You can get around the requires internet thing (at least the one for the OOBE, not sure if it forces the issue later) and in the same token the Microsoft account requirement. Of course, it's very difficult to do and obscure knowledge, plus they may be trying to force the issue in 12, so the point stands.

[–] TangoUndertow@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You will have a really bad time on Windows with 4GB ram and 64GB storage, though.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Oh, absolutely. Especially the second one. I won't go into too much detail but the company I work for has a virtual desktop service. 4GB is the cheapest, and it shows performance wise. Still, 4GB at least works. We used to have something like 80GB as the C: drive, but we had to force most clients to ~120gb at the minimum, since just windows, office, and updates eat all that up, especially if cached mode got involved for email.

Going back to RAM, personally I would suggest a minimum of 8-16gb for Windows, and I personally use 64Gb. If you want to know why I'm not on Linux yet, mostly the switch would be a bit of an effort to do and I'm not ready to do it yet. I doubt I'll get another Windows version though.