Re: Before Dimdows 10 Goes EOL, I'm Testing Linux To Save My Laptop From The Landfill

On 2025/6/27 5:42:26, T wrote:

On 6/26/25 4:49 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:28:14 -0400, Paul wrote:

Lenovo X390

I would like to inspect that claim. let's dump the specs. Then check.

Note the writer’s comment on Microsoft’s minimum required specs:

     In reality, those specs won’t get you a great Windows 11
     experience; you’d need a better CPU, more RAM, and more storage to
     even start using Windows 11 in a productive manner. You’d need
     something like an Intel 9th Gen CPU-based system and 16GB of RAM,
     along with 512GB of fast storage as a comfortable minimum.

Does that machine meet those specs? Nope.

I thought, when I saw that - 16G? Confirms what I always thought about
Windows being bloatware. Then I thought - I don't think this machine (I
had to move to W10) has that, and I've just checked: 8G, "A10-9600P
RADEON R5" whatever that is, 251 of 447 GB used (admittedly, SSD) - and
I certainly use it "productively". I don't game, and haven't so far
tried video editing, but for what I want, it's fine. (But then so was my
W7-32 in 4G on an i3 with 500 spinning.)>

That is a lot of marketing FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt).
Your machine will fork just fine.  Remove the bloat and WOW!

But if you want an AI spying on you relentlessly, you will
have to upgrade your hardware.  If you like being spied
on, Linux is definitely not for you.  Windows 12 would be
a better fit, if it ever comes out.

With Linux, you are the customer.

With Windows 11+, you are the product.

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