▲ 536 ▼ Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users. (www.ctrl.blog) submitted 2 years ago by King@endlesstalk.org to c/technology@lemmy.ml 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DestroyMegacorps@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) and the computer performed faster right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 5 points 2 years ago I would guess so. I'm running Mint on 15yo hardware. Chunky laptop, and DDR3 desktop. Between Mint and a SSD, the devices perform as well as current hardware on Windows 11. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pedz@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Yes but it was still a P4 running Windows 7 Home Starter so whatever modern OS would choke on that anyway. I eventually gave her an old Phenom with a triple core but with the condition that it was running Linux Mint instead of Windows. I moved a few years ago but I'm still going to help her a few times a year to do the updates. It's very low maintenance compared to Windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 5 points 2 years ago I would guess so. I'm running Mint on 15yo hardware. Chunky laptop, and DDR3 desktop. Between Mint and a SSD, the devices perform as well as current hardware on Windows 11. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago Yes but it was still a P4 running Windows 7 Home Starter so whatever modern OS would choke on that anyway. I eventually gave her an old Phenom with a triple core but with the condition that it was running Linux Mint instead of Windows. I moved a few years ago but I'm still going to help her a few times a year to do the updates. It's very low maintenance compared to Windows. permalink fedilink source parent