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Is anyone paying for Windows 11 in 2024?

by meiraleal 2y ago

cuu508 2y ago
If you buy a new laptop with Windows on it, you are [indirectly] paying for Windows.
LadyCailin 2y ago
Business/site licenses, probably.
AshamedCaptain 2y ago
Is anyone able to _not_ pay for Windows 11 in 2024? It's called the "Microsoft Tax" for a reason.
- lye 2y ago
  Yes, laptops without a windows license are pretty popular in at least some poorer countries. Most buyers install windows anyway and activate it via massgrave and friends, which lets you save 40 to 100 USD, which is a pretty big deal.
- pxeger1 2y ago
  Lenovo offers its laptops (at the least the customisable models) with your choice of No OS, Windows Home, or Windows Pro.
- Zambyte 2y ago
  GNU/Linux, ChromeOS (Google GNU/Linux), Android (Google Linux), MacOS, iOS (and iPadOS is a different thing, right?) Are almost certainly collectively more popular than Windows. Even as a primary / exclusive computer. I think a lot of people are able to not pay for Windows 11 in $CURRENT_YEAR, probably most.
omnee 2y ago
Each Windows version has regressed from Windows 7 onwards. To the point that Windows 11 can almost be construed as malware. I'll be using Ubuntu henceforth.
- opless 2y ago
  Actually XP was probably the peak of Windows IMHO
  - still_grokking 2y ago
    Windows "Teletubby Edition"? :-) No, Win2k was "peak Windows", imho. Frankly MS later ditched the quite ambitious Windows NT 5.0 project, which was the planed Win2k successor, for a Frankenstein monster made out of the super buggy WinME and Win2k. That became Windows XP. Coming from Win98, Win98SE, WinMe, WinXP was for sure quite good. But compared to the super stable, fast, and well structured Win2k it was quite a disappointment. It didn't have almost any of the advanced features planed for WinNT 5, it was much more unstable and buggy than Win2k, it was quite chaotic with "old Win95" parts, stuff coming from Win2k, and some things on it own placed randomly.
  - jrm4 2y ago
    Can generally confirm, the only Windows I regularly use is Virtualized XP for some old music making programs I like.
    - opless 2y ago
      I guess if you want 64bit support windows 7 is generally better supported than 64bit XP

Is anyone paying for Windows 11 in 2024?

cuu508 2y ago

If you buy a new laptop with Windows on it, you are [indirectly] paying for Windows.

LadyCailin 2y ago

Business/site licenses, probably.

AshamedCaptain 2y ago

Is anyone able to _not_ pay for Windows 11 in 2024? It's called the "Microsoft Tax" for a reason.

lye 2y ago
Yes, laptops without a windows license are pretty popular in at least some poorer countries. Most buyers install windows anyway and activate it via massgrave and friends, which lets you save 40 to 100 USD, which is a pretty big deal.
pxeger1 2y ago
Lenovo offers its laptops (at the least the customisable models) with your choice of No OS, Windows Home, or Windows Pro.
Zambyte 2y ago
GNU/Linux, ChromeOS (Google GNU/Linux), Android (Google Linux), MacOS, iOS (and iPadOS is a different thing, right?) Are almost certainly collectively more popular than Windows. Even as a primary / exclusive computer. I think a lot of people are able to not pay for Windows 11 in $CURRENT_YEAR, probably most.

omnee 2y ago

Each Windows version has regressed from Windows 7 onwards. To the point that Windows 11 can almost be construed as malware. I'll be using Ubuntu henceforth.

opless 2y ago
Actually XP was probably the peak of Windows IMHO
- still_grokking 2y ago
  Windows "Teletubby Edition"? :-) No, Win2k was "peak Windows", imho. Frankly MS later ditched the quite ambitious Windows NT 5.0 project, which was the planed Win2k successor, for a Frankenstein monster made out of the super buggy WinME and Win2k. That became Windows XP. Coming from Win98, Win98SE, WinMe, WinXP was for sure quite good. But compared to the super stable, fast, and well structured Win2k it was quite a disappointment. It didn't have almost any of the advanced features planed for WinNT 5, it was much more unstable and buggy than Win2k, it was quite chaotic with "old Win95" parts, stuff coming from Win2k, and some things on it own placed randomly.
- jrm4 2y ago
  Can generally confirm, the only Windows I regularly use is Virtualized XP for some old music making programs I like.
  - opless 2y ago
    I guess if you want 64bit support windows 7 is generally better supported than 64bit XP