Windows 10 to Windows 11

I guess a lot of people are asking about this. I just did get Win 10 squared away now Microsoft asks me about Win 11. So in effect we need to basically get a whole new computer or try to upgrade our present one to support secure boot and get a whole new processor in order to run Win 11. Is that right? I hope I can still run Win 10 for a long time?

 

Good Tony! I'm 76 now, and I didn't want to change my os in my lifetime. Haha
Thanks a lot.

 

LOL Not sure everyone would agree with that. Once I became used to W7, that IMO, became the best user interface. In fact, I use Start10 and Start11 to make my W10/11 systems look and feel like W7.

The bigger problem with running XP, Vista, and even now W7 and connecting to a network that has Internet access is that you don't just risk that computer. But you potentially become a threat to others should a new zero-day exploit become exploited by a bad guy.

@Almost Nearly Sociable - fortunately, W10 will be supported for some time. I would not worry about upgrading your hardware now. But the day will come when this hardware gives out, and the replacement only supports the latest version of Windows. So you will eventually need to upgrade. It is just part of life, I'm afraid - like replacing a perfectly good cell phone or older TV.

 

I don't think age has anything to do with this.

Nobody that I know spends most of their computing time using the operating system per say. Instead, we use the OS to launch our favorite programs and apps. Microsoft Word, for example, looks and feels the same regardless if the computer is running W7 or W11. Same with Facebook, YouTube, or CHF forums.

 

Word was just an arbitrary example I used to illustrate the point. And the point is that we use our computers to run our favorite programs and apps. The OS just facilitates that.

We can pick something else then. The point is, once you launch the program, the OS steps out of sight and into the background, and the look and feel of the program is the same, regardless if using W10 or W11, or if we are 50 years old or 70.

As far as migrating to a Chromebook or tablet, if that suits the user, then that is certainly an option. So is Linux for that matter. But in this case, the OP seems to want to stick with Windows. I'm certainly the same way, though I have no problems migrating to W11 from W10. I already have with my laptop.

This, my primary computer does not support W11. I built it for W10 in 2016 and so is already 6 years old. So far, it refuses to die but when the time comes to build a new computer, it will have the latest version of Windows on it.

It is critically important to realize and remember that one of the primary jobs of any operating system is to facilitate communications between the various hardware components of the computer. New computers use new hardware. It is NOT the responsibility of new operating systems to support old (legacy) hardware (or old software).

For the record, you CAN teach an old dog new tricks. And one of the new tricks this old dog has recently learned is how to make my W11 laptop look and feel like W7!