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Well here is the thing - people only complain when they get issues. The vast majority never post to say they do not have issues.
The dumb thing to do is believe hearsay - it vast majority of cases the problem is with user/pc not the OS.
The intelligent thing to do is make a full image backup and then upgrade and try it yourself. You can restore your backup if you get issues.
The advice "wait a few years" is pathetic!
Windows 11 might have a few minor irritations, but it is rock solid, and for those on this forum who were at beginning of Windows 10 can certainly tell you even 1st release of W10 is a lot more stable than 1st release of W10 which took a couple of years to fully become the stable OS we know now.
So try it and make you own mind up, then post about your EXPERIENCES not HEARSAY.
PS I am a lot older than you and I find it sad that a guy who claims to be educated is so negative. One of the key joys of education is the willingness to push back boundaries.
Last edited by cereberus; 17 Sep 2022 at 06:53.
Thanks. After the somewhat mixed discussion above do you have any remaining specific questions? Thanks!
Quite right. Don't listen to the vocal minority, it's the silent majority you should pay attention too.
The only 'issues' I've had are a couple of features that were in W10 but didn't make it into W11 21H2 initial release - Groups on Start and click-and-drag to the Taskbar. And those are restored in W11 22H2.
Because none of my computers properly supported Win11 when it was released I purchased a Notebook in Oct. that came with Win10 Pro and a 'free' license for Win11 Pro. I needed to see what my clients see when they get a new computer, my timing for once worked as I had two such jobs in Dec. Then I got a new Desktop in April. I'm having no Windows issues with either, seem to be doing as well as Win10 but a bit faster, even am running some older software such as Lotus SmartSuite 9.8, WordPerfect 12, Adobe Acrobat 9 and some old games from Win7. It does help for both machines to have SSDs but I did add a 2TB HDD to the Desktop.
It [11 Home] runs stable on my laptop that came with 10 Home preinstalled, I upgraded during the 1st weekend after the official release so have been using it for 11 months and a week now. As for the whole "vocal minority vs silent majority" bruhaha. I have a formal degree in IT and being a vocal minority in the IT branch is what I have been doing for a living for the past 21 years, I am a trained Java EE developer which makes me a minority within a minority (and can be even more vocal, if they pay me enough hard currency to be that...). I have been programming computers for 37 years and learned how to program in assembly language on the Zilog Z80 CPU, more than 35 years ago running on MSX-DOS. So here's my advice. Create an image of your Windows system partition (if you haven't already) before you upgrade from 10 to 11 so you can still decide to revert back and not have to jump through burning hoops to do so. The worst that could happen next is that it makes your computer explode. I don't expect it will explode, but hey... it's Microsoft, so you can never be too sure!