yool_ooloo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoSetting up a new laptop - How do I get around needing a Microsoft account?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squareSetting up a new laptop - How do I get around needing a Microsoft account?yool_ooloo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
Title I do not want a Microsoft account. Microsoft doesn’t need any more info about me than they already have. Thanks
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoI use Linux, so I haven’t run into this myself, but I assume that one can buy a copy of Windows 11 Pro separately from the PC itself, even if one doesn’t currently have the Pro edition. kagis https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/windows-11-pro/dg7gmgf0d8h4 Yeah. Though this says that they’re currently out-of-stock of the USB installer.
I use Linux, so I haven’t run into this myself, but I assume that one can buy a copy of Windows 11 Pro separately from the PC itself, even if one doesn’t currently have the Pro edition.
kagis
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/windows-11-pro/dg7gmgf0d8h4
Yeah. Though this says that they’re currently out-of-stock of the USB installer.