Windows 11 available on October 5

Hi,
Which isn't saying much lol

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My Lenovo is 5 yrs old, Windows 10 vs 21H1 is operating as satisfactorily as anyone could expect. And as has been noted, we have 5 yrs before W10 support ends. That's enough for me. I'll just wait. If W11 is "superior" or "far superior", that is a subjective observation at this point. Wait until it's been around a while and see how many bugs it has. Every new issue always has bugs. No matter how long the Beta was. You watch. I'll bet that by this time next year, there will be many fixes and updates and who knows what else. And for most of you fanatics - I have some ocean front property in Arizona I'll sell you!

I'm ready. I don't have Secure Boot enabled in BIOS, I've never used it.

Zardoc said:

In all the years that I have seen major update versions roll out, it's really after a few months of rollout that you start to see what the majority opinion is. Right know, we are just a bunch of tech experts and enthusiasts that know Windows very well. We have a general idea of what the opinions are going to be because we have already started to see a few patterns left and right.

(These are my 2 cents)

I for myself think that Win 11 has a fast response. The tech demands, especially TPM are pretty stringent for consumers (some board makers are trying to extend the compatibility to older boards, but is Intel onboard to do the same with cpus?).

Company and enterprise users should have those high standards in place for protection it's logical.
Everyday users should have the possibility to run Win 11 without imposing TPM (you can see some machines can but are getting kicked out of DEV versions).

I really don't like not having the option of just sliding files, folders or software on the taskbar. Having to create shortcuts and what nots with something that can be kept simple for the consumer is beyond me. The Taskbar is your dashboard, can you at least do what you want with it?

The rollout will actually tell if MS has to take a step back or if the majority of users are ready for Win 11. Mind you, I think it won't make a difference to new buyers because the rigs will already have and be Win 11 compatible.

I'm thinking more about those like myself that have rigs that are not used everyday like my ROG G46VW with an 3920Xtreme CPU and overclocking abilities. That machine is 2013 and can give a few new rigs a run for their money (a bit exaggerated but you get me ). I really was hoping I could use Win 11 on it but, for now we know the answer.

So, it's mostly those users I'm thinking of. By the end of the year it should be pretty clear if MS went too far or not.

That was my 2 cents and I respect any arguments contrary.

You're probably right in your thinking and whilst there may be many that like the look of 11, I really can't see folks junking their existing rigs which are not compatible simply to get a new UI. There are many non-compatible machines running 11 just fine but MS have determined they do not meet the minimum hardware requirements. I wonder if they will be allowed to run 11 after October 5 simply because of a CPU - only time will tell.

I remember the push back regarding the UI on 8 before general release but MS still released it. My thoughts are that once the media get their hands on the released 11 there will be many 'what's the point' comments. Again though we will see.

Interesting times.

hope will be working on i5 7400 with TPM 2.0

even not all 7 gen is supported still

When Windows 8 came out. Almost immediately we were told to download 8.1. So, isn't it wise to wait a few weeks or months before getting all excited about 11? There's always a few that get the beta and play with it. That's fine for most of you. But there's a lot of us that don't want a bunch of "little problems" cropping up. And we can wait til December/this is September to think about getting on the band wagon with 11. Just MHO.

MorganBilbo said:

When Windows 8 came out. Almost immediately we were told to download 8.1. So, isn't it wise to wait a few weeks or months before getting all excited about 11? There's always a few that get the beta and play with it. That's fine for most of you. But there's a lot of us that don't want a bunch of "little problems" cropping up. And we can wait til December/this is September to think about getting on the band wagon with 11. Just MHO.

Windows 8 was released on October 26, 2012. Windows 8.1 was released a year later on October 17, 2013. Windows 8.1 was an attempt to fix the poorly conceived design of Windows 8. Unfortunately by that time it was already too late. Most people with Windows 7 did not upgrade it until Windows 10 came out.

Since none of my computers are officially supported by Windows 11 I am sticking with Windows 10 on all of them. I plan on building a new computer next year with Windows 11. Of course, this assumes that computer hardware prices will be more reasonable by then.

Upgrading as soon as i can for the one PC that does support Windows 11, i didn't wait for Windows 8.0, woke up at 4am the day Windows 8 released and paid whatever the cost was back then, and got it, and installed it--once it was all clean installed, and updated, then i went back to sleep then

Windows 8.1 upgraded to Immediately

Windows 10 same

and Windows 11 i plan to also on my main Desktop