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Retro, man...
But then you also have to remember that Microsoft lost a lawsuit when somebody who had a local account, enabled BitLocker, lost their key and locked themselves out of the system destroying all their data.
Probably got argued that the user had no idea there was no recovery possibility without an online account made prior to it for a backup of the key.
"MS" works betterIt is much faster than writing 'Microsoft' every god damn time.
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actually shift-4 takes me slightly longer to switch to than typing microsoft lolIt is much faster than writing 'Microsoft' every god damn time.
I started googling around and seems to be lots of random outrage about there not being a recovery method if you lose the key and dont use their online account to back it up. Apparently there are also cases of the tpm system causing it to randomly need you to reinput your key. Seems to have come enabled on pre-builds from some companies meaning users were ignorant to it from the start. I might have to look more into this later, seems interesting.
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I agree with you, even though I have an MS account, so I can transfer licenses. But sadly, you and the other guys who posted in this thread are a minuscule percentage of total Windows home users.
Lawyers find a way to make everything somebody else's problem, it's some Faustian gift I assume.
Multiple Sclerosis?"MS" works better
I can use Windows just fine on my Microsoft account without connecting to the internet. You can also disable and uninstall OneDrive completely. Never needing to enter a Windows product key again manually is really nice.
Yes, Windows currently harasses you about signing into a Microsoft account in the settings on occasion, but that can easily be ignored. What I'm assuming here is that they're just making the nags for it increasingly obnoxious, which is a very Microsoft thing to do. If there comes a time when you CAN'T use a computer without a local account, then that'll be a serious issue. Alternatively, you can also just have a throwaway Microsoft account that you just sign into the computer with then create a local account once it's set up, and then delete the other account. I can't see Microsoft ever completely removing the option to have a local account. They're just making it more annoying to do so.
Do you have a motherboard capable of dual GPUs? I run Windows 11 in a kvm/qemu/libvirt VM and pass an AMD RX6800 to the VM. Really seems to get almost native performance (I can't tell the difference). My Linux side has an old Nvidia 1070. Not having to reboot to play a game is really quite nice. I've got one of those ultrawide Samsungs so I normally dedicate half the screen to the VM and the other half to Linux.
I think it does. I, luckily, had a motherboard that allowed dual graphics cards (8 pci lanes to each) so I was able to get an extra card and pass it to the VM.
I just use Steam and Proton for windows games, and for me performance is still all there, I can do Apex Legends and max out at 144FPS as I could in windows. Most other games I play though, have linux versions, Steam games, Civilization. On one hand, it almost makes it easier for me to choose what to play, i dont buy AAA titles anyways and havent for some years.
I have and AM4 motherboard that MSI did a bios updated to be able to handle the AMD 5950x and I figured that'd be the route for me. Pickup another graphics card and dedicate half the cores to Linux and the other half to the VM. It all worked wonderfully well and 5950 isn't very far behind the 7950 in performance.
I've not kept up on the Intel processors so I don't know. Is the iGPU currently good enough for your normal computing? If so I think you'd be able to use it. How many cores do you have to work with. I've got an AMD 5950 so I've got 16 cores to play with. I just give Linux 8 and the VM 8.
Because Microsoft are underhanded and manipulative when it comes to M$ accounts while quietly enabling bitlocker in the background, couple that with the fact that the vasi majority of Windows users are average types that have no idea what a 'non limited account' even is: And you have a recipe for disaster. All they know is, they went to boot their PC one morning and now their normal password doesn't work.
At least with Windows, it's 100% functional without being signed into anything. I'd argue it's MORE functional without having to deal with all their crap. Using an Apple product without an Apple ID is almost pointless. Having said that, Macs aren't loaded with tons of spammy garbage when you first open it, and their privacy policies are a lot more stringent than Microsoft. Apple also doesn't have idiotic things like "inclusive" auto-correct built into their word processor. Apple's ecosystem and the synchronicity between all their devices makes sense why you'd want to sign with an Apple ID. Microsoft doesn't have that ... unless you are invested in Office 365 and Microsoft Edge and whatnot. It just depends on your needs. I never thought of signing into an Apple ID as a negative as it's not an obnoxious mess like it is on Windows. But some people love using all of Microsoft's stuff. It's just nice that we have options.
I would thinks so. I've come across articles on the web about people doing that. Here are some of the links I used when doing my system:
I like that the new AMD's all have build in graphics, that are adequate so use that on the host machine and have the real GPU as the pass-through