[Leica] Windows 11 in YOUR future?

[Peter Dzwig]

Personally I gave up on Windows years ago. I have one (12 yr old)
machine that runs W10, mostly for Photoshop. That's fine and stable. No
plans to upgrade.

Everything else runs on Linux (Ubuntu) as it has done for many years.
Does all I need from Windows - and a lot more that Windows isn't much
good at.

Peter

On 29/06/2021 18:06, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote:
> 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.

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Dr. Peter Dzwig