Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year
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During a recent earnings call, Intel chief financial officer Dave Zinsner mentioned a "Windows Refresh" expected in 2024. He doesn't explicitly mention Windows 12, but his comments...

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    • L3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
      20·
      1 year ago

      That’s why it’ll end up beig forced on people. Just like what’s happened with 11. And 10 before it. Didn’t happen to everyone, but there were lots of complaints about it happening.

        • L3ft_F13ld!@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

          I don’t remember XP or 7 being installed automatically on anyone’s PCs. That was what I was referring to in my previous comment. The “upgrade” to 10 and I think 11 happened automatically, without consent, on some people’s PCs.

          • Nobsi@feddit.deEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            I don’t remember 11 being installed on my pc automatically. I’ve waited for over a year before i had to click multiple times to get the upgrade to 11.
            I don’t remember 10 being installed automatically over my 7.

              • Nobsi@feddit.deEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                Read the first few paragraphs of your source. Nothing was forced.
                Thanks for agreeing with me.

                • brisk@aussie.zoneEnglish
                  2·
                  1 year ago

                  You stopped too early

                  For a time, clicking the “X” in the upper right corner of the Windows 10 upgrade prompt window was interpreted as consent to upgrade to the new operating system. The typical expectation for all users is that clicking the “X” ends the program, and in fact, doing so was the only way to reject the free upgrade offer for most of the pop-ups notification’s existence. The same prompt could upgrade your system to Windows 10 without explicit consent if you left you computer on for an extended period, as well. PCWorld received hundreds of reader complaints about “forced” Windows 10 after Microsoft began using those tactics.

                  The quotes are there because there was always technically a way available to avoid the upgrade, but there are two distinct instances listed of users being upgraded without consent.

                  • Nobsi@feddit.deEnglish
                    2·
                    1 year ago

                    Sorry, i was very biased because the few times i noticed that it did happen “automatically” was when people around me didn’t bother to read.
                    I always waited years and even though i was often asked i always had the choice to not upgrade without workarounds.
                    The few where it happened automatically were mostly not automatic but people just clicking ok.

                    I am biased though. I will now retreat into my cave and keep using the OS that i like most.