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Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements
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this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024
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So what? How about Microsoft lets me define what 'the job' is and I will decide for myself whether my machine is up to it? In my opinion the job of an operating system is to expose computing resources to whatever the user wants to do and then get the fuck out of the way.
The minimum requirements are there for them to set a lower limit on what they're willing to support. You do whatever you want, just don't complain when something doesn't work, or breaks because you're bypassing those limits.
People do this all the time and then complain and blame Microsoft for issues when they are using an configuration they were told was unsupported and might have issues.
I agree and they're free to do whatever they want. I get to have an opinion on their actions though.
What I take issue with is they are enforcing minimum specs because they're choosing to put a bunch of stuff in the operating system that won't run (well) below those specs. In other words they are choosing the job that the operating system has to do (GenAI in this case) and I think that is up to the user, not the OS vendor.
If the GenAI stuff they want to build in were optional then you could choose to purchase a cheaper computer or upgrade your existing hardware to a current OS. By going this route Microsoft is artificially inflating hardware requirements.
Most people don't want Win 11.