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Everyone ready for Windows 11 ?

Everyone ready for Windows 11 ?

June 24th may be the day

https://www.techspot.com/news/89929-windows-11-coming-microsoft-gives-us-hint.html

June 24th ,Microsoft is making a huge announcement.

Microsoft's big Announcement

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Reply #51 Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 49

MS states W11 will be able to run Android apps locally. This is an important plus.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-announces-windows-11-will-be-able-run-android-apps

 

Now that is a huge plus and one I see myself using.... there are several Android apps I'd use without having to jump through hoops and emulators to install them.

As for installing Win 11 on a non-critical PC, the link I found doesn't work, it keeps going to an error message that suggests people wanting to test Win 11 should try again later..  I've done that several times and still no go.  From what I read yesterday, however, the leaked version will become more accessible after MS delivers a press release to announce the 'new' OS sometime today.

Reply #53 Top

I'm actually very excited about this version. I had a bad gut feeling about all the versions after Win7 and my intuition proved me correct. But with this version  , I'm getting some very positive vibes in my gut similar to what I got when Win7 was about to be launched. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope this will be the bees-knees , like Win7 was.

-- Ace --

Reply #55 Top

My question is, what will Stardock have to do (if anything) to adjust to the Start Menu/Button now being in the center of the taskbar, for Windowblinds......:\  

Reply #56 Top

My system checks out according to the system health app. All go for Windows 11. Bring it on already. Windows 10 is getting boring and stale. 

Reply #58 Top

I dont think they can now.... Look at the last bullet point. This is right from the about windows 11 page on Microsoft's website. Might be time to finally bring back Stardock Objectbar/Objectdock....

Quoting don5318, reply 55

My question is, what will Stardock have to do (if anything) to adjust to the Start Menu/Button now being in the center of the taskbar, for Windowblinds......:\  

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Reply #59 Top

Well, Best Buy is offering a free upgrade (When available) on store bought (compatible)  laptops....

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft/windows/pcmcat748301742178.c?id=pcmcat748301742178&ref=P10T12R103&loc=BODY&CampaignID=1165194

Reply #61 Top

A here we go. Found the page with the info about taskbar customization....

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-11-specifications#primaryR4

 

Hey Stardock. Lets bring back Objectbar since it looks like there is a strong possibility of no taskbar customization. It could work well with your start10 and windowblinds. :p

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Reply #62 Top

Meh, curses, foiled again.

On the bright side, an 8 or 10 core hyper-threading processor sounds like fun (with all the related updated hardware of course).  Still have a few years for all that to shake out.

 

Reply #63 Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 50

If anyone wants to bother watching the Windows 11 release video (at least that's what they called it), it's at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/event . Just came out today.

I bothered to watch it was pleasantly surprised with the new additions and innovation.  Windows 11 is NOT just a rehash of Windows 10.  No, it is so much more and I definitely will upgrade as soon as it becomes available.  I didn't like Win 10 to start with, but Win 11 is looking more polished and usable right out of the box.

There likely will be some haters, but from what I have seen thus far, there is nothing to hate about Win 11.  There are some aspects of 11 that I may never use, such as the updated X-Box app, but it's all there if I ever need to access the those newer, less used apps.

To be honest, I can't wait to get my hands on it. :thumbsup:  

Reply #64 Top

Looks like I won't be upgrading to Windows 11, my Core I7-920 CPU isn't supported. Definitely cannot afford a new PC. :-(

Reply #65 Top

Quoting LightStar, reply 64

Looks like I won't be upgrading to Windows 11, my Core I7-920 CPU isn't supported. Definitely cannot afford a new PC. :(

I think quite a few people will find their PCs are not supported or don't meet the system requirements.  That's the way things have been heading since the advent that was Vista.  A lot of people couldn't upgrade from XP back in the day, and the issue continued with subsequent OSes. 

However, just because a PC supposedly does not meet the minimum requirements for Win 11, it doesn't necessarily mean to say it won't run.  I had an old AMD Athlon PC that so-say failed the minimum requirements for Win 7, but I managed to install it without issue.  It may have run a bit slower than on newer hardware, but it still ran, just not as fluently.

You may find that is the case with your PC, I don't know.  I wonder if you would be able to just upgrade the CPU only to make your machine more compliant, it would be cheaper than an entirely new PC  The only problem I see there is that Intel changed sockets with new CPU editions.  Anyway, it maybe worth a look/thought.

Reply #66 Top

Even if your machine may be able to run it anyway, I think the installer won't install it if it fails the check.

Reply #67 Top

This is hilarious.  My PC has a Ryzen 7 1700 8 (16)  core processor @ 3.2 Ghz .  A Radeon RX580 graphics card with 8 GB GDDR, and 32 GB of ram and can't run windows 11.  Gimmie a effin break.

Reply #68 Top

MS is out of its mind. So...I'll stick with W10. I'll NEVER buy a computer just so I'll have the great privilege of running an MS OS.

 

Reply #69 Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 68

I'll NEVER buy a computer just so I'll have the great privilege of running an MS OS.

I'm sure not going to run out and buy one next month, but I'll do something before the Win10 support expires, have a few years for that.  I'm not a fan of running an unpatched o/s, and I'm not going to pretend that I'm going to fool with linux or unix or whatever.

Q: How can MS give free version upgrades?

A: By marrying the upgrade and it's associated upgrade path to the current motherboard.

Ack, nevermind, I was thinking of OEM.  If the Win10 was put on top of a Retail Win7 or 8, the path should still be transferable.  Hopefully.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install-winpc/windows-10-license-agreement-when-upgrading-from/f8c834bc-e120-4af6-b4ea-564b52df90fb

 

Reply #70 Top

On the other hand, my processor isn't even on the supported list for the version of Win10 that MS has already loaded on me.  So who knows.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/windows-processor-requirements

The TPM is a snag though.

Reply #71 Top

Quoting DaveRI, reply 69

I'm sure not going to run out and buy one next month, but I'll do something before the Win10 support expires, have a few years for that.

Indeed. 2025...and I'll probably own another one before the...but I don't see where my current computer doesn't satisfy the prereqs.

Reply #72 Top

Quoting raclark, reply 66

Even if your machine may be able to run it anyway, I think the installer won't install it if it fails the check.

Not necessarily so.  A person I know loaded the leaked version of Win 11 on his 8 y/o laptop, an it's no high-end machine.  Sure it has 4Gb of RAM, but it only has a 1.8 Mhz CPU.  I think it's a bit of a lottery at the moment... there's some people with high-end machines that fail minimum requirements, yet there are others with older, lower-end machines that passed. 

Thing is, between now and when Win 11 is released, MS may have to downgrade system requirements in order for it to be more widely installed on more PCs, given the millions who cannot afford an new machine to run it.  I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 67

This is hilarious.  My PC has a Ryzen 7 1700 8 (16)  core processor @ 3.2 Ghz .  A Radeon RX580 graphics card with 8 GB GDDR, and 32 GB of ram and can't run windows 11.  Gimmie a effin break.

I too have a Ryzen 1700, 64gb of RAM and an older 7xxx series graphics care and it passed the prerequisites for Win 11, so I don't know why yours failed.  However, I intend to run 11 on my Intel Core i7 10th gen with 128gb of Ram on an ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-F motherboard..... AND.... on my AMD Ryzen Threadripper X2900 with 8 sticks of 32gb RAM on a MSI SLI Plus motherboard.

I got a feeling those two ought to install and run Win 11 without issue.  If they don't then eff Win 11

 

Reply #73 Top

Now the compatibility tool will tell you the reason for the incompatibility: 

https://www.reviewgeek.com/90256/microsofts-windows-11-compatibility-tool-will-now-say-why-your-pc-cant-upgrade/

 

Your PC may be top of the line, but if it's more than a couple of years old, its TPM might not be 2.0 which is the one required by MS.

My TPM is 2.0, but my processor Intel Core i7 7700HQ isn't supported. Oh well. 

Reply #74 Top

Yeah, my little Intel NUC Mini PC 8th Gen quad-core i5 processor, 512 M.2 drive,16GB RAM, and Intel UHD Graphics 620 built in video fulfills Windows 11 requirements. |-)  

I downloaded the PC Health Check app, ran it, and it says I'm good to go.