Short article on Win 11
Jun 26, 2021 12:51:34 #
Interesting take on Win 11 update, last paragraph sums it up well.
MS makes no money on updates. If the update makes 50 million or so older
computers (in the US alone) obsolete and MS sells 50 million copies of Win 11
at say $50.00 each (just a guess of price) that works out to some real money.
......Now do that worldwide.
The system tester says neither of my laptops will run it, and if it is like previous
new systems it is just a matter of time till till my programs will update to run
on the new platform but my computer will not so I will end up with a new computer.
https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/microsoft-doesnt-want-you-to-upgrade-to-windows-11?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=whatsnewnow&utm_medium=image
MS makes no money on updates. If the update makes 50 million or so older
computers (in the US alone) obsolete and MS sells 50 million copies of Win 11
at say $50.00 each (just a guess of price) that works out to some real money.
......Now do that worldwide.
The system tester says neither of my laptops will run it, and if it is like previous
new systems it is just a matter of time till till my programs will update to run
on the new platform but my computer will not so I will end up with a new computer.
https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/microsoft-doesnt-want-you-to-upgrade-to-windows-11?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=whatsnewnow&utm_medium=image
Jun 27, 2021 08:12:44 #
Jun 27, 2021 09:26:40 #
Apparently needs 8th gen or newer Intel processor.. that’s going to obsolete an awful lot of perfectly good computers.. https://www.dell.com/community/Virus-Spyware/Windows-11-will-be-a-free-upgrade-from-Win10-BUT/td-p/7917692
Jun 27, 2021 09:56:25 #
Jun 27, 2021 10:22:39 #
n4jee
Loc: New Bern, NC
Wisdom dating back to the DOS days: Never buy the first release of a Microsoft product.
Jun 27, 2021 10:46:36 #
Leo_B
Loc: Houston suburb
My computer is less than 3 years old and came with 10. It has 12gb ram and 128gb ssd. I think it will run 11 fine. It seems to have slowed just a bit recently. According to the memory people site I could swap my 8/4 memory for a pair of 16gb memory cards for $80 each. I may check with the local pc shop and see how much they charge to do the swap. It could be a good performance boost.
Jun 27, 2021 10:50:53 #
Schoee
Loc: Europe
ChuckKarp wrote:
Interesting take on Win 11 update, last paragraph ... (show quote)
You can continue with Win10. It will still get updates till 2025. One of my PC not Win11 compatible due to no TPM
Jun 27, 2021 10:51:56 #
I looked at MAC as a replacement. I could not get a MAC laptop with a 17.3 monitor,
with my vision I will want as big as possible. MAC will not run my software unless I use
an emulator. Whatever that is. And with the price difference I can spend well under half
as much for the new HP I ordered today so I can replace it again next time they pull this
on us and still be ahead.
with my vision I will want as big as possible. MAC will not run my software unless I use
an emulator. Whatever that is. And with the price difference I can spend well under half
as much for the new HP I ordered today so I can replace it again next time they pull this
on us and still be ahead.
Jun 29, 2021 07:52:05 #
If you look at the history of Window, every second version has been rubbish, or at least very ordinary, and the in-between ones great. Just go back a bit:
Win 3 - Not great
Win 3.1 - Great
Win 95 - Ho-hum
Win 98 - Great
Win Me - Rubbish
Win XP - Great
Win Vista - Ho-hum
Win 7 - Great
Win 8 - Poor with intermediate Win 8.1 only a bit better
Win 10 - Great (there was no Win 9)
If MS keeps to its previous form, Windows 11 will be a failure. So stick to Windows 10 and wait for Windows 12!
Win 3 - Not great
Win 3.1 - Great
Win 95 - Ho-hum
Win 98 - Great
Win Me - Rubbish
Win XP - Great
Win Vista - Ho-hum
Win 7 - Great
Win 8 - Poor with intermediate Win 8.1 only a bit better
Win 10 - Great (there was no Win 9)
If MS keeps to its previous form, Windows 11 will be a failure. So stick to Windows 10 and wait for Windows 12!
Jun 30, 2021 16:42:17 #
Microsoft has taken the Windows 11 "test" link down due to problems with it.
Microsoft says they will return it closer to Windows 11 release date.
Microsoft says they will return it closer to Windows 11 release date.
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