Question of the Day - Saturday, April 6th, 2024

[JacinLarkwell]

I don't even know what those are

 

[MamaPoult]

What are those????

 

[Evadig]

Also as a FYI to everyone on Windows 10: you have until October 2025 to either install Linux alongside or get a new computer. Most modern computers can run Linux just fine and would keep ewaste out of landfills if people use it instead of buying a whole new machine.

Windows 10 will no longer receive updates on October 25, 2025 (I think).

Ain't there windows eleven?
(pardon my bad English! )

 

[azurbanclucker]

Ain't there windows eleven?
(pardon my bad English! )

Yes. And pretty much every new pc/laptop/tablet (that doesn't have a fruit on it) for the last couple years has come with it preinstalled.

 

[Evadig]

Yes. And pretty much every new pc/laptop/tablet (that doesn't have a fruit on it) for the last couple years has come with it preinstalled.

So, can you not just upgrade or do you have to buy a new computer?

 

[notabitail]

So, can you not just upgrade or do you have to buy a new computer?

If you've got, I think, 2017 or older, definitely 2016 or older, no Windows 11 for you without some special magic.

 

[notabitail]

I don't even know what those are

What are those????

Operating systems. Like what your laptop or computer run.

 

[azurbanclucker]

So, can you not just upgrade or do you have to buy a new computer?

It depends on the age of your computer and your specific hardware. MS has added some hurdles to upgrading in the name of "better security" which include specific types of hard drive configuration and having built-in security modules in the hardware or firmware that many older systems do not have.

You can get around the requirement with a little know-how but it invalidates your Windows license and MS will block system updates to your windows 11 install.

So if you have an older system, maybe not. If it's 2-3 years old, you're probably fine.

Sucks.

 

[Evadig]

You can get around the requirement with a little know-how but it invalidates your Windows license and MS will block system updates to your windows 11 install.

I hate Microsoft!

 

[notabitail]

I hate Microsoft!

Same here.