Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I run Windows XP on my PC. It does what I need. -- > On Jun 29, 2021, at 7:28 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > ?It is obvious that none of you Apple aficionados play games! ? > > You should also remember that Xi Jiping's most valuable "useful idiot" > nowadays is Apple - Tim Cook has actually increased Apple's supply chain > dependence on China in the last 18 months (source:NYT). A point to keep in > mind if a trade war does break out, or, God forbid, another pandemic is let > loose among us. > > Cheers > Jayanand > >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 11:40 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >> Answering the question in the heading : NO ! >> >> An Apple a day keeps the technies and doc away ;-) >> >> Amities >> >> Philippe >> >> >> >>> Le 29 juin 2021 ? 19:06, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> a ?crit : >>> >>> WIn11 requires a 8th generation or later processor.... so I looked up >> how old these processors were: >>> >>> * *8th Generation, released 2017 to 2019;* >>> * *9th Generation, released 2018 to 2019;* >>> * *10th Generation, released 2019 to 2020; >>> * >>> * *11th Generation, released 2020 to 2021; ( Current processor) >>> * >>> >>> Which processors is in MY computer? >>> >> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000032203/processors/intel-core-processors.html >>> >>> or, if you purchased a computer that is now more than 4 years old, you >> will not be using WIn11, in most likelihood. Your processor is too old. >>> >>> Says WHO? Microsoft! >>> >>> Is this definitive? NO. there are other requirements that must be met, >> but this is the easy one to find and now, in my case, forget about WIN11. >>> >>> Is this a blessing? If you absolutely HATE having to re learn where MS >> put all the gadgets you have used daily for the past 5 years, and detest >> having to figure out where they put your opening page so you can find some >> program, then YES, this is a blessing. >>> >>> If you are MR. IT Corporate America ( or World), and you have not >> recently replaced the immense amount of computer items in your company, >> this is a blessing from THE WOMAN himself. >>> >>> What are the ramifications of not being able to migrate to WIN11? Some >> day, some piece of SW, or worse, a piece of Hardware, right after it is >> automatically upgraded, will suddenly not run. THEN it IS time to trash >> your old computer and buy a new model. >>> >>> When will this happen? When you are on a project with a completion date >> is coming up and you are up to your eyeballs in problems anyway......ie, >> the MOST inconvenient time. >>> >>> Expect Adobe to be the first to give us all a problem! >>> >>> >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> BMWRed735i at Gmail.com >>> >>> I found that my Dell Laptop is not Win11 compatible. The processor was >> the reported problem. >>> Here is the most likely reason >>> The CPU requirement may be more or less of a problem than it initially >> seems. Microsoft has a relatively short list of supported CPUs from three >> major manufacturers (AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm) that generally goes back to >> Ryzen 2500 or Intel 8th generation Core?no farther. >>> My processor is 5th generation. >>> -- >>> Frank Filippone >>> BMWRed735i at gmail.com <mailto:BMWRed735i at gmail.com> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information