If you’re using the web versions, you can often use an ad blocker like uBlock Origin’s element picking mode to zap annoying stuff like this out of web pages

Personally I prefer the web app as it’s design is more consistent with WhatsApp on other platforms, and it has less access to your system. Can use Adblock to remove the parts you don’t like, and notifications are significantly less annoying

I just disagree. MS announces a support period when they release a new OS - typically over a decade. Why should they have to either keep supporting it forever or support old hardware on their next version if they don’t want to? PC hardware can be recycled or run a competing OS if users want to.

And presumably Intel and AMD’s own support cycles as well. They probably want to avoid dealing with unsupported CPUs in the late stages of the lifecycle

But on the other hand, Microsoft have to plan for a decade+ of supporting Windows 11, so the entry requirements have to factor that in. Eg: arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...

It’s a good detail. It wouldn’t surprise me if some of the exceptions were made just for Microsoft’s own surface Studio and similar embarrassing cases.

I wasn’t familiar with that specific acronym, but yeah, I was thinking of the Spectre and Meltdown mitigations

If you include the security requirements (TPM 2.0 and a CPU with mitigation for speculative execution vulnerabilities), are there any systems that qualify but aren’t currently supported?

Basic web ui the llm might be able to do it for you. I got good results 6-12 months ago with a small Bootstrap 5(?) site from Claude ~3

How often does it need maintenance and how long does it take? 1 day a year seems fine. 30 days not so fine

What’s the suitable alternative? I’ve just skimmed through a bunch of the docs and blog posts about this and there’s a maddening lack of recommended alternative. It’s a lot of: “this isn’t perfect so don’t use it”. If there isn’t a replacement type, then it is better than strings, surely?

1/3rd sounds way too high for the renters when you may only be renting for a year or two.

Just in case you didn’t know you can swap the function and control keys around in the software settings – certainly in the bios of Lenovo laptops. I always end up doing this.

Would watch if/when it’s available online!