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

On Jun 27, 2025 at 11:28:25 AM EDT, "Joel" <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:

T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 6/26/25 3:20 PM, Hank Rogers wrote:

 

I just used rufus to make a USB install drive

 
Same thing I do with me W10 customers.  I think
folks are making too big a deal out of all this.

 
 
And when M$ suddenly and without warning makes it impossible to run
Win11 with unsupported hardware?

I can't see that ever happening.  MS is desperate to get people running
Windows 11.  That's why you can buy legitimate license keys for Windows 11 Pro
for $15, and each is good for installing on 2 computers. $7.50 is a reasonable
price for Win 11 on a computer if it currently does not have Windows on it, or
for a VM instance. That's how I am running Win 11 Arm in a VM on this MacBook
Pro.

Not to mention that MS is not supporting my installs on my unsupported
hardware. You get a very clear warning about not being supported, before you
install. So why should MS give a shit? Hell, Apple did not give a shit when
people (including me) were installing OS X on non-Apple Intel PCs 15-20 years
ago.

I have used Rufus to install Win 11 24H2 on two 6th gen i5 tablets so far.
One had Win 10 and the other had Win 11 from 2021.  Both have 256GB SSDs and
8GB RAM, so plenty of hardware for TABLET use. Working fine on both. Plus
since they were both updates, no license key needed.

But what I REALLY like is that it puts ME in control of updating. You get
updates, but what you won't get is the 2025 version of Win 11 when it comes
out. Which is fine with me.  If/when I ever need it, I can make a new USB
stick and do the updates myself.  NOT when MS decides to push it me.

So you might say it is Windows Win-Win. 

Sorry.   I couldn't resist.