Just when you thought it was over, Windows 12 rumours surface
Whatever happened to Microsoft being done with Windows 10, huh?
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Windows 10 was meant to be our lot. ThenWindows 11stormed in, arms flailing. And just when we thought Microsoft was through churning out new operating systems, rumours have surfaced that a Windows 12 may well be in development.
Computerbasereports that “developments on the new operating system are already set to begin,” according to a now-redacted tweet from security expert SwiftOnSecurity.
The original post has been taken down now, with the tweet having “not been well received by Microsoft,” says Computerbase. But the fact this came from a user who’s touting an official ‘Most Valuable Professional’ (MVP) award, coupled with the fact Microsoft took notice all, adds yet more plausibility toDeskmodder’sclaims that work on Windows 12 would be starting from March this year.
SwiftOnSecurity had apparently joked in their original post about Windows 12 requiring two TPM modules. Imagine the uproar that would cause (if it were actually possible), especially after the state the internet was in after Windows 11 announced the TPM requirements for Windows 11, thenswiftly revealed how to bypass themjust to calm everyone down.
Should these claims of an incoming Windows 12 OS be true, Microsoft is likely to be moving away from the infrastructure used in Windows 10, asWindowsUnitedsuggests.
We’re of the opinion that Windows 11should have just been released as a Windows 10 update, anyway, but Windows 12 we’d welcome as a standalone OS. That is, provided the company does do a full overhaul and not just update some of the Windows 11 UI.
As usual, take claims like this with a pinch of salt.
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