Win 10 to Win 11: Is there any reason for a photographer to "upgrade" from Win 10 to Win 11?

johngeyer

Is there any reason for a photographer to "upgrade" from Win 10 to Win 11?

toxdoc42

to keep current with the MS operating system. There are some things useful, better ability to split a wide screen into multiple desktops for one.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Curious-
Would "photographer" be better or worse than "any computer user"?
How would a photographer's use of the operating system be different from other users?
The editors will run the same way under either, won't they?

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

Longshadow wrote:

Curious-
Would "photographer" be better or worse than "any computer user"?
How would a photographer's use of the operating system be different from other users?
The editors will run the same way under either, won't they?

Not necessarily. Most upgrades to programs (and operating systems are just a large bundle of programs) add enhancements, fixes, patch vulnerabilities and new features. They also take advantage of newer hardware. This past week I got a new Apple MacBook Air with the M2 processor and 24GB RAM. The combination of new hardware and new software is likely going to make my editor(s) run faster, and the new equipment will "future-proof" me for a few years (the machine I'm replacing is a ten year-old MacBook Air, although I have newer computers too).

johngeyer

Thought there might be some updates to things lacking like being able to view psd thumbnails or NEF files without having to install 3rd party software. As far as I can see there is no reason to "upgrade" even though it is free. If it was faster....maybe....but I see alot of "upgraders" with issues that don't justify the benefits. Must be some reason like Gates buying up as much farm land as he can!

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

My experience to Windows 3.1 and one thing I have learned: Every other update. It seems to take MS two updates to get it right. I'll wait for Windows 12

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

johngeyer wrote:

Thought there might be some updates to things lacking like being able to view psd thumbnails or NEF files without having to install 3rd party software. As far as I can see there is no reason to "upgrade" even though it is free. If it was faster....maybe....but I see alot of "upgraders" with issues that don't justify the benefits. Must be some reason like Gates buying up as much farm land as he can!

Well, since the upgrade is free, it doesn’t make Bill any money. While it may contain new codecs to view raw files from newer cameras, I doubt (but not sure) it will let you view PSD files without photoshop. It does have some new features, but you may or may not find them useful. The user interface is similar and the performance may be a little faster, but all in all, I didn’t find.a lot of difference. It does seem to be solid and stable, but of course, any time you upgrade an OS, there can be driver or peripheral issues if t hey don’t have updated drivers. My advice, if you do upgrade, is to have all your peripherals connected and turned on, so the upgrade will “see” them and install any needed new drivers that are available. Win 10 support is good to 2024, so you have awhile to decide.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Just Fred wrote:

Not necessarily. Most upgrades to programs (and o... (show quote)

I have no idea what's in my computers, other than primary drive size and memory. And I even have to lookup the memory sometimes...
They're computers, they compute.
My OS is what it is because it came with what it is.
The Win 7 box will stay a Win 7 box until it gets replaced.

BebuLamar

You have to upgrade sometimes because when they stopped supporting Windows 10 you can't go to the UHH with the browser any more.
That happened to my Windows XP computer. It works fine except that I can't go to the UHH any more.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

BebuLamar wrote:

You have to upgrade sometimes because when they stopped supporting Windows 10 you can't go to the UHH with the browser any more.
That happened to my Windows XP computer. It works fine except that I can't go to the UHH any more.

Wonder why. Browser no longer works under XP?
Thank goodness Firefox, Chrome, and Edge still work under Win 7!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Just Fred wrote:

Not necessarily. Most upgrades to programs (and o... (show quote)

I've never timed my editors. They seem to run lickety-split, under 7 or 11.
Newer hardware? My latest newer hardware was a replacement 4-port USB extender.
Don't think I need a real fast computer for that.
My scanners are old also... (9.5 years and about 3).
Curious, how (in what manner) does a computer take advantage of newer hardware.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Curmudgeon wrote:

My experience to Windows 3.1 and one thing I have learned: Every other update. It seems to take MS two updates to get it right. I'll wait for Windows 12

I've been using Win 11 on one box (a lot!) for four months, seems to work just fine.
NFF (No Fault Found)

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

BebuLamar wrote:

You have to upgrade sometimes because when they stopped supporting Windows 10 you can't go to the UHH with the browser any more.
That happened to my Windows XP computer. It works fine except that I can't go to the UHH any more.

My understanding is that Windows 10 is supported until 2024.

The issue with XP is that it doesn’t support some specific protocols to access https sites with any of the available browsers (even backdated versions). You may find that it will successfully load an http site IF you can find any still up.

Laramie Loc: Tempe

No troubles here, I updated when available.

jlg1000 Loc: Uruguay / South America

johngeyer wrote:

Is there any reason for a photographer to "upgrade" from Win 10 to Win 11?

None. Zero. Nada.

It's *exactly* the same OS with slightly different desktop.

Win 11 was to be a free GUI upgrade intended for Win 10, but later Microsoft decided to partner with Intel to enforce the upgrade of the microprocessors to 8th gen.