It’s not so much about wanting the latest hardware, the average user simply doesn’t know the difference and just buys the “latest and greatest” in their eyes.
For the group that uses Windows Home satisfactorily, Windows 11 is probably not an issue at all and even a significant improvement. Tweakers will undoubtedly also be able to make the right choice for their situation with regard to systems & OS’s.
This is mainly from a business market perspective.
Due to corona and the shortages lately, “Bring/use your own Device” has become popular, (yuck), but those devices have to comply with the policies, Depending on how things are arranged, it can be fairly easy, quite a challenge or simply not yet possible.
(Even when using Remote Desktop, yes)
In addition, I expect a faster run-down in availability of outdated CPUs, the demand is very high at the moment and why should Intel keep producing old ones when new ones make more money. Slowly but surely 11th gen or younger will simply become unavailable. Ryzen availability on quality business notebooks is sad, even being delayed or canceled because AMD can’t deliver.
So I think that situation could well arise, so it is interesting to know in advance.
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