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End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? (endof10.org)
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[–] turtle@lemm.ee 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I bought a used PC with a 6-year old CPU model only to find out that Windows 11 wouldn't support it. That's when I realized that the only advantage that Windows had over Macs in my opinion (aside from games) was gone.

[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I'm curious what CPU was in it, as there aren't any CPUs listed from 2019 that aren't supported.

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 1 points 4 hours ago

This happened last year and it was a 2018 CPU (APU?): AMD Ryzen 5 2400GE. It's a low power 4 core hyperthreaded CPU/APU. Now searching the web for info I see that it was unsupported by Windows 11 from the time of release (2021) - see thread linked below. That means the CPU was a little over 3 years old at that time.

Some comments indicate that it may have been AMD's own recommendation, but still. I was able to return the machine and got one that was compatible, but it was still an eye-opening experience that showed me that Windows was no longer like the old unrestricted Windows that would run on any PC hardware that could run any recent version of Windows, even if dog slow. Windows is now like MacOS with artificial hardware restrictions, so what's the point of Windows anymore? I can have Linux for games and MacOS for any software I may need that's not able to run on Linux.

https://community.amd.com/t5/general-discussions/ryzen-5-2400g-and-windows-11/td-p/495169