Bought a old Thinkpad P52 today

[jet@hackertalks.com]

For my aunt

Doing a fresh install of windows 10 iot ltsc... Because it works, and I refuse to learn windows 11 just to do tech support.

[jet@hackertalks.com]

https://youtu.be/Yz4c--SsWo4

This is what convinced me it was a reasonable used computer.

It cost $300, 64 GiB Ram, 512 nvme ssd, big screen for old eyes

and its extra verified in qubes if I should ever be regifted the laptop back.

[swab148@lemm.ee]

Heck yeah

[oisteink@feddit.nl]

Good man!

If you know win10 the learning curve for win11 is flat though

[jet@hackertalks.com]

You say that..... and i agree for the individual user,

but for doing tech support - i think all of the dark patterns ms uses in their retail environment is going to setup a older person for failure. I don't want one drive to get pushed or auto-installed. I don't want edge to take over everything. I don't want to try to debug whatever copoilt / recall is doing this week. I don't want to start bar/task bar to get filled with micro advertisements.

Thats why I went with IOT LTSC, sure, I don't have the windows store, but on the other hand I don't have the windows store.

[photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Make sure you put Linux on that bad boy before October.

[jet@hackertalks.com]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-iot-enterprise-ltsc-2021

2032 - February!

[photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I'm kind of jealous that you have that option.

[jet@hackertalks.com]

Anyone can download the iso from archive.org, verify the checksum with ms, and if your feeling frisky buy a license key off of eBay for a few dollars.

[oisteink@feddit.nl]

I use win 11, but i put my parents on osx. Not as good as it used to be, but a bit less intrusive than windows.

Regarding os/2 that was my ideal os for many years. Its kinda what osx could have been, until they deviated into what it is today

[wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

But then what am I supposed to do with this mass of gravel?