I can see an amazing ad campaign:
“Windows 11…People Don’t Hate It!”
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I guess I’ll never know. My computer is not that old, but in their infinite wisdom, Microsoft decided they’d make the latest upgrade unavailable to anyone who doesn’t go out and buy a new machine. Just aces.
Truth is, almost everything I really don’t like about Windows 11 is stuff that was already broken in Windows 10 and just carried forward. The Settings app is a little better in 11 but still lacks a good bit of basic functionality.
BTW, I could say the same thing about macOS Ventura.
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This is inevitable for any software, but the main issue is how long the software is supported for those models left behind. Apple’s next OS update will be backwards compatible only to 2018/19 models and newer. However, they are still issuing security updates for models stuck on prior iterations of the OS going back to 2013.
If you are still getting updates on Win 10 for a good few years yet, that’s reasonable IMHO.
It looks like Microsoft offers 10 years of full support for Windows, which is better than Apple’s 7/8 years (plus 2 years of security updates only) for MacOS. However, Windows leaves behind older models more quickly, so requires you to upgrade your hardware more often if you want to keep up the OS.
Do you know which part of your PC failed the upgrade test? On my home-built PCs, they “failed” the test but all I had to do was change a BIOS setting to allow the upgrade.
I use it mainly because it’s so much faster and stable.
It says my processor isn’t supported for Windows 11. It’s an Intel Core i7 7500U @ 2.7GHz. Apparently that’s ancient technology.
Microsoft says they’ll continue to support Windows 10 until October 2025. So I have a few more years, I guess.
You have a 7th gen Intel CPU (the “7” in “7500”). Minimum requirement is 8th gen. Missed it by that much.
It is possible to get around these minimum requirements and install Windows 11 on older hardware, but it’s unsupported, do so at your own risk, yadda yadda. If you’re happy with what you have, it’s probably not worth the effort to upgrade until you are forced to.
10 years of extended support has been the standard for Windows and MS Office for a long time. However, you do need to be on the last feature update, which is 22H2, released last October. They’ve already killed support for older versions of Windows 10.
Huh. Yeah, apparently you have to have a processor made since late 2017/early 2018.
Better than “Windows 2000… God Forgive Us!”
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Yeah, if you have a computer made prior to the 2017 World Series Champion Houston Astros!!!..you’re stuck with Windows 10. It’s a small price, really.
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I remember when upgrading to Windows 3.1 was pretty much the last you’d ever need. Computers had pretty well reached their zenith, and no one would ever need a damn 1GB hard drive. Anything beyond that was simply computer nerd vanity.
“Whoa, you upgraded to a VGA monitor?!?!”
2000 was awesome. You’re thinking of Windows Me.
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“We don’t say that name around here.”
Thank you, I tip my nerd hat to you.
or Vista.
I had that piece of shit OS on my home desktop for a few years. Dark days.