My laptop (from 2020) somehow skipped last year’s update and only recently decided to update to the most recent Windows 11 release. And my first thought was “oh shit, is it going to install that Recall nonsense?” …good news: not only is Recall not installed by default but the laptop is officially too shitty to run Recall. (…it’s perfectly adequate for running everything else though!)
Which got me thinking:
Remember how mad everyone was when Windows 11 came out, requiring TPM 2.0, and how people were asked to buy new hardware?
Gee golly gosh, I hope Microsoft isn’t seriously going to say “yeah, you’re going to need to buy a new computer - so you can utilise all these awesome new AI features, you see.” Because people just love buying new hardware. Again. In this economy.
Fun thing:
My laptop (from 2020) somehow skipped last year’s update and only recently decided to update to the most recent Windows 11 release. And my first thought was “oh shit, is it going to install that Recall nonsense?” …good news: not only is Recall not installed by default but the laptop is officially too shitty to run Recall. (…it’s perfectly adequate for running everything else though!)
Which got me thinking:
Remember how mad everyone was when Windows 11 came out, requiring TPM 2.0, and how people were asked to buy new hardware?
Gee golly gosh, I hope Microsoft isn’t seriously going to say “yeah, you’re going to need to buy a new computer - so you can utilise all these awesome new AI features, you see.” Because people just love buying new hardware. Again. In this economy.