I love the statement made on that page for MajorGeeks!
Well said folks! This one of the reasons I love MajorGeeks!
I do manual updating anyway and as such couldn't care less.
I'm cool with that. I don't think I've called microsoft for support. Like ever.
Microsoft always manages to unsettle users.
Again and again, the M$lers manage to publish vague statements. The latest example for this are the announcements for Windows 11.
Everything was still okay with the hardware requirements that were published for the Windows 11 insiders in June. There some media, this announcement for the "final" version distributed, although these were only now really published. But that's when the chaos started. Microsoft has adjusted the hardware requirements (slightly) and many owners of older hardware in front of the head.
Then came the message that you can manually install Windows 11 on non-supported devices. This message was indirectly confirmed by Microsoft, as they reacted to it and let it be known that these devices will probably not receive any updates.
I had already written yesterday. Microsoft only wants to unsettle the users here. Zac Bowden also commented similarly on Twitter, "The fact that MS doesn't outright say "no" when asked tells me that it will probably work fine, and that MS is saying "maybe or maybe not" because the ambiguity is keeping people from even upgrading their "unsupported" PCs."
It's bad that a company like this can't manage to, instead of putting out a text that goes on for ages, succinctly state what's possible for supported devices and what problems might arise with non-supported devices.
Because many have already installed Windows 11 now. Even without being insiders and are now unsettled by such vague statements. Even those who have now been shunted off to the beta channel are certainly no better off. Especially the insiders, who have so far revealed many problems to Microsoft through the tests, which Microsoft was then able to fix, have a right to clear information on how things will continue.
Even if it certainly won't happen. For some, Windows 11 on old hardware and no automatic updates and drivers would be a dream operating system after all.
No more tweaks would be necessary and you can decide for yourself when an update or driver is installed. But that certainly remains a dream.