Should I Upgrade My PC OS from Windows 10 to 11?

[stressless123]

This question has been debated intensely what seems to be forever. it's like you have the far right (Linux) and far left (Mac) and in the middle (Windows) users.

I tried Linux for a month. I couldn't handle it. My mind isn't wired for that operating system. The more affordable option would be to buy a Chromebook or a mini-PC running Windows 11, if upgrading becomes absolutely necessary.

However, if you keep your nose clean online and avoid installing new applications you can often get by with what you have, as long as the websites you visit support your current OS and browser. Many people (although they are becoming fewer) are still running Windows 7 and XP.

Have you tried zorin OS or Linux mint? They function the most like windows and can even run .exe files as they have vine support preloaded. You don't have to use terminal if you don't like in any of these Linux distros.. the basic gui should let you use majority of the functions and terminal is mostly for Linux power users.

There's a also wubuntu and linuxfx/windowsfx but I am not too familiar with those

 

[HunkyBill]

Have you tried zorin OS or Linux mint? They function the most like windows and can even run .exe files as they have vine support preloaded. You don't have to use terminal if you don't like in any of these Linux distros.. the basic gui should let you use majority of the functions and terminal is mostly for Linux power users.

There's a also wubuntu and linuxfx/windowsfx but I am not too familiar with those

Thanks for mentioning Zorin. I hadn’t heard of it before. I’ve tried Mint, and every now and then I give Linux another shot to see if it’s improved. But I eventually gave up completely. It still relies too heavily on the command line for basic functions. I also remember that Linux didn’t even have MS-DOS features like real-time transfer of writing times until recently.

The takeaway, I think, is that most people don’t really need to learn something new like Linux. Many are too easily influenced by the "evil Microsoft" narrative. I’d even suggest a tablet, though with the exception of the iPad or perhaps the Microsoft Surface, tablets aren’t as popular as they once were. They’re also expensive, while you can buy a Chromium-based laptop at Costco for around $300 or less, which works just fine for most people who only need to browse the web, check emails, manage banking, file taxes, and so on.

 

[Neelsmith1234]

All mine wont update to win11….they will stop supporting win10
Seems they want to force you to buy a new one to support win 11
Good old fucking Microsoft…..

Microsoft has always been infuriating. They love to fix things that arent broken.

 

[Neelsmith1234]

This question has been debated intensely what seems to be forever. it's like you have the far right (Linux) and far left (Mac) and in the middle (Windows) users.

I tried Linux for a month. I couldn't handle it. My mind isn't wired for that operating system. The more affordable option would be to buy a Chromebook or a mini-PC running Windows 11, if upgrading becomes absolutely necessary.

However, if you keep your nose clean online and avoid installing new applications you can often get by with what you have, as long as the websites you visit support your current OS and browser. Many people (although they are becoming fewer) are still running Windows 7 and XP.

Actually, in many ways, linux and mac are not too different. They are flavors of Unix, as is Ubuntu. I prefer any of these three over Windows any day. What one chooses would depend on what the computers primary use is. For coding and development, I prefer linux or ubuntu. For more versatile useability, I would choose mac.

 

[stressless123]

Thanks for mentioning Zorin. I hadn’t heard of it before. I’ve tried Mint, and every now and then I give Linux another shot to see if it’s improved. But I eventually gave up completely. It still relies too heavily on the command line for basic functions. I also remember that Linux didn’t even have MS-DOS features like real-time transfer of writing times until recently.

The takeaway, I think, is that most people don’t really need to learn something new like Linux. Many are too easily influenced by the "evil Microsoft" narrative. I’d even suggest a tablet, though with the exception of the iPad or perhaps the Microsoft Surface, tablets aren’t as popular as they once were. They’re also expensive, while you can buy a Chromium-based laptop at Costco for around $300 or less, which works just fine for most people who only need to browse the web, check emails, manage banking, file taxes, and so on.

Agreed that chromebooks are good enough for basic tasks like email, web browsing, etc but even then I have heard if you have multiple tabs open you can experience slowdown.

The thing is the hardware in most of these cheap chromebooks is so garbage that it barely functions now and will definitely slow down in 2-3 years time and probably even stop functioning. They are cheaply built machines and in this case you definitely get what you pay for. But I am not gonna deny that there are valid use cases for a cheap machine like that and not everyone is a power user so doesn't need a fast powerful machine. I just hope these machines lasted longer.

It's just makes me sad that we live in a world where we create so much e-waste and lots of that is due to marketing decisions so corporations can make more money by forcing obsolescence of products on consumers.

 

[pleasureprinciple]

If you don't need copilot and AI to think for you, just by a chrome book with W11 capability and use it for connected things. I keep my real system off line so "security" doesnt really enter into it.

 

[Larry's Torch]

I've been running Zorin for about 3 years. Basically feels like windows,. You don't need to get into terminal unless you want to start playing with stuff. The nice thing about it is you can test it out on a bootable USB (just need to tweak your boot order in the BIOS) without installing anything. It'll run on a lot of older machines. I recently had someone give me two laptops (WIN 10 and 8) they're about 4 to 7 years old and I'll install Zorin on the one with 8. I like version 15; 16 is pretty much the same, but they excluded a some of the different apps. However you can d/l and install if you want.
I think if you aren't running software or hardware that is Windows dependent it's a good choice.
Plus it's free!