Microsoft yanks the plug on Windows 11 SE, giving school and college IT techs a little over a year to find a suitable replacement (www.pcgamer.com)
from ryujin470@fedia.io to technology@beehaw.org on 04 Aug 15:03
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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz on 04 Aug 15:10 next collapse

You cannot trust Microsoft to consistently provide your organization a foundation to get things done on anymore.

Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org on 04 Aug 17:18 collapse

Not unless you're paying through the nose. Apparently, they've decided they don't need to get the youth accustomed to Windows anymore, and would rather let Google & Apple take the desktop market.

megopie@beehaw.org on 04 Aug 15:24 next collapse

“Why? Uh… because, uh, it was too hard to maintain a separate version. Definitely not because we want everyone on the main version so we can slurp up that delicious personal information from a captive user base”

brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Aug 15:41 next collapse

Time to update endof10.org , LOL.

Annoying for the IT peeps that have to deal with this. Guess they’ll have to decide whether it’s worth continuing using the hardware with a replacement OS (Linux, ChromeOS, etc.) or more likely retire all the old hardware.

Anyone in the know on how many Windows 11 SE devices were actually in use? Seems most schools would have gone the more obvious route with something like ChromeOS for a “web first” experience unless M$ and vendors were pushing these things out at massive discounts in the first place.

relativestranger@feddit.nl on 04 Aug 16:51 next collapse

dumping this one that specifically limited exposure to the trash bits of windows and instead launch a new variant for gaming handhelds that, while ‘optimized’ and limited in the crud that runs, will most definitely be focused on driving gamers to game pass subs and store sales.

phoenixz@lemmy.ca on 04 Aug 18:03 collapse

That suitable replacement being Linux

Install Linux, get it over with, dump Microsoft

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 04 Aug 22:25 collapse

Maybe when it fixes its accessibility problems it’ll be a suitable replacement. Until then, maybe go with macs or something.

Edit: To be clear I’ve been a linux user for a long time and hate how they often can’t get the basics right, and the snarky gatekeeperiness of the community who want to prove themselves better or something instead of helping.