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Windows 11 will reportedly display a watermark if your PC does not support AI requirements (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 months ago

The minimum requirements are there for them to set a lower limit on what they’re willing to support.

I agree and they're free to do whatever they want. I get to have an opinion on their actions though.

What I take issue with is they are enforcing minimum specs because they're choosing to put a bunch of stuff in the operating system that won't run (well) below those specs. In other words they are choosing the job that the operating system has to do (GenAI in this case) and I think that is up to the user, not the OS vendor.

If the GenAI stuff they want to build in were optional then you could choose to purchase a cheaper computer or upgrade your existing hardware to a current OS. By going this route Microsoft is artificially inflating hardware requirements.