks. Its almost comical.