Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : esc
Date : Fri Dec 09 2022 16:08:23

 pF> Windows 10 runs fine here, and Windows 11 won't run because this system 
 pF> doesn't have a TPM chip. It's a home model, I'm guessing lots of people
 pF> will  be unable to upgrade, and in 2025 they'll have to push the EOL
 pF> date out  further.

I struggle to figure out the killer feature Windows is bringing to the table nowadays in most use cases. Now that computers are front-ends for the internet, there don't appear to be many interesting differentiators. I think the following are probably the core remaining major use cases:
- Gaming (linux is coming along but is still a ways off and may never catch up)
- Office (though doing everything in the cloud is rendering this redundant)
- Ease/compatibility (my 67 year old father would have no idea how to install and use linux on his own)
- Supported applications (everything basically works in Windows)

Aside from that, I think people probably use Windows because it's a known quantity and has basic understood principles at this point simply due to the history of its use.

This isn't to bash on Windows...I actually loved WSL when it came out and tried /hard/ to make a proper Windows dev environment. But as I always do, aside from my main gaming rig, I found my way back to linux after a bit. And I even tried Windows 11 and really wanted to like it. Alas it wasn't meant to be.

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