Microsoft reopens Beta channel on Windows 10

[yoltboy01]

Well, I cannot say that I wasn‘t surprised. Microsoft apparently opened the Beta channel again for Windows 10 22H2 users. 
 

I really don‘t get this company anymore. They promote full-screen pop-ups for upgrading to Windows 11, even on non-supported devices and state that EOL for W10 will be October 2025, without any (free) extension. Nonetheless, they constantly add new features to Windows 10 and afterwards wonder why people don‘t move to Windows 11. 

Personally, I‘m glad that Windows 10 is still being kept alive as I prioritize it over Windows 11 but I won‘t pay ESU for it. They should extend support for another 3 years for free or lower the specs for W11

 

Source: blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/06/04/opening-the-beta-channel-for-windows-insiders-on-windows-10/

Edited June 4, 2024 by yoltboy01

[66cats]

1 hour ago, yoltboy01 said:

lower the specs for W11

They did in 11 Enterprise IoT LTSC. 

[yoltboy01]

7 minutes ago, 66cats said:

They did in 11 Enterprise IoT LTSC. 

That‘s a good start and tbh I don‘t see any reason why the LTSC version should have the same system requirements after all, as LTSC is already stripped down. 
 

Back in the days of Windows 7, there was a version called „Windows Thin PC“ which  received updates till 10/2021. The purpose of that version was to have a stripped W7 version for companies using older hardware. It‘s basically the predecessor of what‘s now called LTSC.  In general, these versions should always have lower reqs. 
 

What I was talking about was lowering the specs for Home users OR introducing a „Basic“ „Lite“ „Starter“.. version

[D.Draker]

1ghz dual core with 2 or 4Gb of ram for Windows 11 IoT LTSC??!? Is this a joke?

[66cats]

56 minutes ago, D.Draker said:

1ghz dual core with 2 or 4Gb of ram for Windows 11 IoT LTSC??!? Is this a joke?

According to MS, IoT is for "fixed-function, special-purpose devices," like running an app for some lab gear/kiosk machine, that sort of thing.  Considering how sluggish 11 is on reasonable HW, it's usable on junk -- ran it on Athlon 64 with 4 gigs, was OK for basic web browsing, Also tried a VM with 2 cores/1 GB -- sluggish, but it loaded/ran Chrome, updated itself (with a bunch of Chrome tabs open) without issues, was nearly usable.