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> I don't. Windows 10 and 11 turned my OS choice from a preference to a requirement. I will not buy a Windows machine for a long time. They turned their OS into
by sobkas 4y ago
> I don't. Windows 10 and 11 turned my OS choice from a preference to a requirement. I will not buy a Windows machine for a long time. They turned their OS into borderline malware.
That's because you are not their customer, you are their free advertisement that you pay for privilege of being. Their real customers are on enterprise level, and because of that, their enterprise version of Windows/Office differs from even pro one. So get yourself better enterprise version (if you can, good luck with that).
Also if you want to lease a computer, Linux option is more expensive.
- prepend 4y ago> That's because you are not their customer, you are their free advertisement that you pay for privilege of being. I paid $150 or something for windows. I helped my kids build a gaming machine and bought windows myself for the first time in decades. I’m definitely their customer and it’s a bad experience for the most expensive piece of software I’ve bought personally. If they were giving away home windows, I’d agree. But I think they know they have a monopoly and don’t care and are just squeezing extra revenue as much as possible.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago>If they were giving away home windows, I’d agree. They pretty much are though. I activated my Windows 11 installation with a pirated CD key from the windows 7 days and it's still working just fine. They obviously know that CD has been used by so many over the years but it seems they don't bother enforcing the license.