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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Thursday April 24, @02:21PM (4 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Thursday April 24, @02:21PM (#1401381)

    I am wondering: only 2% chose Windows as their "OS of choice" but how many still use it as their "OS of necessity?"

    I know my corporate laptop will only function properly with Windows, so I do technically use it once or twice a month when coerced to do so by my employer.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 24, @04:48PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 24, @04:48PM (#1401402)

    I am happy to say I haven't booted Windows since 2022, and that was only to do a video interview with some random proprietary video calling software. Cisco, I think. Even that was in a VM.

    • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 25, @06:31AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 25, @06:31AM (#1401456)

      I have not used a Microsoft product since Win95!! I remember CeMeNt! Spend more time looking at Blue screens of Death than actually getting any work done. Microsoft should not have been included as an option on this poll. Cancel Bill!!

      • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 28, @06:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 28, @06:25PM (#1401931)

        Yeah, non-Windows users are spam, gottcha, soulless Micro$erf shill janrinok! Message received! No more biting the hand that feeds anti-virus software. Did you ever think that the real reason for the existence of Windows is to enable virii? Or that Windows is a virus, not an operating system? Enjoy your Co-pilot and Total Recall!!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 29, @10:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 29, @10:41AM (#1402037)

    I replaced Windows 11 Home with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC on my work laptop, it's supported till 2027/2032: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-iot-enterprise-ltsc-2021 [microsoft.com]

    "Disadvantages" are: No Cortana. No Microsoft Store. Less Telemetry. Fewer ads. More expensive (compared to say Home Edition but not too different compared to other Enterprise Editions).

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