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I mean, that would be great; but if nobody is holding the line on resource-creep, as is obviously the case, and nobody is testing if releases are acceptable on HDDs, as is obviously the case, they should just change the published requirements to reflect reality.



> they should just change the published requirements to reflect reality.

Marketing won't let them so long as it would piss off PC OEMs that still ship crappy systems and want to use the Windows logo.


Shouldn't be a hard sell for OEMs; official specs are 64 GB is enough storage for windows 11, and I can get a 128 GB SSD for $15 retail, whereas the lowest price hard drive I can find is $25 retail (500 GB, but 3.5"), so if you're a cheap PC OEM, putting in a crappy, tiny, SSD saves money. And the only systems without SSDs I saw on BestBuy were refurbished machines shipping with Windows 10.




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