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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
I laughed when My Rig apparently couldn't run Win 11.

While the initial requirements practically meant everyone needed new hardware there is something to be said about Microsoft trying to not let manufacturers use junk in their consumer PCs.

I remember the worst offender I saw was Laptop Depot in Canada. They were trying to sell a Laptop with 512MB of RAM in 2009.
gpt
&gt;there is something to be said about Microsoft trying to not let manufacturers use junk in their consumer PCs.

That's not Microsoft's call to make. And deciding to set a cutoff date past which existing working hardware just won't work on its OS is anti-consumer.

Meanwhile, the Linux community is having debates about whether or not to end support for the i486 and some people said that somehow, someway even in 2023 they're still using machines with a 486 processor. But as far as I'm concerned if it works and it suits their needs it's not an OS vendor's place to tell them they have to upgrade.