Microsoft seems to be creating a
mountain of a
waist this is a perfectly functioning
laptop this is also a perfectly
functioning laptop this is a laptop with
some issues but could be fixed but all
of these laptops are capable of running
Windows 10 but because Microsoft is
ending support and not officially
allowing Windows 11 to be installed on
this older
Hardware um these are effectively going
to become e-w for most
people and I know that there are
solutions workarounds to get Windows 11
to work on things um but generally
speaking um I don't think people are
going to want to do these workarounds if
you're a general user with a general
laptop you're most likely going to be
running Windows 10 getting messages
popping up saying You must upgrade or
your software is not supported um
and then you're stuck feeling like you
can't use your machine securely you
can't use it for internet purchases
things like that without worrying about
it and it's a real shame because this
Hardware is this is fourth gen Intel
these are first gen uh I3 i5 and they're
perfectly capable of running Windows 10
um it's not the fastest but with an SSD
it's quick enough and windows 11 doesn't
need that much more of course there are
some additional security requirements
but what's stopping Microsoft from
releasing a light version of Windows 11
that could be installed on older
Hardware it seems completely odd that
Microsoft are happy to just say yeah all
this Hardware is no good so you know get
rid of this get rid of that get rid of
all of these laptops and go out and buy
a new one and and then you might say
well why not put Linux on and I've done
that with this laptop and it runs quite
nicely but I am into um computers
Hardware software windows I like
installing operating systems I like
playing with systems most people don't
um most people are going to struggle
when they can't get the software they
want to run on a Linux laptop and
I realize that the world has changed
everything's online now so as long as
you've got a web browser most of the
time you're fine but it's for when
you're not um just using the internet
and wanting to do some other things that
not having Windows becomes a problem for
a lot of people also there's the
familiarity of Windows for people um
they like the look of it they like
knowing where things are um some Linux
distrib distributions have become
friendlier and more like Windows a lot
of them seem to look a lot like Windows
11 um which I'm personally not a fan of
because I don't really like Windows 11
um but yeah it's kind of like coming
along and saying you know that TV you've
been using um yeah it doesn't work
anymore you need a new one and there's
nothing wrong with your TV it's just on
an old version of Android for example or
it can't get the L
version of Netflix it's
like stuff breaking and having built-in
obsolescence buil-in
um expiry dates is becoming the norm and
becoming acceptable and it's a bit off
topic but Android TVs that uh no longer
can get the latest updates um it's just
a real pain that there's no sort of
long-term plan for systems anymore you
know if for
example you had a car everyone hates car
analogies um but if you had a car and it
was 10 years old say and suddenly they
say oh yeah won't work with the petrol
anymore um there would be uh outrage
there would be uproar and I know this
has happened with um in the past with
old cars and lead and unleaded petrol um
but the time frame and the time period
of cars running for a very long time is
very different to this laptop which is I
don't know um fourth gen Intel so not
very old really in excellent condition
um it looks great I think it battery is
probably okay and yeah it's it's just a
great little
laptop and according to Microsoft this
is isn't good enough anymore
so it's just very disappointing but
anyway I just thought it was worth
talking about
because there seems to be just a general
acceptance of what's happening and yes
Microsoft are extending support for a
year if you're going to pay $30 but what
are people supposed to do with um you
know these laptops probably aren't
really worth
that much um and spending another $30 on
it is makes it even more expensive and
you think well some people will think oh
I may as well put that $30 towards the
windows 11 laptop
and it just it just um seems quite
extreme that we're in this
situation
and I guess it's happened before um but
not to the same same extent I think
that's the main difference here is that
yes you're all you had to upgrade
Windows 7 to get security when that was
abandoned but you could upgrade your
hardware install Windows 10 and off you
go with the same Hardware this time
they're saying your Hardware is not okay
when actually it is you know this is
working but according to Microsoft it's
not good enough um
yeah let me know what you think in the
comments what is your solution to this
it's making it really difficult to sort
out people's computers and say oh yeah
I've had a look at your Windows 10 PC
it's fixed it's all up and running
knowing that uh October next year
2025 they're not they're going to get
big messages saying your computer is no
longer supported no longer updated
please pay Microsoft some money um
what's going to happen then
and where are these people going to go
with their computers
because a shop isn't going to want to
like PC World for example they're going
to tell them to buy a new
pc it's just um really kind of at odds
with what you know Bill Gates is doing
nowadays trying to save the world
Microsoft on the other hand just doesn't
care about all of this e-waste
so anyway
um that's what I'm thinking about at the
moment and thought i' just PST this
and while I've got these machines that I
think are quite nice but Mar St thinks
otherwise so let me know what you think
in the comments and let me know what
you're planning on doing with older
machines keep them running Windows 10 or
switch to Linux or maybe set up uh uh
Mac OS on something or what let me know
below thanks for watching bye