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[–] cinnaa42@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (18 children)

do the majority of people know how to install an OS these days at all? like even windows, could the average computer user do that?

[–] rubber_chicken@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I don't know if I know how to install windows at this point. The last time it was from a CD-R with the 25 character key written on it in Sharpie. Do they sell Windows installer USB sticks so the three people who are enthusiastic about Microsoft get a physical object? Then what, boot holding the key it says to hold to get into the bios, tell it to boot from USB and follow the prompts from there?

[–] PorkrollPosadist@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

I think at this point you just activate it electronically. You can download the installation media straight from Microsoft.

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