Just read Microsoft may allow WIndows 11 to run on 7th generation Intel Core i7 Processors. If they do I can just buy one off the Internet and run Windows 11 without having to buy a whole new computer. My current CPU is 6th gen but my motherboard supports 7th gen. That’ll save me a ton of money. Here’s hoping…
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I still maintain that buying a system pre-loaded with Windows is like buying a condom pre-loaded with AIDS. Blech.
Yes, I use it, but under protest. No interest in having v11 inflicted on me sooner then necessary.
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I’d give this 1,000 likes if I could. Exactly how I feel.
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Also, this article is about 6 weeks old.
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I don’t buy computers. I buy all the parts and build them myself. I dual boot with Windows/Linux. Windows 11 will be a free upgrade from Windows 10.
I’ll probably update on day 1, I usually do. I like playing around with the latest stuff. If it really sucks i can always go back to windows 10, that what I did wind Windows 8, it sucked so I went back to Windows 7.
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I looked around I couldn’t find any newer information, but I’m hoping 7th gen will be supported.
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Come on Adobe, support Linux! Amirite?
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I haven’t seen windows 11 yet.
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It hasn’t been released yet. @roxanna Here is what it looks like…
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I go to the dump, find most or all of the parts I need, build systems that way. Or I buy off-lease systems for about $0.10 on the dollar and use those. I leave bleeding cash for cutting edge tech to others.This media server:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSUkOQSlpHg/
…is 90% reclaimed discards. (The image works if you click through.) My “Chromebook” is a POS Lenovo Stinkpad I got for $20 from Goodwill and dropped a $20 SSD into. It runs Chromium OS.
I paid more than normal for the automation for my station (fanless industrial PCs), but anything non-mission critical is done on the cheap.
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That and RadioDJ. Currently running a Rivendell boxen and slowly migrating content to it.
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Ah I see. I’m going back to college next year for tech stuff. I miss it.
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I’ve done a little of both. I’ve bought used parts off the internet for cheap. My backup server is similar to your media server, cheap parts. My first laptop was a cheap laptop I got from craigslist. But for my gaming system I wanted maximum performance, I hate playing games with low framerates. I paid full price for the latest tech for my gaming PC.
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Make the jump to Arch Linux or Manjaro Linux, it is worth it. KDE Plasma is a very user friendly window manager.
Arch Install Guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/installation_guide
Manjaro Download https://manjaro.org/downloads/official/kde/
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I’ve been using Linux since the late 90’s. I’ve been through so many distros and GUI’s. Mandrake, Gentoo, Debian, SuSe, Slackware, Fedora and several others. I currently use Ubuntu with Cinnamon.
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Same on timeframe and distros. I’m partial to XFCE Linux Mint.
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When I used Linux, I liked OpenSuse KDE the most. Its interface is just damn beautiful.
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Yeah, that’s a problem with Dig Dug for me!
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i had an i7-7700hq gaming laptop. sold it and now i have an i3-10100 desktop and my motherboard supports up to i9 11th gen. hopefully i wont have to get a newer motherboard or anything for a long time. its odd that months before windows 11 being revealed many were saying there wouldnt be a windows 11
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I dont use Linux anymore as I want to play games, it was a pain in the ass to make Windows games run in Linux using Wine. Games would crash, black screen, missing files, never load, cheat system incompatible, etc Just a headache. I have been running Windows 11 beta since it was released, 0 issues.
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