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SvennoJ on 26 June 2021
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zero129 said:
JRPGfan said:

You get mandated internet connection, and a need for a MS account to use windows.

also forced updates are still there (ToS, allowing them to install, remove stuff from your pc)


*edit: Moveing on from windows 7 was hard.... I tried windows 8 and hated it.... windows 8,1 is barely passable.
Windows 10 never really sat well with me, and windows 11 looks worse (why change things this much?). 
 Its windows 7 or 8,1 for me.

Bolded: Needing the MS account is only for the Home version and im pretty sure you only need internet on setting it up.

All other versions dont need an MS account or an internet connection to set up. But if your running windows why wouldnt you have an MS account anyways?.

Why would you have an MS account? I have one, just because I still have a hotmail email account since the 90s and it automatically got changed or integrated into a MS account. However my wife doesn't have one, doesn't want one either. It was already a pita to get her new laptop working as at first it would not continue installation without a MS account. (You need to be disconnected from the internet to get around it)

Anyway, the only 'good' thing about my MS account is that it forces me to type in my password every day to wake up my laptop. So I'll never forget my email password. Other than that, no use for it.

I just got used to the convoluted menus and searching for settings in Windows 10, not looking forward to start over again.