c/technology · by ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 34d

Windows 11 PCs are about to get more expensive, and Windows 10 holdouts have one more reason to stay

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 · 10 pts · 34d (4 replies)

Windows...

You know that thing you're forced to use at work because no IT guy ever got fired for buying Microsoft...

superduperpirate@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 34d (3 replies)

Just like no network guy ever got fired for buying Cisco

DrBob@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 34d (2 replies)

The original line is no one ever got fired for going with IBM.

minfapper@piefed.social · 3 pts · 34d (1 reply)

No CTO ever got fired for betting their business on IBM

DrBob@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 33d

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.

newton@feddit.online · 0 pts · 34d

Windows ,is just wasted space on SSD