MicrosoftMaking such a move in at a time where everyone should care about the environment, customers are forced to trash their working computers, to stay secure.
Not everyone has such high standards and is satisfied with their computer the way it is or performs. That’s why there are still computers sold with low powered CPUs like Pentium or i3. For what some people need it’s sufficient.
I don’t care how green MS Datacenters might get, calculate that amount of artificially made obsolete hardware, into your carbon rating and it will take ages to reach carbon-negative.
How about Windows 11 LTSC will it also have the same strict hardware requirements? Manufacturers of Embedded Hardware are often way behind with the CPU generations they use in their builds. Just recently got offered Industrial Clients with 8th Gen Intel CPUs, maybe would just make the curve for Win 11, but the biggest part of hardware currently at play here is 2nd & 7th Gen Intel. And those are often not easily changed as an upgrade would also involving third parties for the software part, communication with manufacturing machines etc.
Sad move.
