Liking Windows 11 because it is Windows 10

Vanity | 10/13/2021 | Self

[martin_fierro]

Their dumbass commercial inspires exactly zero interest in me to get Win 11 for personal use.

[Bob434]

I e been looking but I’ve been spending like a drunken monkey the last year, and can’t quite swing it this year. I paid 450 for a Samsung pro 1 terabyte, wish I had waited awhile. I could got the 2 terabyte for less

My side is fast, and I love it, but the nvme is faster isn’t it? Almost I start on? I don’t mind the speed of my ssd though if I can’t get nvme

[Karma_Sherab]

You have no idea how it does it but it just does it.
been in IT writing code since '82 - so, yeah...I know how it works

[Bob434]

I know, it was the major reason that I didn’t upgrade from7 to 10. I couldn’t beleive how much they locked us out of settings we previously could access. A d also the phone home stuff- I didn’t go for that at all. Especially when they would change your setting on you everytime an update happened. It was bad enough that they took control away for certain settings but then they go and don’t allow you to set other settings permanently.

I had had it and switched to Linux for all my online work except for some gaming, which I still,do,on windows 7

[dayglored]

> Funny. I’m still using Paintshop Pro 5 (1998 free version).

LOL, PaintShop Pro -- I'm still running version 4.14, paid version. It runs on everything through Win10 20H2, with one exception, that when it starts cold, it tries to write a Registry entry and fails. I just ignore that and continue, doesn't seem to bother anything.

And yeah, "installation" is "copy the program files folder to the new computer". Works fine.

I actually bought and paid for version 7, but I didn't like it, too much stuff I didn't use that got in the way.

Some ancient programs "Just Work" so well.

[Poser]

I tried the paid version as well. Hated it. I kept every handout and test I ever wrote for Financial Accounting. I have Wordstar for DOS, Word Perfect 5.1 and every version of Multimate and Word represented in the files. Unfortunately, my Wordstar files for CP/M never got transferred. The hard sector floppies were unreadable by regular disk drives. I think Word Perfect 5.1 was the best program ever written.

I will undoubtedly upgrade to Win 11 so I can run Hitman Absolution and Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific for the next 7 or 8 years. I assume everyone here knows about WinAero version of Windows 7 games that runs on Win 10 and I assume Win 11.

[CptnObvious]

My side is fast, and I love it, but the nvme is faster isn’t it?

One YouTube claimed a regular SSD was 5 times faster than a Hard drive. And an NVMe drive was 5 times faster than an SSD.

My experience with NVMe on Windows 10 vs NVMe on Windows 11 was that Windows 11 was much snappier. I could see delays on Windows 10 with my NVMe C: drive. With Windows 11, I'm not seeing any delays except the usual internet ones.

[Bob434]

yeah my ssd is definately much faster than the HDD- starts faster, loads games faster etc- glad i got it, but paid way too much for it-

[wildbill]

I’m having a problem with an older computer stalling out or freezing when it is asked to open several programs such as my mail program, a browser, and the running startup programs such as Bit Defender and Win 10.

It has 9MB of ram, but an older CPU. I hate to junk it because when I can get it to work properly it performs well.

I don’t game or use exotic programs that use graphics. I do however trade currencies and have a couple of programs that send me data constantly.

Any suggestions?

[CptnObvious]

I’m having a problem with an older computer stalling out or freezing when it is asked to open several programs such as my mail program, a browser, and the running startup programs such as Bit Defender and Win 10. It has 9MB of ram, but an older CPU. I hate to junk it because when I can get it to work properly it performs well. I don’t game or use exotic programs that use graphics. I do however trade currencies and have a couple of programs that send me data constantly. Any suggestions?> Sounds like a memory problem to me. You say you have 9GB - that is really odd. Do you have 3 memory cards or something??

If you do, I would pull the 1GB card and see if you still have the problem. If you still do, check to see if the 2 other 4GB cards (if you have them) are the same type and manufacturer. Also check your Bios Memory setting if it has one about Dual use..

Windows 10 can run on as low as 4GB of memory. You might try just one card.

If the problem persists on one memory card 4GB or greater, then I would consider going to another motherboard or better yet get another system. I'm loving this ancient Dual Core 3854 Inspiron laptop and using a USB DVD player. If I add a wireless keyboard, mouse and moniter, I can easily see this as a Desktop! And am on Windows 11 on it!!

I also think there is a memory test available in Windows 10.

Good Luck with it :)

CO