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InCityDreams on Nov 17, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon

>News flash, outside of work and gaming, Windows isn’t needed.

Sunken cost fallacy? I have some really expensive windows software that I'm not about to throw away, repurchase, as well as a new os/ machine. Windows fits my needs, though the constant telemetry fight etc is very annoying.

pipeline_peak on Nov 17, 2023 [–]

In the future won’t we just be able to run that software on a remote windows container?

LelouBil on Nov 20, 2023 | [–]

I mean there already exists software for Linux to run windows apps using a VM but make it as if they are native

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