[Leica] Windows 11 in YOUR future?

[Philippe]

Answering the question in the heading : NO !

An Apple a day keeps the technies and doc away ;-)

Amities

Philippe



> Le 29 juin 2021 à 19:06, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
> 
> 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>
> 
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