The more I think about it @Dachs the less likely I think it will affect banking, It is nothing like flashing a phone etc. All it does is use an anomaly when doing a server install that doesn’t check the computer firmware.
Anyway I just checked it by signing into my bank account with no problems, so , no the banking system doesn’t object.
I did it on a Lenovo Thinkpad T420S which is over a decade old and which now sports a shiny new version of x64 Windows 11. All my computers and laptops now run WIN11 except an even older netbook which I never use so won’t bother.
What would be the benefits of changing from win 10 to win 11 Bruce?
My HP Pavillion laptop is now six years old and with a failing battery. I could put a new battery in it, but would it be worth it. If I purchased a new laptop it would have win 11 already installed. What would you do?
The benefits are purely continuing support and updates from M$ after 2025, otherwise I’d still be using WIN 7.
I can’t really help you with the decision about your laptop, personally I would probably buy an after market battery if it was still a fast machine and think about a SSD and memory upgrade.
I retired my Lenovo laptops far too early. The oldest one was improved immensely by an SSD, changing from 32bit to 64bit operating system and increased memory. It was a high spec machine but now is lightning fast despite being over a decade old. Basically I now have a machine for every occasion
Thanks Bruce, it’s still fast and has enough memory for my needs, I think I’ll go for the new battery option and see how it goes. It looks like they retail for about £50 and with help from youtube I reckon I can manage it. If it all goes ‘tits up’ it’ll be hello windows 11 and a new laptop…
Good strategy, Bob. If there’s a user benefit, then it’s that W11 is safer than W10.
I’d used my W8 notebook for six years but had to replace it since W8 was no longer accepted by banks. I skipped W10 and liked W11 from the beginning.
Exactly. I had those examples in mind. The development of the office suite is similar, especially of WORD. Word 2010 set the standard for subsequent releases.
One thing I am very pleased about is the new life it has give to my favourite (and oldest) Laptop.
It’s my Lenovo T420S a laptop a decade or so old perhaps a touch heavier than newer ones but it has a proper keyboard, a physical switch to turn the WiFi on and off, even a catch to keep it closed. As mentioned previously I have upgraded it with an SSD, new battery and more memory but it is a delightful computer (and doesn’t have a touch screen).
Now that it runs Win 11 it has a new lease of life…
You really went to great lengths to make it possible and proved some professional IT magazines wrong which said the limit for upgrading older PCs was ten years as W11 would run agonizingly slowly on them. Perhaps they did not have in mind that older PCs might have 16 gigs RAM?
It is not amazingly fast but I just timed it, from pressing the on/off button to the sign in screen on that machine takes 23.4 seconds (possibly give or take a second). I think that is acceptable.
In use there is no practical delay calculating spreadsheets using macros on Word docs.
If it was a 32 bit machine it would only have access to 4GB of RAM of course.
