I would like to pass on my experience with a Windows 11 system I had. I like to spend the cooler days indoors by playing around with computers. I'm no expert, to say the least, but I have a home-built so-called gamer I tossed together many years ago. An older MSI board with and processor (probably Gen2?) that Microsoft reported as "over ten years old". And it likely was.
I had subscribed to the Windows insider program many years ago and along the way, being on the "fast track" MS updated this machine to Win11 all on its own. And it ran perfectly well for many months, even past the original release of 11. It even updated regularly. It ran so well that I became dependent on this machine. Until the 1TB, Hitachi hard drive decided to take a crap. I had previously tried to clone the drive to a new 1 TB SSD and it appeared that all went well. (I had my doubts about the Hitachi and wanted to be prepared.) It would post, find the drive and start the Windows process which at that point it would freeze. So, I decided to do a clean install.
Once I started the ISO, it quickly informed me my machine was not capable of installing Win 11. Bye! So, I installed Win 10 thinking it may then update to 11 as it had in the past. It wouldn't. Even after trying all of the workarounds, it wouldn't load. It just seems strange to me that a machine that did run Win 11 so well, now isn't good enough. And I'm sure MS knew it. So much for "assisting and making "Windows" better by participating in their "Insider Program". Thank you but now we need money.
For those wondering if you should upgrade to Windows 11, I will say I would recommend it. I was perfectly happy with the original install MS did and had absolutely no issues during that time. I have now moved on to a new "Build your own" with current hardware and again all seems to work great. (After what seems to be the normal installation issues) So, after all of these years of a love-hate relationship with Microsoft I'm happy with their current products, but once again dissatisfied with their policies, support, and sales.
One last thing. They will not provide an ISO for older MS Office versions any longer. Nor will the disc installs load in Win 11. (At least for me) They just want to stuff their monthly online crap down your throat, like it or not. After digging around for a few days, I did find a free version of Excel and Word on the MS site. And that seems to run fine. But you have to dig very deep to find it. And, I guess all of those DVDs Microsoft sold me are now good for nothing. Oh well!
I had subscribed to the Windows insider program many years ago and along the way, being on the "fast track" MS updated this machine to Win11 all on its own. And it ran perfectly well for many months, even past the original release of 11. It even updated regularly. It ran so well that I became dependent on this machine. Until the 1TB, Hitachi hard drive decided to take a crap. I had previously tried to clone the drive to a new 1 TB SSD and it appeared that all went well. (I had my doubts about the Hitachi and wanted to be prepared.) It would post, find the drive and start the Windows process which at that point it would freeze. So, I decided to do a clean install.
Once I started the ISO, it quickly informed me my machine was not capable of installing Win 11. Bye! So, I installed Win 10 thinking it may then update to 11 as it had in the past. It wouldn't. Even after trying all of the workarounds, it wouldn't load. It just seems strange to me that a machine that did run Win 11 so well, now isn't good enough. And I'm sure MS knew it. So much for "assisting and making "Windows" better by participating in their "Insider Program". Thank you but now we need money.
For those wondering if you should upgrade to Windows 11, I will say I would recommend it. I was perfectly happy with the original install MS did and had absolutely no issues during that time. I have now moved on to a new "Build your own" with current hardware and again all seems to work great. (After what seems to be the normal installation issues) So, after all of these years of a love-hate relationship with Microsoft I'm happy with their current products, but once again dissatisfied with their policies, support, and sales.
One last thing. They will not provide an ISO for older MS Office versions any longer. Nor will the disc installs load in Win 11. (At least for me) They just want to stuff their monthly online crap down your throat, like it or not. After digging around for a few days, I did find a free version of Excel and Word on the MS site. And that seems to run fine. But you have to dig very deep to find it. And, I guess all of those DVDs Microsoft sold me are now good for nothing. Oh well!
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