alphadog

Have several computers, PCs and LTs... when is it time to switch from WIN10 to WIN11?

I have seen many who use WIN11 and have no issues? I am thinking my free upgrade time is about to come to fruition... constructive comments are welcome, thanks

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Our new desktop (August last year) and my new laptop (July last year) came with Win 11.
My wife's laptop was Win 10. She asked how i liked 11. I told her different from 7, but no problems.
Last August she upgraded to 11 with no complaints/problems.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

I upgraded three of the four computers in my household from 10 to 11 with absolutely no problems. The fourth one came with 11 and no problem with that one either.

BebuLamar

There are a few differences between Windows 10 and Windows 11. Nothing significant and neither is running faster that I can notice. But Microsoft won't be supporting Windows 10 in near future so if you haven't upgrade the time is now as you do need a little bit of time to get used to some of the differences.

alvin3232 Loc: Houston, TX

Hello
I will keep it simple.

Either take one of your desktops or laptop and check to see which will support Windows 11, do the upgrade, and then decide for yourself if it is worth it.

Alvin

terryMc Loc: Arizona's White Mountains

I updated two of three laptops and my wife's tower with Win 11; no problems. My wife hesitated (hates change) but finally went with it and has no problems. The last Dell tower I bought came with Win 11, which works great.

Vladimir200 Loc: Beaumont, Ca.

Using Win 11 for 1 1/2 years now with no issues.

theaverlo Loc: Iowa

Microsoft will end its support for Windows 10 sometime in 2025, so you have some cushion yet to make your decision.

Schoee Loc: Europe

Update now. Little difference to notice from 10 to 11. Have used 11 since day one with no issues

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

My aging desktop chokes with the thought of upping to W11 from W10. I know the workarounds, but am dragging my feet for now. I also have a Dell Inspiron 2 in 1 that came with W10 but happily updated. Though it went smoothly and hummed happily, recently the display went blank. I managed to force it to restart and went to Dell’s website where I updated the bios and grabbed the most recent graphics driver. The bios updated fine but the graphic installer reported my current driver is more recent than the update. It was probably installed by the W11 update. Dell reports that the computer is not W11 compliant without any other explanation. Other than the graphics crash, I haven’t had any issues. To be continued…..

markinvictoria Loc: Victoria TX

My last computer I bought came with windows 11...big problem I had was with a lot of my software wasn't compatible and I had to replace my Canon printer. Other than that it was fine.

bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada

I moved to Win 11 on a desktop and two laptops about a month ago. No problems 'upgrading' to Win 11 on any of the computers but I didn't like Win 11's Start dialog so installed START11 and essentially got back the Win 10 Start dialog that I like. I also didn't like having the Taskbar on the bottom of the screen so installed ExplorerPatcher and got back the ability to put the Taskbar anywhere I wanted, for me it is the right side of the screen.

So after some playing I've got a Win 11 (with the look of Win 10) that I like.

bwa

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

When I built my last computer, I updated to 11 with only one issue - one of the printers wasn’t on and Win 11 marked it as unavailable and nothing I could do to install it. I finally went to the USB section in Device Manager (not the printer entry) and read the log for that device and determined the problem. The solution was to delete the USB entry as well as the printer entry and install fresh. The point being that have all your peripherals attached and on when you do the upgrade. Honestly, there is very little difference. I’ve benchmarked 11 a few percent faster and it boots more quickly, but nothing else.

If you elect to keep 10 after the expiration date in 2025, you’ll need a virus/malware protection tool to augment/replace Windows Defender which won’t be updated with new definitions after the EOS date. Plus drivers for new SW and peripherals will be harder to find, especially after win 12 is released. You also won’t be able to upgrade to win 12 which is almost here (assuming you care). I experimented with a workaround (reported in another thread) to bypass the TPM, CPU and secure boot requirements of Win 11. It does work and isn’t very hard to accomplish. By adding those requirements to 11, MS is trying to close holes in the OS and make it more secure, but there are a zillion Win 10 machines out there that aren’t that old and not eligible for an upgrade, and in my opinion, only a minority will replace a perfectly good computer just to go to 11, so there will be a lot of people trying the work around or running win 10 until the computer becomes obsolete.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

I built a new computer (https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-779437-1.html) and installed Win-11. Only one older program would not run (a pulse-ox interpreter for a CMS-50F) which ran fine on Win-10. Before you update from 10 to 11 be sure to run the micros_ _ t compatibility checker on your current machine to avoid any surprises.

BebuLamar

The main problem with running Windows 10 after support ends is that you start losing the ability to browse the web.