Upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11?

[jyl]

Is it safe to upgrade from Win 10 to Win 11 yet?

I try not to upgrade, because I don’t want my work machine and applications to have issues. But maybe it’s ok by now?

[island911]

if it's not broken...

Microsoft will figure out a way to break it.

[fanaudical]

We're still avoiding Windows 11 at work. I haven't upgraded at home yet. Friends who have are fighting issues with hardware compatibility and bloatware.

[jyl]

Originally Posted by fanaudical

We're still avoiding Windows 11 at work. I haven't upgraded at home yet. Friends who have are fighting issues with hardware compatibility and bloatware.

Ok, I’ll hold off.

My machine works purrfectly on Windows 10. It’s the first Windows I’ve really liked, since Windows NT.

[RNajarian]

The wife unknowingly upgraded our computer from Windows 10 to 11.

I hate it. A completely new learning curve awaits me since too many things are different.

Eventually there will be an end of service date for Windows 10 then no more updates/patches and you will be forced to upgrade to 11. Will the upgrade be free at that point? Only Microsoft knows.

[Bill Douglas]

I'm on 10. I can't be bothered learning new tricks when I finf 10 to be very good.

I'll wait until 12 or 13 and then change because I have to.

[917_Langheck]

I use both. 11 is made for the "I can't read a dial face clock" crowd, and it's terrible. Keep to the 10.

[RobFrost]

I upgraded dell to 11 and now when my laptop powers down the 2nd monitor (dell) doesn't come back until I cycle the power on the monitor.

The machine is noticeably slower, and the only apparent benefit is to Microsoft who have circumvented my resistance to my machine downloading news and ads to the desktop. These now appear in the premium real estate in the bottom left hand corner, while the windows menu now comes up from the slightly more difficult to find middle.

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[GH85Carrera]

I switched to 11 Pro after only a month of nagging from Microsoft. Many if not most older computers can't be upgraded anyway. 11 requires several things that your computer likely does not support. I had to update the BIOS on my main system to get to secure boot.

My Microsoft Surface laptop can't be upgraded.

It likely is a moot point for most older computers, you can't do it on them.

Like every new OS in Microsoft lots of things are changed just a little. Poke around, and you will find the new way to do it. And the news and weather banners can easily be turned off. I don't want Microsoft showing me their "news" of BS stories of celebrities, or other useless information. I have all of that turned off.

[Nickshu]

Been using 11 for a year. No issues.

[unclebilly]

Only issue for me was that I had to upgrade Solidworks. Windows 11 runs a newer SQL server…

[jcommin]

I just switched recently and just don't see the advantages from 11.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by RobFrost

I upgraded dell to 11 and now when my laptop powers down the 2nd monitor (dell) doesn't come back until I cycle the power on the monitor.

The machine is noticeably slower, and the only apparent benefit is to Microsoft who have circumvented my resistance to my machine downloading news and ads to the desktop. These now appear in the premium real estate in the bottom left hand corner, while the windows menu now comes up from the slightly more difficult to find middle.

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That's all I see. I avoid brushing the cursor there.

Originally Posted by Nickshu

Been using 11 for a year. No issues.

Originally Posted by jcommin

I just switched recently and just don't see the advantages from 11.

Yes and yes.

[JackDidley]

I went to 11 on my old dell. There is an easy work around and it will load on an old computer. I did not like 11 and went back to 10. Almost never use Windows anyway. Linux for the win.

[island911]

Originally Posted by jcommin

I just switched recently and just don't see the advantages from 11.

Pretty sure the advantages are all for Microsoft.

[island911]

Originally Posted by unclebilly

Only issue for me was that I had to upgrade Solidworks. Windows 11 runs a newer SQL server…

Do older versions of SWx not run on Windows 11?

[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by island911

Do older versions of SWx not run on Windows 11?

I could not get 2020 to run on win11. I tried it multiple times. Fortunately, SW or Hawkridge had a deal in December where if you paid for 3 years of maintenance in advance, they would not make you back pay your subscription. It worked fine.

[john70t]

Win11 is a step backwards imo.
1). Many common menu items are now scrambled and hidden under different menus.
2). MS removed the ability to access and change common features.
3). Accessing Programs/Apps etc now requires extra clicks. The Start Menu is also half taken up by "Recommended" which is just "History". No obvious option to turn that off.
4). One-Drive and Edge run in the background and automatically tracks usage.
5) Half the features and twice the spyware.
6). It takes half an hour to turn off all the background progs running by default. And that is still not enough.

I'm using Explorer Patcher to regain some of the classic Win10 look.

[jyl]

My laptop and desktop run the same software and are set up as identically as possible. When I’m forced to upgrade, I’ll do the laptop first and hopefully work out the kinks there.

[GH85Carrera]

I use several mapping programs for my aerial photo company. The programs simply require Win 11 Pro to run. It does like memory, but that is not an issue for my system.