Windows 11 - yeah or nah

[laser]

I'm starting to get messages on on Windows 10 PC about this. Has anyone installed it? How's it going? Recommend?
One of my considerations is if I need to get O365 and turf my desktop versions of office.

[Psyber]

I had a look at the W 11 promotion info and decided "nah!" for now.

One concern is that, on my first quick reading, it seems it would force me to use Outlook or some MS new equivalent for email, and possibly MS Office.
I prefer independent alternatives. I'll have a closer look later, but won't rush in.

[laser]

I had a look at the W 11 promotion info and decided "nah!" for now.

One concern is that, on my first quick reading, it seems it would force me to use Outlook or some MS new equivalent for email, and possibly MS Office.
I prefer independent alternatives. I'll have a closer look later, but won't rush in.

Tend to agree, thanks for the info.

[amber_fluid]

I’ve updated and all is good.
All my favourite websites still work

[gadj1976]

I’ve updated and all is good.
All my favourite websites still work

[Footy Chick]

I just came to ask the same question, mine asked me to upgrade today - any further considerations from anyone that's upgraded already?

[Psyber]

I had to buy my wife a new laptop and it came with Windows 11. I managed, after some fiddling around, to turn off the preset back up to onedrive and install my own external plug in back up system. It is a pain though!

[dedja]

Glad I’m an Apple fanboi … Windows 10 support ends on Oct 14 this year, but MS are heavily restricting which devices can upgrade to Windows 11.

There’s going to a lot of unsupported devices after that date … muppets

[amber_fluid]

Glad I’m an Apple fanboi … Windows 10 support ends on Oct 14 this year, but MS are heavily restricting which devices can upgrade to Windows 11.

There’s going to a lot of unsupported devices after that date … muppets

Apple make you upgrade more than Microsoft though

[dedja]

Glad I’m an Apple fanboi … Windows 10 support ends on Oct 14 this year, but MS are heavily restricting which devices can upgrade to Windows 11.

There’s going to a lot of unsupported devices after that date … muppets

Apple make you upgrade more than Microsoft though

No, not necessarily.

MacOS support is usually about 7 years, but Apple will still provide security updates for ‘unsupported’ Macs for many years after that, so older devices work fine for a long time after not receiving full OS updates.

Plus MacOS updates have ways been free, whilst MS upgrades were paid only for a long time, and now it’s a dog’s breakfast whether you have to pay or receive a free upgrade.

From a TCO perspective, Macs are usually a better investment, despite the perceived higher initial cost … plus the hardware shits on anything Windows runs on unless you’re a gamer (which I’m not).

YMMV though …

[Jimmy_041]

Its crap - they are trying to compulsorily make us use their systems

The cunz keep downgrading me to W11 even though I have auto updates turned off
I just upgrade back to W10 and tell them to eff off for feedback

Mrs Jimmy has found several problems with her work. It wont let her use some of her non-MS programs

GF'd Gates & your elves

[dedja]

Its crap - they are trying to compulsorily make us use their systems

The cunz keep downgrading me to W11 even though I have auto updates turned off
I just upgrade back to W10 and tell them to eff off for feedback

Mrs Jimmy has found several problems with her work. It wont let her use some of her non-MS programs

GF'd Gates & your elves

If you haven’t done so already, create a bootable Windows 10 install usb, otherwise those same carnts may remove the Windows 10 download and online install once it’s out of support.