It separates end users from more of their money for hardware, operating systems, and software as well as IT effort.
In ways that are more immediate and more costly than anyone was anticipating, and can only get worse in future years.
Looks like the idea of intentionally but unnecessarity requiring only the latest hardware could be just what the hardware makers have been wanting, and they were the majority of the customers paying Microsoft for Windows licenses since the free user upgrades to W10 from W7, W8, & W8.1.
Because for years now most of the end users paying for a Windows license do it only when buying a new W10 computer.
And Windows 11 may not be intended as a free upgrade from W10.
But if W11 is only going to install on the newest hardware anyway, that's going to rule out retail purchases of Windows 11 upgrades for the majority of established users.
So they're really going to try to push as many sales of new PCs as possible
So far it looks like W11 could still end up being shunned no differently than W8, and only be used with disdain by those who have no other choice when purchasing a new PC.
And it may not be possible to get much adoption of W11 unless it is offered as a free upgrade from W10 after all.
In that case you can expect W12 to arrive shortly, not be a free upgrade, and for W11 to have an early EOL.
In ways that are more immediate and more costly than anyone was anticipating, and can only get worse in future years.
Looks like the idea of intentionally but unnecessarity requiring only the latest hardware could be just what the hardware makers have been wanting, and they were the majority of the customers paying Microsoft for Windows licenses since the free user upgrades to W10 from W7, W8, & W8.1.
Because for years now most of the end users paying for a Windows license do it only when buying a new W10 computer.
And Windows 11 may not be intended as a free upgrade from W10.
But if W11 is only going to install on the newest hardware anyway, that's going to rule out retail purchases of Windows 11 upgrades for the majority of established users.
So they're really going to try to push as many sales of new PCs as possible
So far it looks like W11 could still end up being shunned no differently than W8, and only be used with disdain by those who have no other choice when purchasing a new PC.
And it may not be possible to get much adoption of W11 unless it is offered as a free upgrade from W10 after all.
In that case you can expect W12 to arrive shortly, not be a free upgrade, and for W11 to have an early EOL.