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How many months away are we from Windows requiring a subscription to use, with a cheaper version for the OS + Office and a more expensive that also bundles AI?
Funny thing is, I would have paid for a more expensive version that's just the core OS and minimalist set of tools (and by tools I mean explorer, task manager, and maybe a browser to download firefox or something else).
Now? I'm happy to tell people "nope, can't help you, I don't do MS stuff anymore".
I'm predicting after Windows 11 EOL.
That's why they're so adamant about killing Windows 10. They want to lock everyone in an OS that will have N eventual expiration
iirc, they did do a limited regional test of subscription windows back sometime during win7.
At this point I just net user /add it, which just creates the user manually and then you can reboot and just log into it.
It's not like you need anything from the OOBE at all, so might as well just skip it entirely.
I decided to make a customs iso. Not too difficult to do. Just add a unattended.xml file and boot and be done.
Germans got us covered:
https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/
Some crap I still have a Windows VM. Combine this with ShutUp10 for blocking telemetry.
Doesn’t stop me from using Windows 11 as much as I want.
Which is none.
You’re not required for work? Damn, lucky you
I could probably make more money getting a job where I have to use Windows but honestly it wouldn’t be worth it.
My work offers alternatives.
But even if, my work laptop is just something I remote on from my desktop and switch around seemlessly.
Glad I found one and used it. If I didn't need Windows for my classes, I'd be on Linux already.
I found it because the wifi was stuck off and if I couldn't turn it on unless I set up windows... Which dumbly requires internet.
So once that comes to pass, someone in my situation would be SOL.
