I am typing this on a nice Dell XPS laptop I bought 8.5 years ago. 4K screen, backlit keyboard, 16 GB RAM, 7th gen i7 processor. Used for over 50 hours per week for 8.5 years. I would say that kind of usage indicates that it is not garbage - but quality hardware. Unfortunately, it won't officially run Windows 11.

The only thing I have had to replace is the power cord - as the old one bent back and forth a lot being moved several times a day.

I agree. A Perplexity coder is busy altering their user agent header in these scenarios to randomly choose from a large collection of various valid user agent strings.

It's the DHD from the second StarGate - buried under the ice.

If they look at where recent Antarctic seismic events are strongest - they can more accurately determine the location.

Translation: Angry man defecates on joystick and shakes fist at cloud.

Did someone say unauthorised repairs? I think I have heard that one before.

Doe - a deer, a Johny Deere...

I haven't found performance to be an issue with Office.

On my laptop (just over 8 years old), with a throttled CPU (ThrottleStop) - Word loads in 2 seconds (after a reboot and login).

A 2 second cold start is very reasonable.

Maybe they spend the time/resources improving Teams performance (which is much, much slower to load) and Windows performance - and enable the decrapification of Windows from stuff nobody needs and nobody asked for.

Alvin (hi!) - I don't trust anything you wrote in your comment. Now excuse me please whilst I resume sending people pictures of my genitals.

268 MB now - which is insane for what it does (and it is using the WebView 2 external component).

I purchased a Google Chromecast a year ago.

The recent Netflix app update means the app requires a lot of patience to use. I scroll down and it now takes a second or more for images/posters to appear (on a 500 Mbps internet connection).

The previous versions of the Netflix app did not have this issue.

The Netflix Android app has been enshitified.

I doubt this form of protest will do very much, but I agree with the sentiment about putting pressure on Microsoft on the TPM 2 requirements.

This is going to create so much hardware waste much sooner. Hardware that is in perfect working order.

Only two of my Intel PCs meet the requirements for Windows 11. Some of my other hardware has 16GB of RAM , i7 & SSD, but Microsoft doesn't want them to run Windows 11.

Gone are the days when hardware has a 2-3 year lifespan. My daily choice is a 13" Dell XPS 13 - which is nearly 8 years old. Beautiful screen (3200x1800), 16GB RAM, SSD, i7 processor. I run Visual Studio & SQL Server on it daily. I use ThrottleStop to slow it down and keep it a little cooler on my lap - but it was a fantastic purchase.

This TPM 2 requirement is just going to mean I will migrate more of my home environment to Linux.

I also use Defender Control to periodically disable Microsoft's antivirus - a problem of their own creation. All disk IO being run through that slows down disk access and increases CPU usage. And what about CompatTelRunner.exe using 100% of one of your CPU cores for extended periods to send telemetry to Microsoft? Maybe Microsoft should focus on fixing more important issues.

Posted less than a week ago:

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Papa Smurf, is that you?

popcorn... and Trump approved disinfectant injections?

AI in Firefox? I'm sure it will be as good as Pocket.

The AI agent should be named enshitAIfication or similar.

That's terrible! Where?