What's New in Windows 11? - Comments Page 2

Congratulations Bob on getting anything meaningful from the compatibility scanner.

I ran it, it told me my machine won't work. Period. Explanation.

Just as an example of how neurotic Microsoft is I cite the waffling on what is the new and modern look and feel. The first Windows had square corners, then Windows with round corners were introduced and we were told that this was the new, modern look. Along comes Windows 8 and suddenly square corners are the new, modern look. Now Windows 11 will have rounded corners and we are told that is the new, modern look. Give us a break Microsoft, you are just making changes to the look and feel for the sake of change. Personally, I liked the round corners when we last had them and saw no need to remove them. It was wasted effort to make that change then and more wasted effort to change them back. Just how stupid does Microsoft think that its customers are.

"Windows skipped version 9" ... Well, not really. When i upgraded from Win 8 to Win 8.1, my wireless card quit working. After spending an hour on the phone with a droid, they connected me to a real technician. He said, "While 8.1 sounds like an upgrade, it's actually a complete re-write. Therefore, some of the older hardware is no longer supported, and your wireless card happens to be one of them. Sorry about that."
So, because Win 8 was just so bad, they pushed out Win 9 as a free upgrade, calling it Win 8.1 so as not to roil the waters any more.
A similar thing happened in the past. Win 3 was also very bad; the best thing about it was the solitaire game, but Win 3.1 was great. My boss accused me of having undergone a "religious conversion" when that upgrade changed my attitude towards Windows by 180°.

I'm 72 years old. Life insurance runs out at 85 y.o. Will Windows 11 last that long? Nope. So they're not recruiting me.
Laptop with Windows XP in basement (old games). 8+ year old (y.o.) Windows 10 laptops. 1 dual boots Mint 20.

And EVERYONE have an Enjoyable 4th of July Holiday! Everywhere! 🏁🧨

"I’m not going to spend money to upgrade my CPU, there’s no way I want to mess with the disk partitioning, and who knows what might happen if I tweaked the BIOS settings to enable TPM and Secure Boot? I’ll have to live without the rounded corners and spiffy new icons in Windows 11"

My thoughts exactly Bob. I'll run this machine into the ground with or without support, and by the time it dies, Windows 13 0r 14 will be current, so I'll have saved the cost of 2 or 3 new computers.

I'm on a 2011 Windows 7 PC that dual boots with Linux (Q4OS). I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it survives long enough to see chip prices for graphics cards come down, and maybe at that time I'll buy something new. There are a couple of Windows programs I'd sorely miss, and there are things I just don't understand about Linux, and therein lies the problem with deciding which side to go with. *fingers crossed*

I'll stick with a cheap Chromebook. Cheap to replace. Boots and updates in a flash. Everything I need is included with Chrome and Google App's.

Thanks Bob! The "current" MS o/s has to be at least 10 months old (satisfactorily [?] working) before I jump in. Rounded corners (cute) can wait.

Here comes an increase in Linux installed OSes.
Watch for the Battle for Market-Share of The Linux OSes.

There are any number of YouTube videos that show how Windows 11 can be installed on most all old computers. The limitations are not technical, they are marketing. Here is one.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk5B-a7vZ_w

With all the ransomware going around stealing everyone's data and holding them hostage.
It would be prudent for MS to fix the breaches first and help their customers out. I got an email this morning telling me that this person has all my information and passwords and if I did not give them $1550.00 in 48 hrs they were going to send all my friends dirty pictures of me. Ha Ha. I know this is just a phishing email. I just deleted the email and see if it shows up again and then I will send a copy to the fraud department of the FBI.

Will 32 bit programs run on W-11?