People upgrading to Windows 11 with incompatible hardware have had an easy time so far, but Microsoft wants to change that.
  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    403·
    6 个月前

    Well, they won’t be able to sell as many new computers if they let people keep using their old ones.

    • MyFairJulia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      6 个月前

      Microsoft still makes money off the OEM licenses AFAIK. The Linux community had a whole day about this back in the 90s.

        • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
          79·
          6 个月前

          I know, just clarifying that their main business isn’t selling hardware.

            • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
              56·
              6 个月前

              The comment was about selling new computers and not using old ones. They want to sell more software, they aren’t hardware focused.

              • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                72·
                6 个月前

                And that comment was 100% correct. They want more computers sold, because more computers sold means more Windows licences sold.

                You’re acting like PC hardware sales are unrelated to Windows license sales. They’re directly related.

                • ABCDE@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  34·
                  6 个月前

                  Here’s the quote:

                  they won’t be able to sell as many new computers

                  Their sales of hardware are insignificant.