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Windows 11 PCs are about to get more expensive, and Windows 10 holdouts have one more reason to stay
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ExtremeDullard piefed.social ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-08-25
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Link: https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/08/12/windows-11-pcs-are-about-to-get-more-expensive-and-windows-10-holdouts-have-one-more-reason-to-stay/

Microsoft is quietly raising Windows OEM licensing fees by up to 10%, adding to a RAM shortage already pushing Windows 11 PC prices higher.
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ExtremeDullard piefed.social ExtremeDullard@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-08-25
#2 · Quote Reply

Windows...

You know that thing you're forced to use at work because no IT guy ever got fired for buying Microsoft...
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superduperpirate lemmy.world superduperpirate@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-25
#3 · Quote Reply
ExtremeDullard wrote:
Windows... You know that thing you're forced to use at work because no IT guy ever got fired for buying Microsoft...

Just like no network guy ever got fired for buying Cisco
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mindbleach sh.itjust.works mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-27
#4 · Quote Reply

Linux is free.
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Dr. Bob lemmy.ca DrBob@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-05
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superduperpirate wrote:
Just like no network guy ever got fired for buying Cisco

The original line is no one ever got fired for going with IBM.
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minfapper piefed.social minfapper@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-28
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Dr. Bob wrote:
The original line is no one ever got fired for going with IBM.

No CTO ever got fired for betting their business on IBM
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newton feddit.online newton@feddit.online
Joined: 2026-04-12
#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

Windows ,is just wasted space on SSD
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Dr. Bob lemmy.ca DrBob@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-05
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minfapper wrote:
No CTO ever got fired for betting their business on IBM

I think the saying is older than CTOs. I remember my dad using it in the early 1970s. I didn't hear of a CTO until...the 90s? I may just be sheltered though.
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