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All they had to do was release "Windows Optimal", an operating system with 0 telemetry, 0 bloatware, 100% choice to not even let AI and Edge get installed in the 1st place, a single screen with all the 10000 options to control privacy and all of them set to good defaults. Charge 4x the price of Windows Professional if you must. But "Windows Optimal" is 2x faster than Windows 7, "here are some benchmarks" Imagine the amount of people who would seriously consider hopping to it even for a higher price

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They're just not as interested/invested in Windows any more. They make obscene amounts money from their cloud services, even if they charge 4x for a special edition Windows, it won't bring them any meaningful increase in income.

And now their focus is all on AI. A MS employee I spoke to recently said that all there meetings now revolve around AI, like how they can add more AI and sell more AI, that's all they call about these days. :/

Incredibly baffling business decision to give up such a dominant position in the PC / OS market by continuing to enshittify it beyond repair.

From the company that was the dominant web browser for a decade and left it to rot. They're pretty good at throwing away a lead position

Windows 11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 2024 is almost this, but not for consumer purchase.

They basically did all the work, and refuse to sell it.

Does it work well as a daily driver? Would you recommend it as the best choice amidst a sea of bad (Windows) options?

It would be perfectly fine as a daily - I use it for SQL Server on-prem infra that I also RDP to for SSMS 8 hours a day.

It’s clear to me it’s the best of the worst if you need to use Windows.

I daily macOS Sequoia - you don’t want my unfiltered thoughts on Tahoe.

Baldur's Gate linux native build performed poorly on Gamers Nexus tests.

Where's a proper comparison between the fastest linux OS "CachyOS" and Windows 11 LTSC with all the crap removed, particularly the biggest offenders: Defender, Update, Edge, "fullscreen optimizations" and all the weird little services from print spooler to NPSV_xxx "now playing service" ?

This would actually maybe get me back from linux. but only if they make fixing stuff easier, most of the online threads recommend these things in this order: 1. Search for updates 2. Reboot 3. Dism/Sfc Scannow 4. Reinstall windows

The Windows Mixed reality portal needed for my VR headset didnt work and the only solution after multiple weeks of trying stuff was to reinstall. and that worked. for 3 months until i had to reinstall again. Same thing happened to a friend of mine with the entirety of the microsoft store (the install is only a month old tho, so i cant tell yet if it will happen again in 2 months)

Which is also why i am so hyped for valves headset, i love VR, but bugfixing multiple hours and reinstalling windows every 3 months just to play 2 games wasnt worth it.

Sign me up for this beautiful alternate reality.

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