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whm1974 wrote:Or you could completely switch over to Linux by then...
BlackDove wrote:This is just another way to push their spyware reskin of 8.
Here we go again. The usual suspects are trying to turn routine diagnostic information into another manufactured privacy controversy over Windows 10. Don't fall for it. (PS: You won't believe what Apple's privacy policy says.)
BlackDove wrote:
Lots of games need Direct X and cant be run in VMs well. Otherwise i would. Its still disgusting what Microsoft has become.
Aphasia wrote:
A good question is why a company should somehow be expected to continue to support old products indefinitely. Because that is certainly not feasible.
biffzinker wrote:BlackDove wrote:This is just another way to push their spyware reskin of 8.
Microsoft isn't spying on you anymore than Apple is, Goggle on the other hand.Here we go again. The usual suspects are trying to turn routine diagnostic information into another manufactured privacy controversy over Windows 10. Don't fall for it. (PS: You won't believe what Apple's privacy policy says.)
Revealed! The crucial detail that Windows 10 privacy critics are missing
cheesyking wrote:biffzinker wrote:BlackDove wrote:This is just another way to push their spyware reskin of 8.
Microsoft isn't spying on you anymore than Apple is, Goggle on the other hand.Here we go again. The usual suspects are trying to turn routine diagnostic information into another manufactured privacy controversy over Windows 10. Don't fall for it. (PS: You won't believe what Apple's privacy policy says.)
Revealed! The crucial detail that Windows 10 privacy critics are missing
Riiiiiiiight, so when MS track everything you do it's not spying it's analytics but Google Analytics on the other hand is spying. Makes total sense.
What Google do may be creepy but at least you generally know the stuff you do offline purely on your own computer isn't being looked at. With analytics embedded in the OS there's nowhere to hide.
whm1974 wrote:Hopefully usage of Vulkan will become widespread making games easier to port over to Linux.
sweatshopking wrote:Motherboard makers can still issues patches for support. You're mad a for profit business is doing what's best for their business?!!? QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ
You know it's security patches will 2023, right for 8.1?
what are you even talking about it being 8.1 under the hood? brah, you should look up the stuff you say.
monopolies exist for all kinds of reasons. brah, u sew cray cray
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Krogoth wrote:Protip: They have been doing that kind of crap for a long time. If you want software support for legacy hardware platforms then I would suggest sticking with FOSS alternatives. They have a much better track record in this.
just brew it! wrote:
What makes you think Vulkan-enabled Linux drivers will be any less of a mess than the current OpenGL ones? OpenGL has been a standard for longer than DirectX has been around, and many game engines have supported it. The problem hasn't been the lack of a portable 3D API; the problem has been the spotty GPU support and installation difficulties of Linux GPU drivers.
just brew it! wrote:
Yes, they do; but that's completely irrelevant to the thread. We're discussing the exact opposite: Legacy OS support for *new* hardware.
BlackDove wrote:And they can only exiat with the help of governments. They can not exist in a free market.
BlackDove wrote:garbage reskin of 8.1
BlackDove wrote:Its basically the same operating system as 8.1.
BlackDove wrote:And they can only exiat with the help of governments. They can not exist in a free market.
BlackDove wrote:...I half expect Microsoft to come up with some new lie in the next few months so they can completely abandon 7 and 8.1.
whm1974 wrote:just brew it! wrote:
Yes, they do; but that's completely irrelevant to the thread. We're discussing the exact opposite: Legacy OS support for *new* hardware.
It is not very realistic to expect vendors to support their products forever.
just brew it! wrote:OS licenses don't age like fine wine!
curtisb wrote:
Having a monopoly in and of itself is not illegal, though. I wish people would stop talking about monopolies like they're inherently a bad thing.
meerkt wrote:? CPUs don't need OS support, they are backward compatible. And new instructions; I don't think there are any new registers to save on context switching?