[dayglored]

Note: My prior attempt to post this thread threw an error that caused there to be no initial "Comment" and no way to reply. Hopefully this one will work.

[janetjanet998]

Hated it then
Hated it now

I hope it dies a slow painful death

[Nervous Tick]

>> My prior attempt to post this thread threw an error that caused there to be no initial “Comment” and no way to reply.

No kidding! I blamed myself. It damaged my self esteem. I think I need a support animal. Who can I sue?

[Kleon]

I’m still on 7 even though the kids say it “died.”

[Faith65]

bkmk

[Republican Wildcat]

It works well enough...other than the pointless change of moving of the start button to the center vs. it always having been in the left corner since Windows 95 is the only main difference I’ve seen. However, my work laptop that upgraded to it sometimes has the fan running so fast it sounds like it may be about ready to take off in flight.

[chief lee runamok]

Windows 11 is one of Microsoft's most poorly performing operating systems,
in part due to the powerful hardware it requires.

My laptop isn't the most potent but runs win 11 well enough.
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1165G7 @ 2.80GHz 2.80 GHz,
64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

I've run windows operating systems since ms dos was the operating system
of choice.

I didn't use window os until the third or fourth version, the 'c' prompt was
faster.

That said, win 11 isn't that much different from the earlier versions, just
more bells and whistles to disable.

[PAR35]

The feds leaned on the chipmakers to include hardware level hackability, and leaned on Microsoft to force an upgrade to the new chips.

Mere coincidence that AMD, Intel and ARM happened to come out with chips with certain “cutting edge features” at the same time? Security features or National Security Administration features.

With a few minor registry hacks, Win 11 will actually run fine on many computers without those features. The need for an upgrade is artificial. (Not sure I’d try to upgrade my Windows 7 machine, however. Because I believe in making the federal employees work for their money, and they’ll have to monitor me the old fashioned way.)

[dayglored]

Windows 10 gets another year of support ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[ducttape45]

I'm almost to the point where I will not need any Windows O/S except perhaps W7, and that's only because I use older versions of Acrobat and Photoshop that won't run on Linux. Yes, I know there are alternatives but for ease of use I prefer those programs. Everything else I can do on Linux.

User beware though, if you plan on dual booting your PC like I will, newer versions of Linux (22 and newer) tend to wipe out the boot sector for Windows and as a result, it'll only boot to Linux. I should know, I found out the hard way. So when I reinstall Linux it'll be Mint v21.

[ConservativeMind]

I can’t stand Windows 11.

[webheart]

Windows 11 is not that much different from windows 10. They shift things to the center and reformat some choices but it isn’t really very different. I don’t think it’s a big deal to upgrade but they keep telling me my computer is not good enough. If they want people to upgrade they should make it compatible with existing hardware.

[sushiman]

My 12 year old Dell PC upstairs is Windows 7 . Can’t kill that computer . Main PC downstairs is a Lenovo with Windows 10 . Has a couple of relatively minor Windows issues that someone who is even moderately tech savvy could rectify but I live with . NO way I’ll ever upgrade to 11 . If the Dell dies tomorrow I’ll have no choice , unfortunately .

[Revel]

A lot of people can’t afford to throw away a one to two thousand dollar computer just because Microsoft decided to not allow their computer to run windows 11. And it has absolutely nothing to do with processing power. Only if the CPU has some stupid new feature in it.

And the last GEN 7 CPU’s even have the feature they require and yet they won’t allow those to install windows 11 either. Since they arbitrarily set the minimum requirement to GEN 8.

I guess there are ways to force an install but those that do can not get any security updates.

[Openurmind]

‘Note: My prior attempt to post this thread threw an error that caused there to be no initial “Comment” and no way to reply. Hopefully this one will work.”

That has been happening quite often. I have been afraid to report it because mod superiority dictates we are all dummies. There are no transparancy communications here from that side. Never any explanations, thank you, nothing. Too good to interact with lowly users.

[MayflowerMadam]

What do they mean by “support”? As if you can give them a call, reach a person, and ask for help. You cannot. So I don’t get what they mean by support. Updates? I’m going to pay them $30 so they can send updates, which typically make everything worse? I don’t think so.

I bit the bullet and bought two refurbished Windows 10 computers, $200 each — a laptop and a desktop. I don’t get this “Edge” thing that (to me) is annoying and I can’t get rid of.

Overall, I prefer Win 7 and still go back to that often.

[dennisw]

I have 5 computers and Windows 11 works great on them. My oldest one has 16GB ram and an i5-8400 CPU which came out in late 2017. Window 11 works flawlessly on that one.

If you are still on Windows 10, and you can upgrade to Win 11. You should do it! Any Intel CPU that is 8th generation onward should be an easy upgrade.

[TChad]

Avoiding Win 11 for $30 sounds like a great deal to me. Jump on it.

[conserv8]

windows bkmk

[Still Thinking]

Just get IoT. Support till 2032 and LESS of MSs bullshit.

[Bob434]

Hey just a heads up, opatch, a company that provides extended updates for outdated windows os’s will offer updates for windows 10 until about 2030 I guess. You can read about it here

https://www.ghacks.net/2024/06/28/windows-10-support-until-2030-0patch-makes-it-possible/

IF You decide do a thread about it, can you please ping me?